On the Web
- Usability
- Wikipedia: Usability
- usability.gov: designing usable websites
- useit.com: articles by usability expert Jakob Nielsen
- Usability Interface Engineering articles
- NACSE usability web guide: simple tips on site design, page design and navigation aids
- Usability Toolkit: Society for Technical Communication
- Usable Web: 970 links on web usability
- 25-point website usability checklist
- Miscellaneous
- Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries usability services
- JimThatcher.com: skip navigation links for screen readers
- W3Schools browser statistics: design for common browsers, operating systems, screen resolutions
- TechSmith Morae: usability testing recording and analysis software
- The Web Credibility Project: Guidelines - Stanford University's top 10 ways to boost your site's credibility
Books
- Don't Make Me Think: A Commonsense Approach to Usability by Steve Krug
- Designing the Obvious and Designing the Moment by Robert Hoekman
- Designing Web Usability and Homepage Usability by Jakob Nielsen
- Research-based web design & usability guidelines (PDFs at usability.gov)
- Making Library Web Sites Usable: A LITA Guide (details)
- Web site design with the patron in mind : a step-by-step guide for libraries
- Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell
- Designing Web Navigation by James Kalbach