Links on Information Architecture

Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test

Summary
Testing ever-more users in card sorting has diminishing returns, but you should still use three times more participants than you would in traditional usability tests.

Card Sorting: How Many Users to Test

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The Journal of Information Architecture

The Journal of Information Architecture is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Its aim is to facilitate the systematic development of the scientific body of knowledge in the field of information architecture.

The long term goal of the journal is to serve as a forum for new research and sharing of good ideas and case studies that are useful to the field’s researchers, practitioners, students, and all other interested parties.

The Journal of Information Architecture

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Intranet Usability Reports

Intranet Usability Reports by Nielsen Norman Group (available for a price but none the less worth it)

  • Intranet Usability Guidelines, vol. 1-10
  • Intranet Portals
  • Intranet Information Architecture (IA)
  • Intranet Design Annuals: 2001 to 2009
  • Financial Services Companies’ Intranets
  • Technology Companies’ Intranets
  • Knowledge-Intensive Companies’ Intranets
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Companies’ Intranets
  • Retail Companies’ Intranets
  • Government Agencies/Public Sector Intranets

Intranet Usability Reports by Nielsen Norman Group

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Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well

Summary:
Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user’s choices.

Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well

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A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design

Summary
Diagrams are an essential tool for communicating information architecture and interaction design in Web development teams. This document discusses the considerations in development of such diagrams, outlines a basic symbology for diagramming information architecture and interaction design concepts, and provides guidelines for the use of these elements.

A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design

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