Web Design Resources

About Using Colors on Web Sites from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, a simple overview that covers the basics well
Web Graphics for Non-Designers from glasshaus, a more sophisticated guide providing very clear descriptions of the uses of various types of color schemes

• Online Color Scheme Generator
• Choose a Monochromatic Scheme with Four values
• RGB-Hex Converter
• View a text color against any background color
• Advanced information about what colors are "web-safe" and how colors appear on various types of monitors

• Site Reference was formed in March of 2004 with the goal to provide Web site owners with a wealth of information and tools to help them improve their Web businesses
• A List Apart for people who make Web sites
• Digital Web Magazine is an online magazine intended for professional Web designers, Web developers and information architects.
• WebWord information about usability and human factors for the Internet
• Cre8PC Blog intriguing blab about usability, web dev, search engines, Cre8asiteforums and Internet-life stuff.

• Bickner, C. (2003). Web design on a shoestring. Indianapolis: New Riders Press.
• Morville, P. (2005). Ambient findability. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.
• Rosenfeld, L., & Morville, P. (2002). Information architecture for the World Wide Web. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly.
• Thurow, S. (2003). Search engine visibility. Indianapolis: New Riders Press.
• Zeldman, J. (2003). Designing with Web standards. Indianapolis: New Riders Press.

• Usability.gov
• Usability First

• Krug, S. (2000). Don't make me think: A common sense approach to Web usability. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing.
• Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing Web usability: The practice of simplicity. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing.
• Pearrow, M. (2000). Web site usability handbook. Rockland, MA: Charles River Media.
• Rubin, J. (1994). Handbook of usability testing: How to plan, design and conduct effective tests. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
• Sachs, T., & McClain, G. (2002). Back to the user: Creating user-focused Web sites. Indianapolis: New Riders Press.
• Spool, J. M. (1997). Web site usability: A designer's guide. North Andover, MA: User Interface Engineering.

• Section 508 standards of the Federal government for accessible Web sites
• HTML challenge from Freedom Scientific detailed information about why high quality HTML equals screen reader accessibility for blind Internet users
• World Wide Web consortium (WC3) accessibility guidelines