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links from Rosenfeld and Morville's Information Architecture Selected Bibliography and others: information architecture, organization, navigation, labeling, searching, strategy and process, usability, general design, technical how-to.

information architecture

   Argus Associates. "Web Architect" (column). Web Review Magazine.

   Instone, Keith. "Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources" (updated monthly).

organization

   "Cataloging Policy and Support Office Home Page." Library of Congress.

   "Dewey Decimal System Home Page." OCLC Forest Press. 1997.

   Friedlander, Amy, ed. D-Lib Magazine: The Magazine of Digital Library Research. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives.

   "Hypertext Now: Archives." Eastgate Systems.

   Richmond, Alan and Lucy Richmond. "The WDVL: Resource Location." Web Developer's Virtual Library, Cyberweb Software.

   Rosenfield, Louis. "Particles, Waves, and Site Visualization," Web Architect. Web Review Magazine. July, 1997.

navigation

   "Hypertext Now: Archives." Eastgate Systems.

   Instone, Keith. "Usability Matters" (column). Web Review

   Instone, Keith. "Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources" (updated monthly)

   Korpela, Jukka. "Links Want to Be Links"   (article from Internet Related Technologies). January, 2000.

   Morville, Peter. "Dynamic Dueling," Web Architect. Web Review. May, 1997.

   Nielsen, Jakob. "The Rise of the Sub-Site." The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability. September, 1996.

   Vroomen, Louis C. "Graphical User Interfaces for Hierarchies: A Workshop." Centre de recherche informatique de Montréal.

labeling

   Bailey, Samantha. "Love Your Labels," Web Architect. Web Review. February, 1997.

   "Cataloging Policy and Support Office Home Page." Library of Congress.

   "Dewey Decimal System Home Page."  OCLC Forest Press. 1997.

   "Library of Congress Thesauri Home Page." Library of Congress.

   McKiernan. Gerry. "Beyond Bookmarks: Schemes for Organizing the Web."  Iowa State University Library.

   Nielsen, Jakob and Darrell Sano. "User Interface Design for Sun Microsystem's Internal Web." 1997.

   Rosenfield, Louis. "Label Laws," Web Architect.  Web Review. March 1996.

searching

   Friedlander, Amy, ed. D-Lib Magazine: The Magazine of Digital Library Research. Reston, VA: Corporation for National Research Initiatives.

   Nielsen, Jakob. "Search and You May Find." The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability. July, 1997.

   Sullivan, Danny. Mecklermedia. "Search Engine Watch: News, Tips and More about Search Engines."

strategy and process

   Morville, Peter. "Calculating the Cost of a Large-Scale Web Site," Web Architect. Web Review Magazine. August 1997.

   Morville, Peter. "Design for Change: Looking Beyond Opening Day," Web Architect. Web Review Magazine. April, 1996.

   Nielsen, Jakob. "Guerrilla HCI: Using Discount Usability Engineering to Penetrate the Intimidation Barrier." Cost-Justifying Usability. 1994.

   Siegel, David S. Secrets of Successful Web Sites: Project Management on the World Wide Web. Indianapolis, IN: Hayden Books, 1997.

usability

   Instone, Keith. "Usability Matters" (column). Web Review.

   Instone, Keith. "Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources" (updated monthly).

   Neilsen, Jakob. The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability (semi-monthly column).

general design

   Lynch, Patrick J. and Sarah Horton. "Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide."  Yale University, 1997.

   Williams and Tollett, Basic Design Principles from The Non-Designer's Web Book. Peachpit Press, 1998.

technical how-to

Internet Related Technologies Organization

How to use images in your powerpoint and web constructions (from a high school in California)

 

 

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