The Northwestern University Office of Web Communications created this guide with contributions from the Web Standards Group of Northwestern University's Web Steering Committee.
The Office of Web Communications provides standards and technical assistance to help the Northwestern community develop Web pages that are designed for optimum usability and accessibility. Creating a consistent Web presence at Northwestern University is one of the group's primary goals.
University Web Standards online
http://www.webstandards.northwestern.edu
A to Z Style Guide
http://www.northwestern.edu/univ-relations/publications/resources/styleguide/styleguide.html
Northwestern University Dublin Core Meta Tag Generator
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/mtg/Northwestern
University Logo Guidelines
http://www.northwestern.edu/logo/guidelines.html
PDF format information
Academic Technologies: 847-467-4357
Web Publishing classes
Human Resources Training & Development: 847-491-7459
http://www.northwestern.edu/hr/training/computer.html
Hale, Constance and Scanlon, Jessie. WIRED Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2000.
Lehn, David and Stern, Hadley. "Death of the Websafe Color Palette?" (Online). Webmonkey, 2000.
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html
Lynch, Patrick J. and Horton, Sarah. Yale Style Manual (Online). Yale University, 1997.
http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/
Lynch and Horton, Web Style Guide, 2nd edition.
http://www.webstyleguide.com/
Nielsen, Jakob. Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. Indianapolis: New Riders, 1999.
Towers, J. Tarin. Visual Quickstart Guide: Macromedia Dreamweaver 4. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 2001.
Williams, Robin and Tollett, John. The Non-Designer's Web Book. Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1997.
Resources from the Web Accessibility Initiative of the W3C:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/
http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/existingtools.html#Evaluation
Accessibility evaluation service on the web:
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reserve/copyrightbasics.html