Books: bibliographies & reviews

This section contains information on books on HCI. Specifically, it points to the main bibliography of HCI publications, recommended reading lists, websites related to specific books, and announcements from publishers.

The HCI Bibliography

Gary Perlman's HCI Bibliography is the best source of high quality bibliographic information of for Human-Computer Interaction.

Recommended reading

Several people have noted their recommended books on HCI:

Information on HCI-related books

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H. Peter Alesso, Craig F. Smith
The Intelligent Wireless Web. Website contains summary and additional information. [Amazon]
Michael Arent, Jonathan Arnowitz, Nevin Berger
Effective Prototyping for Software Makers. Website has sample chapters and additional resources. [Amazon]

B

Albert N. Badre
Shaping Web Usability: Interaction Design in Context. Contains Table of Contents, Sample Chapter, and link to author web site. [Amazon]
Michel Beaudouin-Lafon (ed.)
Computer Supported Co-operative Work, Trends in Software Series 7, 1999. Full book is available at the website.
Jan Borchers
A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design, 2001. [Amazon]
William Bainbridge (ed.)
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2004.

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Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory Abowd, Russel Beale
Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd edition, 1998. Adds numerous online resources to the book itself. [Amazon]
David K. Farkas & Jean Farkas
Principles of Web Design, Description, Course suggestions, Features, Table of contents, Supplements. [Amazon]
Jesse James Garrett
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web. Teaser posters, additional resources, table of contents, example chapter. [Amazon]
Ellen Isaacs and Alan Walendowski
Designing From Both Sides of the Screen: How Designers and Engineers can Collaborate to Build Cooperative Technology. UI Designs is devoted to information and discussion about the design of cooperative technology; it grew out of the book. [Amazon]
Julie A. Jacko & Andrew Sears, Editors
The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications. Web-site contains table of contents and high-quality graphics for figures in the book. [Amazon]

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Peter Kassenaar & Oskar van Rijswijk
Handboek website usability (In Dutch), 2003. Website with examples and additional materials to support the book.
Andrew King
Speed up your site: Web Site Optimization. Website contains table of contents, errata, and additional information. Chapter 2 is available online.
Jon Kolko
Thoughts on Interaction Design. Website contains extended table of contents and author information.

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Clayton Lewis & John Rieman
Task-Centered User Interface Design, 1994. The whole book is available online as shareware.
Steve Mulder with Ziv Yaar
The User Is Always Right: a practical guide to creating & using personas for the web, 2006. Table of contents, updates, and a blog. [Amazon]

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Don Norman
The Invisible Computer, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Preface and a few draft chapters.
Kent L. Norman
The psychology of menu selection: designing cognitive control at the Human-Computer Interface, Ablex publishers, 1991. The whole book is available online. [Amazon]