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Human-computer interaction

Here are entered works on the human factors in computer systems. Works on computer systems operating in a real-time environment are entered under Interactive computer systems.

See also what's at Wikipedia, your library, or elsewhere.

• Human engineering

• User interfaces (Computer systems)
• User-centered system design

• Human-computer interaction -- Encyclopedias
• Human-computer interaction -- Fiction
• Human-computer interaction -- Periodicals
• Natural language processing (Computer science)

• Computer-human interaction
• Human factors in computing systems
• Interaction, Human-computer

• Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges (1995), ed. by Nathaniel I. Durlach and Anne S. Mavor (page images with commentary at NAP)
• The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its Role in Society (2018), by Microsoft Corporation (PDF with commentary at microsoft.com)
• The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech (Chicago: Smart Chicago Collaborative, 2014), by Daniel X. O'Neil (HTML with commentary at cutgroupbook.org)
• Virtual Body Language: The History and Future of Avatars; How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2011), by Jeffrey Ventrella (PDF with commentary at CMU)
• The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface, by Kent L. Norman (HTML at UMD)
• The Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, Machines (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), ed. by James J. Sheehan and Morton Sosna (HTML at UC Press)

• The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (second edition), by Interaction Design Foundation (illustrated HTML with commentary at interaction-design.org)

• East of the Sun, West of the Moon (included on the Unto the Breach Baen CD image; c2006), by John Ringo
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 190 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 190 MB

• Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (2014-) (full serial archives)

• Essential Speech and Language Technology for Dutch: Results by the STEVIN Programme (c2013), ed. by Peter Spyns and Jan Odijk (multiple formats with commentary at SpringerLink)
• Natural Language Processing With Python (electronic Creative Commons edition, with errata, 2010), by Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, and Edward Loper (illustrated HTML with commentary at nltk.org)
• Strategic Research Agenda for Multilingual Europe 2020 (presented by META-NET; c2013), ed. by Georg Rehm and Hans Uszkoreit (PDF files with commentary at SpringerLink)
• Computational Linguistics: Models, Resources, Applications (c2004), by Igor A. Bolshakov and Alexander Gelbukh (PDF and illustrated HTML with commentary at gelbukh.com)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Working Through Screens: 100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work (2010), by Jacob Burghardt (PDF at archive.org)
• Apple Human Interface Guidelines (revised edition for Mac OS X), by Apple Computer, Inc. (HTML at Apple)

• Customizing Vendor Systems for Better User Experiences: The Innovative Librarian's Guide (Santa Barbara and Denver: Libraries Unlimited, c2016), by Matthew Reidsma (PDF at gvsu.edu)

• Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (2014-) (full serial archives)

• The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech (Chicago: Smart Chicago Collaborative, 2014), by Daniel X. O'Neil (HTML with commentary at cutgroupbook.org)

• The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech (Chicago: Smart Chicago Collaborative, 2014), by Daniel X. O'Neil (HTML with commentary at cutgroupbook.org)

• C++ GUI programming with Qt 3, by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield (PDF at phptr.com)
• Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets, by Julian Smart and Kevin Hock, contrib. by Stefan Csomor (PDF at phptr.com)
• GTK+ / Gnome Application Development, by Havoc Pennington (HTML at linuxtopia.org)
• KDE 2.0 Development, by David Sweet (HTML at kde.org)

• Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Worlds: Understanding and Designing Expressive Characters (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, 2014), ed. by Joshua Tanenbaum, Magy Seif El-Nasr, and Michael Nixon (PDF with commentary at CMU)
• Virtual Body Language: The History and Future of Avatars; How Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2011), by Jeffrey Ventrella (PDF with commentary at CMU)

• Motif Programming Manual (third edition, 2001), by Antony Fountain, Jeremy Huxtable, Paula M. Ferguson, and Dan Heller (HTML and PDF with commentary at ist.co.uk)
• Motif Reference Manual for Motif 2.1 (second edition, 2001), by Antony Fountain and Paula M. Ferguson (PDF with commentary at ist.co.uk)
• Motif Programming Manual (second edition, 1994), by Dan Heller and Paula M. Ferguson, contrib. by David Brennan (HTML and PDF at oreilly.com)
• XView Programming Manual (1993 edition, updated for version 3.2), by Dan Heller, ed. by Thomas Van Raalte (PDF at oreilly.com)
• XView Reference Manual, ed. by Thomas Van Raalte (PDF at oreilly.com)

• The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (second edition), by Interaction Design Foundation (illustrated HTML with commentary at interaction-design.org)
• Gamification at Work: Designing Engaging Business Software, by Janaki Kumar and Mario Herger (HTML with commentary at interaction-design.org)

• Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (2014-) (full serial archives)

• The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech (Chicago: Smart Chicago Collaborative, 2014), by Daniel X. O'Neil (HTML with commentary at cutgroupbook.org)

• Production Ergonomics: Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Performance (London: Ubiquity Press, c2017), by Cecilia Berlin and Caroline Adams (multiple formats with commentary at Ubiquity Press)
• Ergonomic Models of Anthropometry, Human Biomechanics, and Operator-Equipment Interfaces, by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Research Needs for Human Factors, by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Living Aloft: Human Requirements for Extended Spaceflight, by Mary M. Connors, Albert A. Harrison, and Faren R. Akens (illustrated HTML at NASA)

• 50 Years of Human Engineering: History and Cumulative Bibliography of the Fitts Human Engineering Division (1995), ed. by Rebecca J. Green, Herschel C. Self, and Tanya S. Ellifritt
  • PDF at dtic.mil
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research (1995), ed. by Raymond S. Nickerson (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
• The Future of Air Traffic Control: Human Operators and Automation, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, Raja Pasasuraman, and James P. McGee (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Flight to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control, ed. by Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, and James P. McGee (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

• Aviation Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing Unfavorable Pilot-Vehicle Interactions, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

• Rethinking Gamification (Lüneburg, Germany: Meson Press, 2014), ed. by Mathias Fuchs, Sonia Fizek, Paolo Ruffino, and Niklas Schrape (PDF and Epub with commentary at Mesaon Press)
• Gamification at Work: Designing Engaging Business Software, by Janaki Kumar and Mario Herger (HTML with commentary at interaction-design.org)

• Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines (1994), ed. by David B. Roe and Jay G. Wilpon (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Ergonomic Models of Anthropometry, Human Biomechanics, and Operator-Equipment Interfaces, by National Research Council Committee on Human Factors (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

• Production Ergonomics: Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Performance (London: Ubiquity Press, c2017), by Cecilia Berlin and Caroline Adams (multiple formats with commentary at Ubiquity Press)

• From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2011), ed. by Lawrence A. Kuznar, Allison Astorino-Courtois, and Sarah Canna
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust

More items available under broader and related terms at left.