ATTW Bibliography (1997)  

In the 1997 bibliography, I’ve included all the categories of the taxonomy, even if the contributors have submitted no entries in a given section. Several users informed me that they prefer to see the entire taxonomy since doing so facilitates their research; thus it seemed wise to return to our original list of sections. This year, we have added quite a few new sources; all are noted on the list of works consulted at the end of this bibliography. We have expanded in the areas of health, risk, and environmental communication publications; we continue last year’s trend of fewer entries in editing, revision, and the general writing aspect of the profession. No new categories have been added.

ATTW (1997). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

ATTW Bibliography (1998)  

The ATTW Bibliography is at a point of transition with a new editor and a request from the ATTW Executive Committee to publish an online version of the bibliography on the ATTW Web site. In the next few months, the bibliography committee plans to focus on the design and content of an online bibliography. The goal is to build a bibliography that provides easy and up-to-date access to technical communication resources.

ATTW (1998). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

ATTW Bibliography (1999)  

The bibliography committee began the year with three goals: (1) explore the development of an online database for the bibliography, (2) survey members of ATTW at the annual meeting, and (3) continue to publish the annual bibliography in TCQ.

ATTW (1999). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

ATTW Bibliography (2000)  

Committee members since 1975 have reviewed periodicals and books for discussions of technical communication issues to build the bibliography to a significant resource for technical communication.

ATTW (2000). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

ATTW Bibliography (2001)  

Each year a committee of technical communication teachers and researchers review journals and books for work important to our activities. This year two graduate students joined the committee.

ATTW (2001). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

ATTW Bibliography (2002)

Members of ATTW refer to the bibliography because it 'focuses on resources specific to technical communication.' Several members noted that they find the paper copy easier to use than online databases; others use the pdf version found on the ATTW website. Members also noted that it is a good reference for graduate students. Several members pointed out weaknesses in the bibliography that the committee continues to struggle with.

ATTW (2002). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

A Bibliography of Basic Texts in Technical And Scientific Writing

Instruction in writing beyond the freshman level takes a variety of forms, all of which may be thought of as 'advanced' composition. One of the best established forms and one that shows all signs of continuing growth is technical writing. Although some teachers of traditional advanced composition may blanche at the comparison, I believe it helpful to take the relationship seriously. Technical writing is a form of advanced composition that relies upon well defined audiences and writer-roles, and that addresses itself to specific purposes found in industrial, manufacturing, research and development, and other bureaucratic and technological contexts. It is its specificity that makes technical writing distinct, but, like all advanced composition, its general function is to help students muster their linguistic and rhetorical resources to have effects on readers.

Miller, Carolyn R. JAC (1982). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Document Design Bibliography  

What follows is a selected bibliography on document design. It is not exhaustive. Please feel free to add to it by contacting me.

Warren, Thomas L. SMSU. Resources>Bibliographies>TC

English 5371 Reading List

These were the texts for English 5371, Fall 2000. Other readings came from our coursepack and are noted in the reading schedule below.

Baake, Ken. Texas Tech University (2000). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Essential Works on Technical Communication    

Presents an annotated list of 115 essential works on technical communication compiled from a list of over 600 titles from a wide variety of print, Internet, and professional sources. Constitutes what might be called 'essential literacy' in technical communication.

Alred, Gerald J. Technical Communication Online (2003). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Findians Paradise: Books About Technical Writing in the English Language

The complete listing of books on Technical Writing has been revamped and now lists almost 1000 books on the subject classified by year of publication and dating back to 1961. There is also a section listing books whose dates of publication are not known.

Net People. Resources>Bibliographies>TC

John Renish's Booklist

John Renish publishes by far the most complete booklist within technical writing. The booklist includes books, tools (incl. software), periodicals, and Internet references (newsgroups, mailing lists incl. TECHWR-L, and ftp/html netsites). The list is at present approx. 192 Letter landscape pages and a little more A4 pages, organised as tables. For A4 printout of the books.rtf you need to reformat it to A4 Landscape (Files/Page setup), and then update the list of Contents.

Renish, John. Peter Ring Consultants. Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Points of Reference in Technical Communication Scholarship      

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.

Smith, Elizabeth Overman 'Betsy'. Technical Communication Quarterly (2000). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Selected Bibliography for Technical Communication Professionals: Gender, Communication Strategies, and Audience Analysis  

Effective technical communication relies on an analysis of the intended audience. If such an analysis includes the demographics of an audience, it is often primarily concerned with the level of the readers’ knowledge or how much the readers need to know in order to complete a task. Rarely is the gender of the audience taken into consideration, ignoring several decades of research on the different communication styles used and preferred by women and men. When gender is considered, writers often rely on prescriptive guidelines to avoid sexist language or, more positively, to use inclusive language to eliminate bias from their writing.

Lippincott, Gail. STC Orange County (1998). Resources>Bibliographies>TC>Gender

STC International TC SIG Bibliography

The SIG bibliography includes all the resources listed in the Global Talk newsletter, Spring 2000 through Spring 2001, as well as additional resources. It was compiled in July, 2001. Items added since then are designated as 'added,' with the month and the year.

STC International TC SIG (2001). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

STC Quality SIG Bibliography

This is a listing of works on quality that we in the Quality SIG feel can be of value to technical communicators. It is divided into several parts to help you find material on the topic that interests you. If the work has been reviewed in an STC publication, or if someone has a personal observation about it, we have annotated the entry.

STC Quality SIG. Resources>Bibliographies>TC

STC Toronto Bibliography

This bibliography was compiled with generous support from the Executive Committee of the STC Toronto Chapter. Special thanks go to Marie Tunbridge, Stephanie Copp, Roy Hartshorn, and Mona Albano, who shared their extensive listings with us. We welcome new additions to this bibliography! Please send all publication details (as shown in the list below) to the Webmaster. Thank you!

STC Toronto. Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Technical Communication Bibliography

A short bibliography of works in the field compiled by a librarian at SPSU in 1999.

Vincent, Steven. Southern Polytechnic State University (1999). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Technical Communication Books and Resources

A list of links to Barnes and Noble pages for technical communication books.

Ortiz, Eugene. TComm WebRing, The (1998). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Virtual Learning Environments in Technical Communication: An Annotated Bibliography      

Many technical communication educators are exploring the potential of new and emerging information technology, specifically the World Wide Web, for delivery of their courses. This bibliography intends to help technical communicators explore the potential of virtual learning environments for their courses and to provide a point of entry into this burgeoning but rather unstructured field of inquiry. More specifically, the bibliography intends to provide a structured overview of approaches to conceptualizing, designing, developing, and evaluating virtual learning environments.

Starke-Meyerring, Doreen and Linda S. Clemens. Technical Communication Quarterly (1999). Resources>Bibliographies>TC

What's on Your Reading List?  

Three technical communication gurus answer the question, 'What is the last work-related book that you read, and how are you applying it to your job?'

Barnum, Carol M., John V. Hedtke and William Horton. Intercom (2002). Resources>Bibliographies>TC