Web Style Guide (Yale, 2nd edition -- also available in print)
Help with everything from planning your site to compressing your images.

Site Navigation Stress Test
Subject your site to this simple test to see if your site passes.

Web Design and Usability Guidelines
Research-based, punchy pointers to making your site as easy to use as possible.

useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
The guru of Web site usability speaks.

Web Pages That Suck | Bad Designs
Two of of Jakob's favorite sites. Laugh while you learn.

Zen Garden | The Beauty of CSS Design
Sample sites using a variety of different style sheets against the same content demonstrate the power of style sheets.

Homepage Usability: 50 Web Sites Deconstructed
by Jakob Nielsen & Marie Tahir · Fascinating, very visual analysis of the best sites around -- and their flaws.

Web Style Guide (Yale, 2nd edition)
Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton · Elegant print version of the web site. (See Web Site section)

Html for the Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide
by Elizabeth Castro · Handy for beginners and well-rated by hundreds of Amazon users


Designing with Web Standards
by Jeffrey Zeldman, New Riders Press, Indianapolis, IN 46290, May 2003
Designing web pages for modern browsers and tomorrow/s Internet.

Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen, New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, IN, 2000
From content and page design to designing for ease of navigation and for users with disabilities, Jakob Nielson delivers complete direction on how to connect with any web user, in any situation.

the Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
by Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag, Peachpit Press, Berkley, CA 94710, 2005
Supporting book for www.csszengarden.com on the power of using style sheets.