Chapter objectives for
The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook

The primary objective of this Handbook to compile a comprehensive set of articles that address the principles involved in conceptualizing, designing, and evaluating computing technologies spanning a variety of traditional and non traditional platforms including desktop computing, networked environments, mobile computing and virtual environments. Given both the research-oriented and applied foci, the handbook will summarize research, technological advancements and specific methodologies in the field of human-computer interaction.

• The Handbook should serve people in the occupations of computer science, industrial engineering, electrical and computer engineering, cognitive science, experimental psychology, human factors, interface design, systems design, and product management and development. More specifically:
  
  
  1. Practitioners in product conceptualization, design, and evaluation,
  2. Practitioners in research and development,
  3. Academicians in teaching, research, and consulting.
     
     
• Since topics under the broad label of human-computer interaction are often interrelated and at times, interdependent, it is important that authors familiarize themselves with the entire table of contents so that references (and thus, links) can be made within your particular chapter or section to other chapters or sections of the handbook. For example, chapters in Part IV should build upon the material available in Parts I-III and chapters in Part V should build upon material in Parts I-IV.
  
  
• If your chapter is not context-specific, but rather applicable in a variety of contexts, it is important that examples are used in the text that apply to as many contexts as possible (i.e., hospitals; banking; insurance; finance; mail systems; hotels, motels, and restaurants; armed services; local, state, and federal government; retail; universities; distribution; manufacturing and marketing).
  
  
• Since the purpose of a Handbook is the application of knowledge to solving real-world problems, it should present all available useful tables, graphs, software packages and formulas pertaining to the application and use of such methodologies. The scope and limitations of methodologies should be reviewed and a step-by-step description of their uses should be illustrated. Supporting references should be provided. In addition, it may be possible to incorporate material that cannot be presented in the context of a printed handbook if it would add value to your chapter. Please contact the editors regarding the possibility of making this material available to readers.