Reference Links

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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.

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.

Web Standards

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 Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

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.

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.

WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

Evaluating Websites for Accessibility

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.

A List Apart

Index DOT Html
An advanced HTML reference.

webdesign.about.com
Information on web design by About.com.

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.

Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial
Cascading Style Sheets tutorials and other useful web developer links.

CSS Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs from the HTML Writer's Guild.

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 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...

JavaScript Source (by Internet.com)
JavaScript resource with tons of FREE "cut and paste" JavaScript examples.

CGI Programming 101
The entire book is available online, free of charge.

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.

www.perl.com: The Source for Perl
Go to the site that started it all.

OASIS SGML/XML Web Page
Extensible Markup Language (XML) complete description and reference guide.

XML JavaBeans (by Java World)
How XML works with Java.

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.

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.

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Getty Images
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