Books - Advanced Online Media

Three books are required for this course:

Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. New Riders, 2000.
Meyer, Eric. Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design. New Riders, 2002.
Weinman, Linda. Photoshop / ImageReady for the Web: Hands-On Training (H.O.T.). Peachpit Press, 2002.

PLEASE check the prices on Amazon before you buy these books in a store!

The list below serves as a bibliographical reference for books that informed the theory and design of this course. These books are not required.

Curtis, Hillman. MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer. New Riders, 2002.
Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. New Riders, 1999.
Rosenfeld, Louis, and Peter Morville. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd edition. O'Reilly, 2002.
Spool, Jared M., et al. Web Site Usability. Morgan Kaufman, 1999.
Tufte, Edward. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, 1990.

HTML: The preferred book is Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS (Visual QuickStart Guide), 5th edition. from Peachpit Press.

Dreamweaver: If you need a book to learn Dreamweaver, go to a big bookstore, sit down for a couple of hours, and examine the books they have to see which one will work best for you.

JavaScript: Basic JavaScript is covered in the Castro HTML book.

> Other "hands-on" books are listed at Resources for Web Workers.

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Advanced Online Media Production
Books > Instructor: Mindy McAdams Office: 3049 Weimer E-mail: SYLLABUS LINKS	Three books are required for this course: Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. New Riders, 2000. Meyer, Eric. Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design. New Riders, 2002. Weinman, Linda. Photoshop / ImageReady for the Web: Hands-On Training (H.O.T.). Peachpit Press, 2002. PLEASE check the prices on Amazon before you buy these books in a store! The list below serves as a bibliographical reference for books that informed the theory and design of this course. These books are not required. Curtis, Hillman. MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer. New Riders, 2002. Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. New Riders, 1999. Rosenfeld, Louis, and Peter Morville. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 2nd edition. O'Reilly, 2002. Spool, Jared M., et al. Web Site Usability. Morgan Kaufman, 1999. Tufte, Edward. Envisioning Information. Graphics Press, 1990. HTML: The preferred book is Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS (Visual QuickStart Guide), 5th edition. from Peachpit Press. Dreamweaver: If you need a book to learn Dreamweaver, go to a big bookstore, sit down for a couple of hours, and examine the books they have to see which one will work best for you. JavaScript: Basic JavaScript is covered in the Castro HTML book. > Other "hands-on" books are listed at Resources for Web Workers.