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# Books
## Information Architecture
- [Information Architecture, 4th Edition: For the Web and Beyond](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034674.do) (aka The Polar Bear Book), by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Jorge Arango
- [Everyday Information Architecture](https://everydayia.com/), by Lisa Maria Martin
- [How to Make Sense of Any Mess](http://www.howtomakesenseofanymess.com/), by Abby Covert
- [Pervasive Information Architecture](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780123820945.do), by Andrea Resmini, Luca Rosati
- [Understanding Context: Environment, Language, and Information Architecture](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024651.do), by Andrew Hinton
- [Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything](https://www.amazon.com/Intertwingled-Information-Everything-Peter-Morville/dp/0692225587), by Peter Morville
## Navigation and Search
- [Designing the Search Experience: The Information Architecture of Discovery](http://designingthesearchexperience.com/), by Tony Russel-Rose, Tyler Tate
- [Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596007652.do), by Peter Morville
- [Designing Web Navigation](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596528102.do), by James Kalbach
- [Search Analytics for Your Site: Conversations with Your Customers](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/search-analytics-for-your-site/), by Louis Rosenfeld
- [Search Patterns: Design for Discovery](http://searchpatterns.org/), by Peter Morville and Jeffery Callendar
## Information Behavior
- [Introduction to Information Behavior](https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Information-Behaviour-Nigel-Ford/dp/1856048500), by Nigel Ford
- [Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behavior](https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Information-Research-Seeking-Behavior/dp/1780526547), by Donald O. Case with Lisa M. Given
- [Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/mental-models/), by Indi Young
- Note: Designing the Search Experience, above, also has a great overview of information behavior
## Taxonomy / Ontology, Organizing Information
- [Building Enterprise Taxonomies](https://www.amazon.com/Building-Enterprise-Taxonomies-Darin-Stewart/dp/0578078228), by Darin L. Stewart
- [The Accidental Taxonomist](https://www.hedden-information.com/accidental-taxonomist.htm), by Heather Hedden
- [The Discipline of Organizing](https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Organizing-MIT-Press/dp/0262518503), by Robert Glushko
- [Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness](https://www.amazon.com/Organising-Knowledge-Taxonomies-Organisational-Effectiveness/dp/1843342278), by Patrick Lambe
- [Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology](https://www.amazon.com/Building-Ontologies-Basic-Formal-Ontology/dp/0262527812), by Robert Arp, Barry Smith, Andrew D. Spear
## Content Strategy
- [Content Everywhere: Strategy and Structure for Future-Ready Content](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/content-everywhere/), by Sara Wachter-Boettcher
- [Content Audits and Inventories: A Handbook](http://xmlpress.net/content-strategy/audits-and-inventories/), by Paula Land
- [Content Strategy for the Web](http://contentstrategy.com/), by Kristina Halvorson and Melissa Rach
- [The Elements of Content Strategy](https://elements-of-content-strategy.abookapart.com/), by Erin Kissane — read for free online!
- [Content Strategy at Work](https://www.amazon.com/Content-Strategy-Work-Real-world-Interactive/dp/0123919223), by Margot Bloomstein
## Research and Analytics
- [Just Enough Research](https://abookapart.com/products/just-enough-research), by Erika Hall
- [The Stranger’s Long Neck](https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Long-Neck-Deliver-Customers/dp/1408114429), by Gerry McGovern
- [UX Research: Practical Methods for Designing Better Products](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920048336.do), by Brad Nunnally & David Farkas
- [Tree Testing for Websites](https://treetesting.atlassian.net/), by Dave O’Brien
- [Search Analytics for Your Site](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/search-analytics-for-your-site/), by Lou Rosenfeld
- [Card Sorting: Designing Usable Categories](http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/card-sorting/), by Donna Spencer
- [User Research for Information Architecture Projects](http://maadmob.com.au/resources/UserResearchIA.pdf), by Donna Maurer
## User-Centered Design
- [The Design of Everyday Things](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654), by Don Norman
# Articles
## Information Science and Information Behavior
- Bates, Marcia (1989). [The Design of Browsing And Berrypicking Techniques for the Online Search Interface](http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/bates/%20berrypicking.html)Â
- [Information as Thing](http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html), by Michael Buckland
- Choo, C., Detlor, B., & Turnbull, D. (2000). [Information seeking on the Web: An integrated model of browsing and searching](http://firstmonday.org/article/view/729/638). First Monday, 5(2). doi:10.5210/fm.v5i2.729 [http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/729/638#fig3](http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/729/638#fig3)
- Dervin, B., [From the mind's eye of the user: the sense-making qualitative-quantitative methodology](https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/2281/Dervin1992a.htm). In J.D. Glazier & R.R. Powell, (Eds.). [Qualitative research in information management](https://books.google.com/books/about/Qualitative_Research_in_Information_Mana.html?id=UQPhAAAAMAAJ). (pp. 61-84). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1992.
- Wilson, T.D. (1999) "[Models in information behaviour research](http://www.informationr.net/tdw/publ/papers/1999JDoc.html)" Â Journal of Documentation, 55(3) 249-270 Available at [http://informationr.net/tdw/publ/papers/1999JDoc.html](http://informationr.net/tdw/publ/papers/1999JDoc.html)
- [Mental Models](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/mental-models/), by Jakob Nielsen
- Robert S. Taylor, “[Question-Negotiation and Information Seeking in Libraries](http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/12027),” College & Research Libraries 29:178-94 (May 1968).Â
- [Information as an Object](http://archivemati.ca/2007/02/05/information-as-an-object/), by Peter Van Garderen
## Information Architecture
- Big IA vs Little IA (Classic vs. Contemporary): [Understanding Information Architecture Differently](http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2012/05/understanding-information-architecture-differently.php), by Nathaniel Davis
- [Information Architecture: The Structure Behind Your User Interface](http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2017/02/information-architecture-the-structure-behind-your-user-interface.php), by Nathaniel Davis
- [Towards a new Information Architecture](https://medium.com/goodux-badux/towards-a-new-information-architecture-f38b5cc904c0), by Christina Wodtke
- [Eight Principles of Information Architecture](http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Aug-10/AugSep10_Brown.html), by Dan Brown
- [The Information Architecture Value Chain](http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2014/05/the-information-architecture-value-chain.php), by Nate Davis
## Navigation and Search
- [E-Commerce Usability: The Main Navigation Should Display Product Categories (18% Don’t)](https://baymard.com/blog/main-navigation-product-categories), Baymard Institute
- [Deconstructing E-Commerce Search: The 12 Query Types](https://baymard.com/blog/ecommerce-search-query-types), Baymard Institute
- [Mobile Subnavigation](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/mobile-subnavigation/), by Raluca Budiu
- [The benefits of a single task-driven classification / navigation](http://gerrymcgovern.com/the-benefits-of-a-single-task-driven-classification-navigation/), by Gerry McGovern
- [Navigation is more important than search](http://gerrymcgovern.com/navigation-is-more-important-than-search/), by Gerry McGovern
- [When to hide and show navigation](http://gerrymcgovern.com/when-to-hide-and-show-navigation/), by Gerry McGovern
- [A language for search and discovery](http://isquared.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/a-language-for-search-and-discovery/), by Tony Russel-Rose
- [The Three Dimensions of Website Navigability: Explication and Effects](https://www.evernote.com/shard/s1/sh/43c0fdec-d783-4379-9ffd-bb39b3bd6e40/f31da279b0f657f9), by Bartosz W. Wojdynski and Sriram Kalyanara
## Research and Analytics
- [Card Sorting](https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/card-sorting.html), usability.gov
- [IA Heuristics: A Journey](http://abbytheia.com/2012/04/12/ia-heuristics-journey/), by Abby Covert
- [How to Measure Findability](https://measuringu.com/measure-findability/), by Jeff Sauro, MeasuringU
# Resources
- [A visual vocabulary for describing information architecture and interaction design](http://jjg.net/ia/visvocab/), by Jesse James Garrett
# Websites
- [DSIA Portal of Information Architecture](http://methodbrain.com/dsia_portal.cfm)
- [Nielsen Norman Group](https://www.nngroup.com/) (NN/g)Â
- [ASIS&T](https://www.asist.org/) (Association for Information Science & Technology)
- [World IA Association](https://www.worldiaday.org)
# Software and Services
- [Content Insight’s Content Analysis Tool](https://www.content-insight.com/)
- [Screaming Frog](https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/)
- [Optimal Workshop](https://www.optimalworkshop.com/)
- [UserTesting](https://www.usertesting.com/)
# Videos
- [Introducing Guided Search](https://youtu.be/qyYVI0ySDvk) - Pinterest
- [Keynotes and sessions from IA Summit 2016](https://blueprintdigital.com/ia-summit-2016/)
- [Keynotes and sessions from IA Summit 2017](https://blueprintdigital.com/ia-summit-2017/)
- [World IA Day YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldIADay)
- [World IA Day Seattle YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaNloKBgC4NHGoWwsrTzC5g)
- [UIE’s All You Can Learn virtual seminars on information architecture](https://aycl.uie.com/virtual_seminars/category/information_architecture)
- [Do we still need Information Architecture (IA) when users can just search?](https://youtu.be/ylvITZEAHX0) (Kathryn Whitenton)
- [Card Sorting: How to Best Organize Product Offerings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbEfjaE94sU) (Kathryn Whitenton)
- [How do card sorting and tree testing work together?](https://optimalworkshop-1.wistia.com/medias/7ibki5ltwg) (Optimal Workshop)
# Events
- [World IA Day](http://worldiaday.org/) – March 8, 2025
- [The IA Conference](https://www.theiaconference.com/) – April 29 – May 3, Philadelphia, PA
- [Seattle Taxonomy / IA Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/seattle-taxonomy-meetup/events/)– monthly
# Models and Definitions of IA
- [IA Schools of Thought](http://methodbrain.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/ia-schools-of-thought-beta.pdf) poster by Nate Davis
- [Ontology, Taxonomy, Choreography](http://understandinggroup.com/information-architecture/understanding-information-architecture/), by Dan Klyn
- Christina Wodtke’s [DTDT list](http://eleganthack.com/defining-the-damn-thing/)
# Slide decks
- Andrew Hinton’s [Linkosophy](http://www.slideshare.net/andrewhinton/linkosophy-355763)
# Key Concepts
- [Information Science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%5C_science
- [Information Need](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_needs)Â
- [[Data Information Knowledge Wisdom hierarchy]]
- [Information as Thing](http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/thing.html)
- [[Concepts/metadata|metadata]]
- [[taxonomy]]
- [[search]]
- [[navigation]]
- [[The infamous three circles of IA]]
- [[Information Architecture Common Set]]
- [UX Design Practice Verticals](http://www.methodbrain.com/dsia/resource/ux-design-practice-verticals.cfm)
# People to Follow
- [Abby Covert](http://twitter.com/danklyn)
- [Andrea Resmini](http://andrearesmini.com/)
- [Andrew Hinton](http://andrewhinton.com/)
- [Andy Fitzgerald](http://www.andybywire.com/)
- [Bram Wessell](https://www.factorfirm.com/who-we-are/bram-wessel/)
- [Christina Wodtke](http://eleganthack.com/)
- [Connor Cantrell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cantreco/)
- [Dan Klyn](http://wildlyappropriate.com/)
- [Dan Ramsden](http://danramsden.com/)
- [Duane Degler](https://www.designforcontext.com/about-us/duane-degler)
- [Gary Carlson](https://www.factorfirm.com/who-we-are/gary-carlson/)
- [Jorge Arango](https://jarango.com/)
- [Lou Rosenfeld](http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/)
- [Marsha Haverty](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsha-haverty-3387b915/)
- [Nathaniel Davis](http://methodbrain.com/)
- [Rachel Price](https://www.rachelaudreyprice.com)
- [Ren Pope](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlpope3/)
- [Sarah Barrett](https://sarahrbarrett.com)
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