Where to Learn More About Usability

Associations and Professional Societies

• Society for Technical Communication (STC) Usability and User Experience Special Interest Group
• Usability Professionals’ Association
• ACM SIGCHI (Association for Computing Machinery Computer-Human Interaction)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Informational Websites

• Usability.gov
• Jakob Nielson’s Alert Box
• Usability Net

Books

• Barnum, C. Usability Testing and Research
• Cooper, A. About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design
• Cooper, A. and Saffo, P., The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How To Restore The Sanity
• Dumas, J. and Redish, J. A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
• Holtzblatt, K. Contextual Design
• Rubin, J. Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests
• Hackos, J. T. and Redish, J. C. User and Task Analysis for Interface Design
• Krug, S., Don’t Make Me Think, A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

Journals

• Interactions
• Journal of Usability Studies
• User Experience Magazine