Clip, connect, clone: combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access

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Clip, connect, clone : combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access. / Fujima, Jun; Lunzer, Aran; Hornbæk, Kasper; Tanaka, Yuzuru.

No code required: giving users tools to transform the web. ed. / Allen Cypher; Mira Dontcheva; Tessa Lau; Jeffrey Nichols. Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. p. 153-172.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Fujima, J, Lunzer, A, Hornbæk, K & Tanaka, Y 2010, Clip, connect, clone: combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access. in A Cypher, M Dontcheva, T Lau & J Nichols (eds), No code required: giving users tools to transform the web. Morgan Kaufmann, pp. 153-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00008-0

APA

Fujima, J., Lunzer, A., Hornbæk, K., & Tanaka, Y. (2010). Clip, connect, clone: combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access. In A. Cypher, M. Dontcheva, T. Lau, & J. Nichols (Eds.), No code required: giving users tools to transform the web (pp. 153-172). Morgan Kaufmann. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00008-0

Vancouver

Fujima J, Lunzer A, Hornbæk K, Tanaka Y. Clip, connect, clone: combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access. In Cypher A, Dontcheva M, Lau T, Nichols J, editors, No code required: giving users tools to transform the web. Morgan Kaufmann. 2010. p. 153-172 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-381541-5.00008-0

Author

Fujima, Jun ; Lunzer, Aran ; Hornbæk, Kasper ; Tanaka, Yuzuru. / Clip, connect, clone : combining application elements to build custom interfaces for information access. No code required: giving users tools to transform the web. editor / Allen Cypher ; Mira Dontcheva ; Tessa Lau ; Jeffrey Nichols. Morgan Kaufmann, 2010. pp. 153-172

Bibtex

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