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Giving People What They Want: How to Involve Users in Site Design. Jeanette Fuccella and Jack Pizzolato. (June 1999)
This article outlines the four step process used at IBM to ensure that a site meets user expectations and is easy to navigate.

Glossary of Terminology in Abstracting, Classification, Indexing, and Thesaurus Construction. Hans H. Wellisch. 2nd ed. (2000)
This book defines terms used in texts on abstracting, indexing, classification and thesaurus construction, as well as terms for the most common types of documents and their parts. The definitions are derived from such authoritative sources as ISO, ANSI/NISO and BSI.

Guerrilla HCI: Using Discount Usability Engineering to Penetrate the Intimidation Barrier. Jakob Nielsen. A chapter in: Cost-Justifying Usability. Randolph G. Bias and Deborah J. Mayhew, editors. (1999)
One important reason usability engineering is not used in practice is the cost of using the techniques. Or rather, the reason is the perceived cost of using these techniques, as this chapter will show that many usability techniques can be used quite cheaply.

GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers. Jeff Johnson. (2000)
This book illustrates common pitfalls in user interface design, the all-important iceberg tip that end users confuse with applications and that developers confuse with end users. Reporting on 82 incidents of bad design, the author manages to cover the essential point of his message: software designers should think of their user interfaces from the user's point of view.

Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices. James D. Anderson. (1997)
This report provides expert guidance on designing indexes for every kind of document, which includes automatic indexing and indexing based on intellectual analysis and the use of controlled vocabularies. A comprehensive glossary of indexing terms is provided and recommended introductory text for print and back-of-the-book indexes, database indexes, computer produced indexes, and electronic search indexes are given.
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Guidelines for the Construction, Format, and Management of Monolingual Thesauri. (1993)
This standard is the authoritative guide for constructing single-language thesauri, one of the most powerful tools for information retrieval. This report shows how to formulate descriptors, establish relationships among terms, and present the information in print and on a screen; and includes thesaurus maintenance procedures and recommended features for thesaurus management systems.
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