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Suggested Reading List: Usability

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Usability In General

book cover About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper (Author), Robert M. Reimann (Author)
book cover A Practical Guide to Usability Testing by Joseph S. Dumas, Janice C. Redish
book cover Assistive Technology: Essential Human Factors by Thomas W. King
book cover Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests by Jeffrey Rubin (Author)
book cover Human Factors for Technical Communicators by Marlana Coe
book cover Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works, by Janice (Ginny) Redish
book cover Medical Device and Equipment Design: Usability Engineering and Ergonomics by Michael E. Wiklund (Editor)
book cover The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How To Restore The Sanity by Alan Cooper (Author)
book cover The Trouble with Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity by Thomas K. Landauer (Author)
book cover Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen
book cover Usability Evaluation and Interface Design Cognitive Engineering, Intelligent Agents and Virtual Reality by Michael J. Smith (Editor), Salvendy, Harris, Koubek
book cover Usability Inspection Methods by Jakob Nielsen (Editor), Robert L. Mack (Editor)
book cover Usability Testing and Research (Part of the Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication) by Carol M. Barnum (Author)
book cover User and Task Analysis for Interface Design by Joann T. Hackos, Janice C. Redish

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