notes-books-projectGuideToUXDesign

http://projectuxd.com/?page_id=61

Salary and contractor rate surveys

iainstitute

aiga

coroflot

aquent

tools

web traffic analytics tools

conferences

well known UX organizations that host events

www.ixda.org iaininstitue.org asis.org sigchi.org usabilityprofessionals.org

lists of heuristics

impact ranking for ui issues

user-research techniques

most of these take about 4-6 weeks (including waiting for user recruitment)

misc

neat icon idea: when they give a "further reading", they classify it as surfing/snorkling/deep diving, and give a different icon for each one, depending on how long it will take to read.

http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2008/05/bite-sized-ux-research.php