...? These are the questions that motivate our research. User interfaces Methods of enquiry Search engines The worldwide web (web) has become a vital tool in many people's daily lives by providing critical access to web resources. Nearly 70 percent of searchers use a search engine as their point of entry...

... and will be of interest to those in the same field. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Computer networks User interfaces Communication technologies Control technology In recent years, we have experienced the emergence of federated approaches to resource sharing. In these approaches, trust links...

... operations Consumer behaviour Individual behaviour User studies User interfaces Few studies focus directly on web acceptance and usage adopting a user‐centred perspective, and second, on the motives that affect web behaviour. In fact, Novak et al. (2000) suggest that, among marketing...