swap_vector
- Proposes a new template "swap_vector" that internally swaps elements instead of copy-constructing them in order to improve performance of the container.
- http://sg.torque.net/sg/p/swap_vector.html

The Standard Librarian: Sorting in the Standard Library
- An article in the C/C++ Users Journal by Matthew Austern.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403792

The SGI Standard Template Library
- An Article from Dr. Dobb's Journal August 1997.
- http://www.ddj.com/184410249

Are Set Iterators Mutable or Immutable?
- Portability issues in using the standard library. An article about portability issues in using the Standard Library by Klaus Kreft and Angelika Langer, published in the C/C++ Users Journal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403751

What Are Allocators Good For?
- An article by Matt Austern, published in C/C++ Users Journal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403759

Effective Standard C++ Library: for_each vs. transform
- An article about the difference between for_each and transform in the STL by Klaus Kreft and Angelika Langer, published in the C/C++ Users Journal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403769

Unary Predicates in the STL
- An article by Klaus Kreft and Angelika Langer.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403777

The Standard Librarian: I/O and Function Objects: Containers of Pointers
- Explains how containers of pointers behave, when containers of pointers are useful, and what techniques can be used to manage them. Article by Matthew Austern published in the C/C++ Users Journal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403800

STL Algorithms vs. Hand-Written Loops
- Scott Meyers presents yet more motivation to trust the library more than yourself. An article by the Autor of "Effective STL" published in C/C++ Users Journal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184401446

The Standard Librarian: Hash Tables for the Standard Library
- An article by Matt Austern in the C/C++ Users Journal. This column gives you an idea of what a proposal for hash tables should look like, by presenting a sample proposal.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184403822

STL and TR1: Part III
- With TR1, C++ gets hash tables in the form of the template classes unordered_map, unordered_multimap, unordered_set, and unordered_multiset.
- http://www.ddj.com/dept/cpp/184402066

C++ and STL: Take Advantage of STL Algorithms by Implementing a Custom Iterator
- An Article by Samir Bajaj published in the MSDN Magazine, April 2001.
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/04/STL/

Interview with Alex Stepanov
- Article in Dr. Dobb's Journal, Issue March 1995.
- http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/drdobbs-interview.html

Standard Library News, Part 2: Sets and Maps
- Covers updates and additional information about standard library containers. This article appeared in C++ Report.
- http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill11.htm

Standard Library News, Part 1: Vectors and Deques
- Present news updates about the standard library containers vector, deque, set, multiset, map, and multimap. This article appeared in C++ Report.
- http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill10.htm

The Standard Template Library
- Article from Byte's Oktober 1995 issue.
- http://www.byte.com/art/9510/sec12/art3.htm

Priority Queues and the STL
- An Article in Dr. Dobb's Journal by Mark Nelson that appeared in January, 1996.
- http://dogma.net/markn/articles/pq_stl/priority.htm