Points of Reference in Technical Communication Scholarship
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Smith, Elizabeth Overman 'Betsy'
Technical Communication Quarterly
2000

Abstract:

Identified in this article are 163 texts selected from a database of over 25,000 citations collected from five technical communication journals between 1988 and 1997. The texts—points of reference—represent the research, theory, and practice of technical communication.