Links to resources
Our selection of usability-related web sites.
Information and guides
GUSE Guide to Usability for Software Engineers, Maryland University
HCI Bibliography An index to a wide range of resources and suggested readings
HCI Index by Hans de Graaff, providing links to a huge range of sites
IBM Ease of Use A wealth of resources from IBM
Usability Net Resources compiled as part of an EU-funded project
Usability.gov Usability resources for web design
Usable Web A guide to Web usability resources by Keith Instone
Usability Evaluation Methods at 'usabilityhome.com'
Usability Methods Toolbox A compilation of methods and techniques
UseIT Usability-related articles and publications by Jakob Nielsen
UsabilityNews.com Usability-related news
Usability Newsletter from the Software Usability Research Lab at Wichita State University
User Experience resources (Apple)
User Experience Guidelines (Microsoft) for Vista (guidelines for XP/2000 are also available)
Usor A collection of user-oriented methods
Web Accessibility Initiative With guidelines for making web sites accessible
Yahoo index for Human Computer Interaction
Associations & Societies
ACM SIGCHI The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction --- provides links to local special interest group sites
The British HCI Group A specialist group of the British Computer Society
The Ergonomics Society (UK)
EACE The European Association for Cognitive Ergonomics
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia
The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (USA)
IEA The International Ergonomics Association
STC Usability SIG Society for Technical Communication usability SIG (useful 'topics' section)
STIMDI The Swedish Interdisciplinary Interest Group for Human-Computer Interaction (in Swedish)
UPA The Usability Professionals Association (USA)
International conferences (Past & Forthcoming)
APCHI'2012 - Asia Pacific CHI Matsue, Japan (28-31 August 2012)
CHI 2012 Austin, Texas, USA (5-10 May 2012)
- Forthcoming & previous CHI conferences: 1982 - 2014
Cyberg 2005 The fourth International Cyberspace Conference on Ergonomics
DIS 2012 - Designing Interactive Systems Newcastle, UK (11-15 June 2012)
- Previous DIS conferences: DIS2010, DIS2008, DIS2006, DIS2004, DIS2002, DIS2000, DIS'97
ECCE 2010 - Cognitive Ergonomics Conference Delft, The Netherlands (25-27 August 2010)
HCI'2012 - British HCI Group Birminhgam, UK (12-14 September 2012)
- Previous HCI conferences: 1998 - 2011
HCI International 2013 Las Vegas, USA (21-26 July 2013)
- Previous HCI International conferences: 1984 - 2009
Interact'2011 13th IFIP Conference on HCI, Lisbon, Portugal (5-9 September 2011)
- Previous Interact conferences: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999
IEA'2012 - International Ergonomics Association Recife, Brazil (12 - 16 February 2012)
- Previous IEA conferences: Past conference reports
OZCHI 2011 Canberra, Australia (28 November - 2 December 2011)
- Previous OzCHI conferences: 2005 - 2010
IUI'2012 - Intelligent User Interfaces Lisbon, Portugal (14-17 February 2012)
- Previous IUI conferences: 1993 - 2009
NordiCHI 2012 - Nordic conference on HCI Copenhagen, Denmark (14-17 October 2012)
- Previous NordiCHI conferences: 2000 - 2008
UIST'2012 - UI Software and Technology Cambridge MA, USA (7-10 October 2012)
- Previous UIST conferences: 1988 - 2011
UPA'2012 - Usability Professionals Association Henderson, Nevada, USA (4-8 June 2012)
- Previous UPA conferences: 1997 - 2011
Academic research groups & Institutions
Most research groups can be found through one of these lists:
