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Marriott
Library Online Resources |
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The Marriott
Library offers many resources online, including
netLibrary, ebrary, Safari Online Technical Books, IEEE standards,
and more. Access to resources may be restricted to
campus networks or through proxy access.
NetLibrary
NetLibrary eBooks are digital full-text versions of books
such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature
and fiction, and 3,400 publicly-accessible titles.
ebrary
Ebrary features a growing selection of more than 60,000
titles from more than 200 leading academic, STM, and professional
publishers; ebrary licenses authoritative content such as
full-text books, reports, maps, and other authoritative documents
under both a simultaneous, multi-user subscription and perpetual
access model.
Safari
Tech Books Online
Search, browse, and read full text information technology
books online. Includes titles from O'Reilly, Pearson, Cisco
Press, and more.
IEEE
Provides full-text access to the complete range of publications
including journals, conference proceedings, and standards
dating back to 1988 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) and the Institutions of Electrical Engineers
(IEE). Journals and transactions titles are also included
in the library catalog; other IEEE publications are accessible
through this service.
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Web
Standards |
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W3C
- The World Wide Web Consortium
Repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers
and users; reference code implementations to embody and promote
standards; and various prototype and sample applications to
demonstrate use of new technology.
Web
Standards Project
Coalition of web developers and users whose mission is to
stop the fragmentation of the web, by persuading browser makers
that standards are in everyone's best interest.
HTML
Writers Guild
The HTML Writers Guild site map. Excellent reference source.
Web Style Manual
The web's definitive Style Guide. |
Accessibility/Validation |
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Web
Accessibility Initiative
Home page of W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative--resources for
increasing accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.
WebAim
Utah State University's Web Accessibility In Mind (WebAIM)
is administered through a grant provided by the Fund for the
Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE)
Learning Anywhere Anytime Partnerships (LAAP).
Its goal is to improve accessibility to online learning opportunities
for all people; in particular to improve accessibility for
individuals with disabilities who currently may have a difficult
time getting access to post-secondary online learning opportunities.
Trace
Research and Development Center
Wealth of useful links dedicated to cooperative efforts linked
toward building a more usable Web for all.
HTML
TIDY
Pay further attention to making your pages more accessible
to people with disabilities, fix HTML mistakes automatically
and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely laid out markup.
W3C
HTML Validation Service
This easy-to-use HTML validation service is based on an SGML
parser. It checks HTML documents for compliance with W3C HTML
Recommendations and other HTML standards.
Validation
Links from HTML Writers Guild
Choose the HTML validator that you like best.
WebXACT
Free web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility
to people with disabilities. |
General |
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Marriott
Library Online Resources
The Marriott Library offers many resources online, including
netLibrary, ebrary, Safari Online Technical Books, IEEE standards,
and more. Access to resources may be restricted to campus
networks or through proxy access.
The Web
Developer's Search Engine
Keyword searchable plus an alphabetical index of developers'
sites.
Download.com by CNet
Has separate PC and Mac and Mobile versions for downloads, reviews, survival guides, tips, etc.
Internet.com : the E-Commerce and Technology Network
WebDeveloper.com section covers everything from news to forum to library.
Webmonkey: The Web Developer's Resource
Basic to advanced site design. How To Library and Quick Reference
are both available.
Useit.com
Jakob Nielsen's site on usability and web design. |
HTML |
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Index DOT Html
An advanced HTML reference.
webdesign.about.com
Information on web design by About.com. |
CSS |
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Index
DOT Css
A complete reference to Css: the properties, the syntax, the
history, and the browsers. If you need to know something about
CSS, this is where you will find the answers.
Get
Started with Cascading Style Sheets by Builder.com
Comprehensive guide to CSS from its beginning up to today.
Cascading
Style Sheets Tutorial
Cascading Style Sheets tutorials and other useful web developer
links.
Cascading
Style Sheets, level 1
Latest W3C recommendation.
CSS Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs from the HTML Writer's Guild.
Style-o-Mattic by Builder.com
This is pretty cool! Generate your style source with the click
of a button.
CSS
Zen Garden: The Beauty of CSS Design
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through
CSS based design. The HTML code throughout the examples remains
the same; the only thing that has changed is the external
.css file. |
JavaScript |
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JavaScript
for the Total Non-Programmer
Takes you step by step through the fundamentals of JavaScript.
JavaScript Technology Center!
Tutorials, free scripts, Java applets and more...
Script
Library (by builder.com)
Complete and functional JavaScript packages ready for use
on your website. You may submit your own script to be reviewed
for inclusion into this resource.
JavaScript
Source (by Internet.com)
JavaScript resource with tons of FREE "cut and paste" JavaScript
examples.
JavaScript
World
Advanced web development resource.
Super
Scriptor
All kinds of cool tools and tricks by Jamie Jaworski from
Builder.com. Scripts ready for you to cut and paste.
Navigator JavaScript Reference
Alphabetical reference of all objects, properties, methods,
event handlers, and functions. |
CGI |
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CGI
Programming 101
The entire book is available online, free of charge.
Common
Gateway Interface
Good definition and history of CGI from NCSA.
CGI
Resource Index
If you're using CGI on your website, you'll definitely want
to bookmark this site.
CGIexpo.com
Exhibition of CGI scripts, Javascript, and PHP for dynamic content
and control of your website and databases. |
Perl |
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www.perl.com:
The Source for Perl
Go to the site that started it all.
ActiveState
Open Source Programming tools for Perl, Python, Tcl,
PHP, XML and XSLT. Quality development tools for programmers,
systems administrators, database administrators, network administrators
and webmasters. |
XML |
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OASIS
SGML/XML Web Page
Extensible Markup Language (XML) complete description and reference
guide.
XML
JavaBeans (by Java World)
How XML works with Java. |
Search Engines |
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University
of Utah Search Engine
Based on the presentation at the Jan. 24 Webmaster Forum at
the U. Tips on how to optimize your web pages for better search
results. Also links to frequent
query reports and Link Error Check. The pages are updated as new features
are developed and added.
Search
Engine Watch
From search engines work to submission tips. Extremely useful
for promoting ratings and hits. Subscribe to Search Engine
Watch, a monthly email report.
META
Scanner
This web tool will scan your META Tags and will report your
usage, and make suggestions on how to optimize your usage. |
Web Design
and Graphics |
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lynda.com
By Lynda Weiman, author of many best-selling books on web
design and production, including Designing Web Graphics.
A useful resource on web design from training, books, videos,
to tips, which include free samples of QuickTime movies from various
training CD-ROMs on popular software such Photoshop, Flash,
Dreamweaver, etc.
Creating
Killer Websites Online by David Siegel
Offers design tips, tools, bibliography, and example sites.
Graphics intensive.
Communication
Arts: Design Interact
Check out Site
of the Week and its archive.
Stock Images:
Getty
Images
Search and purchase digital stock photography and
images.
PhotoSphere
Images Ltd.
Search, buy and download royalty-free stock photos. Purchase
stock photos of people, places and things.
Stockbyte
Royal-free stock photography and digital image library. |
Flash |
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Macromedia
Macromedia
Flash Support Center
Useful how-to tips:
Macromedia
University
Take courses on Macromedia products on-line.
Developer Sites
Flash
Kit
A Flash Developer Resource Site.
http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/
Colin Moock's tutorials and gallery for Flash developers and
designers. Covers ActionScript and JavaScript. Maintained
by the author of O'Reilly's 'ActionScript: The Definitive
Guide.'
Actionscripting
in Flash MX
Web companion to the book by Phillip Kerman. Free chapter(s)
in PDF. Free Flash files. |
Digital Video
and Dynamic Media |
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Digital
Video for the Web: References & Samples
A comprehensive overview of digital video on the web. Answers
to frequently asked questions - and questions you didn't know
to ask.
DV Magazine
Covers digital video trends & technologies (current issues
and archives of back issues and articles).
Streaming
Media World
Media Player Reviews & Streaming Video, Audio, & MP3 Information.
All
about Windows Media
By Microsoft. |
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