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Usability Testing how-to guides
Web links
Widely used books
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Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. Berkeley, Calif: New Riders Pub, 2006.
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- Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability. Indianapolis, Ind: New Riders, 2000.
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- Nielsen, Jakob, and Marie Tahir. Homepage Usability 50 Websites Deconstructed. [Indianapolis, IN]: New Riders, 2002.
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- Nielsen, Jakob, and Hoa Loranger. Prioritizing Web Usability. Berkeley, Calif: New Riders, 2006.
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- Kuniavsky, Mike. Observing the User Experience A Practitioner's Guide to User Research. Morgan Kaufmann series in interactive technologies. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.
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- Davidsen, Susanna, and Everyl Yankee. Web Site Design with the Patron in Mind A Step-by-Step Guide for Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.
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- Dumas, Joseph S., and Janice Redish. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing. Exeter, England: Intellect Books, 1999.
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- Brinck, Tom, Darren Gergle, and Scott D. Wood. Designing Web Sites That Work Usability for the Web. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2002.
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- Campbell, Nicole. Usability Assessment of Library-Related Web Sites Methods and Case Studies. Chicago, Ill: LITA, a division of the American Library Association, 2001.
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- List of recommended books
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