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Case study: Bose Corporation

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MIT Libraries

Usable Web

Books and articles

1. Rosenfeld, Louis and Peter Morville. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web. O'Reilly, 1998.
2. Spool, Jared, et al. Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide. User Interface Engineering, 1997.
   
3. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. Special Issue on World Wide Web Usability. 1997 47(1) 1-222.
4. Nims, Julia K. and Linda Rich. "How Successfully Do Users Search the Web?" College & Research Libraries News 59(3)(March 1998):155-158.

Web sites

1. Alertbox - Jakob Nielsen's Column on Web Usability
   • Cost of User Testing a Web Site - Alertbox, May 3, 1998
   • Search and You May Find - Alertbox, July 15, 1997.
   • The Difference between Intranet and Internet Design - Alertbox, September 15, 1997.
2. Why On-Site Searching Stinks - User Interface Engineering
3. Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources - Keith Instone, see especially the Usability Engineering section
4. Usability Matters - Keith Instone, Web Review

Listserv

• CHI-Web Mailing List - an ACM SIGCHI open discussion list on human factors aspects of the web

 

 

 

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13 March 99