Resources

Much excellent information about site design is available in books and on the Web.

Design

• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville, Published by O'Reilly, 1998.
• Web Navigation - Designing the User Experience by Jennifer Fleming, Published by O'Reilly, 1998.
• Guide to Web Style - Sun Microsystems
  http://www.sun.com/styleguide/

Usability

• The Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability - Jakob Nielsen, SunSoft
  http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
• The Usable Web - Keith Instone
  http://usableweb.com/
• Society for Technical Communication Usability Site
  http://stc.org/pics/usability/index.html
• Usability Testing of WWW Designs - Sun Microsystems
  http://www.sun.com/sun-on-net/uidesign/usabilitytest.html

Evaluating Web Resources

• Thinking Critically About WWW Resources
  http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm

Accessibility

• Webpage Accessibility Self-Evaluation Test
  http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/dmd/access/testver1.htm
• Accessible Web Page Design - DO-IT
  http://weber.u.washington.edu/~doit/Brochures/Technology/universal.design.html
• Designing Universal/Accessible Web Sites - The Trace Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/

Copyright

• Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained
  http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html
• Copyright Information for Educators - Thomas Deardorff, University Libraries
  http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/copyright.html

Topics

Summary

Succinct Writing

Visible Organization

Helpful Graphics

Simple Structure

Task Oriented

User Tested

Resources