Resources

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Print Resources

The are many books available on the subject of usability. The items below are not a comprehensive list.

• Nielsen, J. (1994). Usability engineering. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
• Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing web usability. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders.
• Rubin, J. (1994). Handbook of usability testing: How to plan, design, and conduct effective tests. New York: Wiley.
• Spool, J. et al.(1999). Web Site Usability: A Designer's guide. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufman Publishers, Inc.

Online Resources

• Software Usability Research Laboratory (SURL). (2001). Usability News.
  • URL: http://wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu/surl/usability_news.html
• Diamond Bullet Design. (2001). Usability first.
  • URL: http://www.usabilityfirst.com/index.txl
• National Cancer Institute. Usability.gov.
  • URL: http://www.usability.gov/
• Instone, K. (2001). Usable web.
  • URL: http://usableweb.com/
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's website.
  • URL: http://www.useit.com

Societies & Associations

• The Usability Professionals Association (USA)
  • Link: UPA
• The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction.
  • Link: ACM-SIGCHI
• The Society for Technical Communication Usability & User Experience
  • Link: STC Community
• A specialist group of the British Computer Society (BCS)
  • Link: British Computer Society