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Rhetoric and Communication Links
Provides a Canadian perspective on the field of technical and professional communication.
MacLennan, Jennifer. University of Saskatchewan (2002). Resources>Directories>TC>Rhetoric
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Rhetoric and Professional Communication Links
A large collection of links to fascinating resources in rhetoric and professional communication.
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Rhetoric and Technical/Professional Communication
A page of links to resources in rhetoric, technical and professional communication.
Smith, Tania S. University of Calgary (2003). Resources>Directories>TC>Rhetoric
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Sean Hower's Notes from the Cubicle: Getting the Most Out of the Web
As long as you're careful about evaluating the information you find, the Web is the perfect place to start any project. It's easy and cheap to find information on a variety of subjects in just a few minutes, depending on the search engine you use and your research skills. With so much on the Web, though, it's may be hard to find good information.
Knowles, Michael. Write Thinking (2004). Resources>Directories>TC
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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
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This site features general advice, tips, guidelines, articles and tutorials on subjects related to usability and technical communication. The content is aimed at students and professionals who are looking for quick, easy-to-follow guideance about better usability and technical communication.
Lanier, Clinton R. sense and usability (2007). Resources>Usability>TC>Blogs
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A threaded discussion forum for issues of governance of the Society for Technical Communication.
STC (2007). Resources>TC>Community Building
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A directory of links to technical communication links online.
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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
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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.
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The Suncoast chapter of the Society for Technical Communication includes approximately 180 technical writers in the Tampa Bay area. The chapter's mission is to promote and advance the technical communication profession in Florida's Suncoast area.
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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!
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A resource that publishes numerous short articles about the technical communication profession.
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A resource website for teachers, students, and practitioners of technical communication. At this site, you can find information about exciting current events in the worlds of science, technology, and health. You can find information to help you study, teach or practice technical communication. We've designed TechCommunity as a focal point, as a gathering place, and as a resource for people involved in technical communication. And if you just want to explore and find out more about this exciting, rapidly growing field, take a look around. At this site, you'll also find information on Allyn & Bacon's series of technical communication books.
Allyn and Bacon (1998). Resources>TC>Online
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Tech Pubs Web Site: Resources for Technical Writers
A short list of online resources for technical writers.
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Tech Writer Voices is a podcast specifically intended for technical writers. Podcasts include all topics relevant to the profession of technical writing, from single sourcing to collaborating with SMEs.
Johnson, Tom H., Heidi Hansen and Keith Hoffman. Tech Writer Voices. Resources>TC>Technical Writing>Podcasts
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In the belief that tech writers are sorely underutilized, as well as unappreciated, misunderstood and wrongly blamed, UnTechnical Press is sponsoring the creation of a Tech Writer's Manifesto. We don't expect it to be adopted by any organizations, but we want it to apply to as many individual tech writers as possible. This is what we want it to accomplish: * Let employers and those who contract with us know what our capabilities are and how we may be of value to them in ways they never knew. * Let development teams know how we can contribute to team dynamics and product development. * Let consumers know that we, as technical writers and other technical communicators, really want to provide them with excellent, readable, understandable manuals and other documentation, and how they can help us help them.
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The Technical Communication Research Center was established in 2001 at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. TCRC seeks to foster collaboration between scholars and professionals working in technical communication. TCRC also seeks to become a place to enhance research among the disciplines.
TechComm Research Center (2001). Resources>TC
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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
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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
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A collection of technical communication links, based in the Department of English at Oulu University in Finland.
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A collection of links about technical communication resources available online.
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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
