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Technical Communication on the Web
A list of online resources for students of technical communication.
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Technical Communication Research Repository
Technical Communication has not been known as a profession with a particularly strong basis in theory and research. Members of the profession are often too busy solving problems and meeting deadlines to do some of the extra work or document what has been done. This site has been established as a central site to connect those who want to do research, those who want to fund research, and those who have the need for research results. It could pave the way for more and better research in our profession.
- Researchers seeking funding could connect with those willing to fund research
- Those seeking to fund specific research projects could connect with those interested in doing the research and capable of doing it
- Those seeking to do or fund research could connect with those who have successfully done so in the past-helping to pave the way for new collaborations
- Those seeking to do research could connect with those who have done similar research and learn from their experience
- Those seeking to do research could examine the research base of what has already been done to identify gaps to be filled
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Technical Communication Resource Material
What is Technical Writing? Communicates specific and factual info to a defined audience. Why do it? Inform, instruct, describe, explain processes and mechanisms. Who does it? Engineers, scientists and technicians as necessary part of daily work. Why do we need it? With rising complexity, the greater the need for direct, simple and clear communication. Readers come first. Consider reader before content, approach, style. Reader is either technical, managerial, and/or general. Express vs Impress. More important to convey ideas than impress with vocabulary. Clarity. Shorter sentences and active language.
Tuffley, David. Griffith University (2000). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Communication Resources
The following list of resources has been compiled to provide a quick and easy access to WWW sites which deal with technical communication.
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Technical Communication Resources
Welcome to the resource site home page for technical communication. While these pages may be helpful to anyone interested in what technical communicators do or how to become one, they also reflect my own experience.
Bergen, Jane. Technical Communication Resources (1999). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Communication Resources in Civil and Environmental Engineering
We hope the resources available through this page will help you to improve of your technical writing and presentation skills.
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Technical Communication Resources: Internet Resources
The General Resources: Internet Resources section of this site provides links to several resources for technical writers, including topical sites, e-zines, and online writing centers.
Burnett, Rebecca E. Thomson (2001). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Communication Web Links
As the Web expands, technical communicators can take advantage of a growing body of resources covering writing, technology, the Internet, and education, and other topics. Following are some links to Web sites that may be of interest to technical communicators. We'll continue to this list as we learn of new resources, so check back with us again soon.
STC Rochester (2002). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Communication Webring
If you're interested in Technical Communication, stop in for a visit at the TComm WebRing. TComm links many informative and interesting websites for people interested in keeping up with this briskly-changing career. If you are a technical writer, technical editor, web page designer, proposal developer, technical illustrator, instructional developer, multimedia specialist, resume writer, or are just looking for information about technical communication, this ring is for you.
Webring (1998). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Communication: What, Why and How
You may not know any of us, but you depend on our work. In the corporate milieu or as freelancers, we create and improve the help files for your computer and the procedures that tell Payroll how to turn your time card into a bank deposit. We work on the grant proposals and business plans that get funding and the reports and articles that tell the world about the results. We do this with CD-ROMs, the Web, and the paper documents that seem to get more important with every new advance in technology. At least this is true when companies understand the benefit of communicating clearly... and the cost of communicating badly. If customers have been overloading a service hotline because a user manual did not meet their needs, or five hundred employees wasted two hours apiece because a memorandum was ambiguous, it’s time to invest in expert services.
Chew, Joseph. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories. Resources>Directories
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Technical Communications In Engineering
Technical and professional communication combines writing, organizing and communicating skills. The sites below deal with specific topics such as: interviewing; writing proposals, reports and resumes; and analyzing, organizing and presenting technical information.
University of Manitoba. Resources>Directories>TC>Engineering
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Technical Communications Resources on the Web
Useful links for technical communication students.
Adkins, Kaye. Missouri Western State University. Resources>Directories>TC
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The Technical Communicators Resource Site
A comprehensive resource for writers of policy and procedure manuals, user guides and online help systems, and Web publications.
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Gary Conroy's directory of resources for polishing up drafts and sorting out technical writers.
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A directory of online resources in technical illustration.
Google. Resources>Directories>Graphic Design>Technical Illustration
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Technical Report Writing Resources
Provides links to online resources such as directories, web sites, chat forums, journals, associations, and conferences. It also has 18 tips for technical writers.
Halligan, Nancy. Technical-writing-course.com (2002). Resources>Directories>Reports>Technical Writing
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A collection of links of use to technical and professional communicators.
Mink, Rebecca. Rebecca Mink's Write-Line. Resources>Directories>Writing>Technical Writing
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Technical Writer's Reference Page
This web site provides reference material for experienced technical writers, but also includes information for beginners and for tech writers looking for a job. This site includes links to various types of reference material, including HTML instruction pages, style guides, technical writing sites, tech writing tools, dictionaries, etc. My goal is to help (English-speaking) persons who are in the business of writing and formatting technical documents. I've reviewed quite a few of the sites to which this page is linked, and have used some of the tools listed.
TComm WebRing, The. Resources>Directories>Writing>Technical Writing
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A medium for all technical writers to add their tips and ideas for becoming a successful technical writer.
Taylor, Vicki M. Suite101 (2001). Resources>Directories>Writing>Technical Writing
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I began this document in 1978, when I was teaching undergraduate classes in electrical engineering and found that my students needed some guidance on grammar and style. I enlarged this document frequently during my ten years as a professor. During 1990-95, I shared this document with my colleagues in Germany who wanted to know more about style in American English. The favorable reaction of my former students and my German colleagues has encouraged me to post this document on the Internet, in the hope that it might be useful to a wider audience.
Standler, Ronald B. RBS0.com (1978). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Writing Chats and Forums
A directory of chats, forums and mailing lists of interest to technical communicators.
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A directory of technical communication software resources.
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テクニカル・ライティングの世界にようこそ！テクニカル・ライティングとは、マニュアル・ライティングのことだけではありません。ビジネス・ライティングを含む実務で使うライティング全般に役立ちます。ここには、実務に役立つ英語の習得のために有効な情報が満載です。
Kurashima, Yasumi. Bigglobe.jp. (Japanese) Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical Writing: CyberEnglish
In these days of Microsoft, Intel, IBM, and other Hi Tech Industries and the Internet, there's going to be a huge demand for people who can translate all the technical jargon into regular English for all us 'Dummies' in the real world. Here's some helpful sites.
Nesbit, Jane. Yahoo (2001). Resources>Directories>TC
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Technical, Medical, Science Writing Links
A collection of links to advertising, business, technical, science, medical writing and editing services.
WritingNetwork. Resources>Directories>Scientific Communication>Biomedical
