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Kantner, Laurie. Following a Fast-Moving Target: Recording User Behavior in Web Usability Testing. From: Common Ground. 8:2, 3-7 (May 1998)
This article describes the challenges of capturing user website behavior and the recording methods that usability specialists at Tec-Ed have developed.

Kantner, Laurie and Stephanie Rosenbaum. Usability Studies of WWW Sites: Heuristic Evaluation vs. Laboratory Testing. From: Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Conference on Computer Documentation . (October 19-22, 1997)
This paper describes the strengths and weaknesses of two usability assessment methods frequently applied to web sites. The discussion not only compares the two methods, but also discusses how an effective usability process can combine them, applying the methods at different times during site development.
Note: Also available through ACM. Registration is required.

Khan, Kushal and Craig Locatis. Searching Through Cyberspace: The Effects of Link Display and Link Density on Information Retrieval From Hypertext on the World Wide Web. From: Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS). 49:2, 176-82 (1998)
This study investigated information retrieval from hypertext links on the web. Significant main and interaction effects were found for both link density (number of links per display) and display format (in paragraphs or lists) on search performance.

Kimen, Shel. Ten Questions About Information Architecture. From: CNET Builder.Com. (June 22, 1999)
This document answers 10 questions about information architecture and information architects, including who they are, how they got there, what they do, and why in the web world.

Koch, Traugott and Michael Day. Specification for Resource Description Methods. Part 3: The Role of Classification Schemes in Internet Resource Description and Discovery.
This study discusses the role of classification schemes in resource description and discovery. It recommends automatic classification processes if large robot-generated services are to offer a good browsing structure for their documents or advanced filtering techniques as well as proper query expansion tools to improve the search process.
Note: Deliverable D3.2 for the DESIRE (Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education) project.

Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. (2000)
A guide for web designers, programmers, project managers, and anyone else creating a web site, clearly explaining what is needed to make good decisions about creating a usable web site that people want to visit.

Kuniavsky, Mike. Why User Testing Is Good. (April 8, 1998)
This resource explains why you need to test a site with users and general pointers of how to do it.

Kurzweil, Ray. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence. (2000)
This book is focused on predictions about how and when computers will become smarter than humans. Much of the content of the book lays the groundwork to justify the author's timeline, providing a primer on the philosophical and technological ideas behind the study of consciousness.