Communication

What Are Some Good Reference Books? part 3

Accessibility, Usability, & Web Development

Q. "What is a good resource for learning about Internet Technology?"

A. There are several excellent reference books about creating and maintaining Web pages and learning about the Internet. The following books are good additions to your library. The Amazon.com Associates program also provides a list of current best sellers.

Accessibility & Usability

	The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition by Frederick P. Brook, Project Manager for the IBM 360 Operating System. A classic, originally published in 1975. Additional essays added for the 20th edition in 1987. The software and hardware may be outdated, but the concepts and insights are not—a must read for managers of any type of project.
	Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers by Sarah Horton
	Web Accessibility for People With Disabilities by Michael G. Paciello, Mike Paciello
	Assistive Technology: Essential Human Factors by Thomas W. King
	Adaptive Technology for the Internet: Making Electronic Resources Accessible to All by Barbara T. Mates, et al.
	Designing Easy-to-use Websites by Vanessa Donnelly
	Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen
	Human Factors for Technical Communicators by Marlana Coe
	Maximum Accessibility by John M. Slatin and Sharron Rush
	A Practical Guide to Usability Testing by Joseph S. Dumas, Janice C. Redish
	User and Task Analysis for Interface Design by Joann T. Hackos, Janice C. Redish
	Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen
	Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience by Jennifer Fleming, Richard Koman (Editor)

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Marketing on the Web

	Advertising on the Internet, 2nd Edition, by Robbin Zeff and Brad Aronson
	Creating Stores on the Web, Second Edition by Ben Sawyer, Dave Greely, and Joe Cataudella
	The Nonprofit Guide to the Internet, 2nd Edition, by Robbin Zeff
	Publicity on the Internet by Steve O'Keefe
	Managing Mailing Lists by Alan Schwartz, Paula Ferguson (Editor)

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Tools for Websites

	Easy Adobe Photoshop 6 by Kate Binder
	Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: The Complete Reference by Ray West, Tom Muck, Tom Allen
	Flash 5.0: Graphics, Animation & Interactivity by James L. Mohler

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Website Development

	Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified Second Edition, by Ruth Maran
	E-What? A Guide to the Quirks of New Media Style and Usage by Editors of EEI Press
	The Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor
	Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
	Designing Web Graphics.4 by Lynda Weinman
	Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics, Third Edition, by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
	Letting Go of the Words, Second Edition: Writing Web Content that Works Edition 2 (August 28, 2012), by Ginny Redish
	HTML, CSS & JavaScript Web Publishing in One Hour a Day, Sams Teach Yourself: Covering HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery (7th Edition) by Laura Lemay and Rafe Colburn
	Non-Designer's Design Book, The (3rd Edition) by Robin Williams
	The Non-Designer's Web Book, Third Edition, by Robin Williams, John Tollett (Contributor)
	Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Websites by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
	Web Style Guide, Second Edition by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
	Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, Second Edition, by Jennifer Niederst
	Webmaster in a Nutshell (2nd Edition) by Stephen Spainhour, Robert Eckstein

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