Pathfinder for Web Design

Some Print Resources at the Windward CC Library

• Don’t Make Me Think! : a Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug (TK5105.888 .K78 2006)
• Web Page Design in Easy Steps by Brian Austin (TK5105.888 .A97 2003)
• Web Design Basics : Curriculum for Professional Web Publishing Software (TK 5105.888 .W43 2001)

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Digital Books (via eBrary and NetLibrary)

• Web systems design and online consumer behavior edited by Yuan Gao
• Design and implementation of Web-enabled teaching tools edited by Mary Hricko
• Website usability research and case studies

Web Sites

• Tutorials from the University of Leeds
• Indiana State University's List of Resources
• Web Developer's Virtual Library
• w3schools
• Web Pages That Suck
• UseIt.com - Jakob Nielsen's Usability Website
• Sensible.com - Steve Krug Web design website
• SitePoint.com - online help and articles on web design and techniques
• Web Style Guide - discussion of style issues for the web
• HTML help - help, references, an HTML validator and other resources
• eduStyle - focus on web design for educational institutions
• Smashing Magazine - photographs, CSS samples, tutorials
• Cheat Sheets for Web Designers - from sixrevisions.com
• Design Meltdown - design elements, trends and problems in web design; lots of examples

Videos

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Web Graphics

• Cool Archive - free clip art and icons
• Absolute Web Graphics Archive
• Iconbazaar - free clip art and icons
• Web Colors - color palette generator and other tools
• Screencast-o-Matic - free software to create screencasts
• freeiconsweb.com - Icons for web

Disabilities Access

• Barrier-free Web Design
• EASI Webinars - free and fee-based webinars
• Web accessibility for people with disabilities by Michael Paciello (TK5105.888 .M49 2002)

Flash

• Digital Toolbox - website
• Flash Source Code - website with examples
• Flash Animation for Teens by Eric Grebler (eBrary)
• Flash 5 Cartoons and Games f/x & Design by Bill Turner (eBrary)
• How to do Everything with Flash 8 by Bonnie Blake (eBrary)
• Flash Tutorials from Ferris State University

Dreamweaver

• Macromedia Website - website
• Trainingtools.com - website
• University of Wisconsin's tutorial - website
• Dreamweaver Templates - website

HTML

• HTML for Dummies by Ed Tittel (QA76.76.H94 T58 1997 - Research Topics Carrel, 28-day loan)
• Websource - webpag with HTML Codes
• htmlhelp.com (web page)
• Webmonkey - web page
• HTML Goodies - web page
• University of Leed's Tutorials - web page
• University of Wisconsin's Tutorials - web page tutorials on HTML
• HTML 101 - web page from the University of San Diego
• Lissaexplains HTML - web page

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• CSS For Dummies (Research Topics Carrel, 28-day loan, TK5105.888 .M347 2005)
• Eric Meyer on CSS : Mastering the Language of Web Design by Eric Meyer (TK5105.888 .M49 2002)
• CSS Hacks and Filters : Making Cascading Style Sheets Work by Joseph Lowery (eBrary)
• Cascading style sheets : the definitive guide by Eric Meyer (QA76.76.H94 M47 2004)
• CSS Layout Techniques - website

Java

• Lissaexplains Javascript - website
• Java for Dummies by Aaron Walsh (Research Topics Carrel, 28-day loan, QA76.73.J38 W36 1997)
• Java all-in-one desk Reference for Dummies by Doug Lowe (eBrary)
• Gamelan - links to samples, resources, etc.
• Javaworld.com - online resources and discussions
• Java Developer Network - official Sun website
• Noupe.com - samples and sources

For more resources, including online journal articles, check out the Windward CC Library main page.