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Ten Questions About Information Architecture. Shel Kimen. 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.

Text Information Retrieval Systems. Charles T. Meadow, Bert R. Boyce, and Donald H. Kraft. (1999)
This book is for people who will be searching or designing text retrieval systems. The book covers the nature of information, how it is organized for use by a computer, how search functions are carried out, and some of the theory underlying these functions.

Thesauri on the Web: Current Developments and Trends. Ali Asghar Shiri and Crawford Revie. From: Online Information Review. 24:4, 273-80 (2000)
This article describes some recent thesaurus projects undertaken to facilitate resource description and discovery and access to wide-ranging information resources on the Internet. Types of thesauri available on the web, thesauri integrated in databases and information retrieval systems, and multiple-thesaurus systems for cross-database searching are also discussed.

Thesaurus Construction. Tim Craven. (July 3, 1998)
A tutorial on the basics of constructing an information retrieval thesaurus. It includes a glossary of thesaurus terms.

Thesaurus Construction and Use: A Practical Manual. Jean Aitchison, Alan Gilchrist, and David Bawden. 3rd ed. (1997)
A practical, concise guide to the construction of thesauri for use in information retrieval, written by leading experts in the field. This new edition takes account of advances in information retrieval and software capabilities, and now also includes the uses of thesauri.

Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine. Donald Norman. (1994)
An examination of the complex interaction between the human mind and the "tools for thought" the mind creates calls for the development of machines that fit that mind rather than ones to which humans must tailor their minds.

Thirteen Common Objections Against User Requirements Analysis, and Why You Should Not Believe Them. Sim D'Hertefelt. From: InteractionArchitect.Com. (2000)
This article lists 13 common objections against user requirements analysis and why you should not believe them.

The Timeless Way of Building. Christopher Alexander. (1979)
This book explains the idea of patterns in architecture. A pattern is a way to solve a specific problem, by bringing two conflicting forces into balance.

Toward Usable Browse Hierarchies for the Web. Kirsten Risden. A chapter in: Human Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces. Hans-Jorg Bull, editor. (1999)
The goal of the following study was to determine the potential usefulness of tracking traversal patterns through a browse hierarchy as a way to monitor confusion and determine its source. The major conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that this method is a useful and insightful way to monitor user experience.