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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
A collection of online resources for technical communicators, categorized by genre.
STC France (2006). Resources>TC
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Technical Communication Resources
A short annotated list of online and print resources in technical communication.
Palmquist, Mike. Bedford-St. Martin's (2004). Resources>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 Skills
To provide all students with the skills necessary to present technical information in both written and verbal forms. Note that the fact that these are *skills* means they have to be learned through practice. This entails that all students will need to produce both verbal and written work. This is a 'hands-on' course.
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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 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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Technical Communicators For Peace and Justice 
TC4PJ is a grassroots network of academics and practicioners in the fields of technical communication, human-computer interaction, usability, and information architecture.
University of Colorado at Denver. Resources>Mailing Lists>TC
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An annotated listing of online resources for technical writers.
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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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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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A website that publishes numerous articles for technical communicators, journalists and documentation specialists.
George, Ginu. Technocrats (2004). Resources>TC>Writing>Technical Writing
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Die tekom Gesellschaft fï¿r technische Kommunikation e.V. ist ein europï¿ischer Fachverband fï¿r Technische Kommunikation. Sie versteht sich als Plattform fï¿r Informations- und Erfahrungsaustausch im Bereich der Technischen Kommunikation, und sie fï¿rdert die Aus- und Weiterbildung sowie die Professionalisierung ihrer Mitglieder. Im Mittelpunkt ihrer Bemï¿hungen stehen die Benutzer der Informationsprodukte, die von den Mitgliedern der tekom erstellt werden.
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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
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Useful Links for Technical Communicators
This page is a list of Web addresses and other useful Internet etc. addresses related to the subject.
Ring, Peter. Peter Ring Consultants. Resources>Directories>TC
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Websites Dealing with Technical and Professional Writing
This list is primarily intended for professional writers and prospective professional writers, but it may be of interest to anyone who enjoys putting pen to paper (or finger to keyboard).
Ulin, Don. University of Pittsburgh. Resources>Directories>TC
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What's in a Name? Guidelines for Naming Files
While file naming may seem like an insignificant detail, developing an intuitive, descriptive file naming system can help minimize file access and management challenges. What's more, developing such a file naming system--especially when a consistent system is not in place--can have added benefits, such as improving access through better searchability and browseability, and improving access for everyone who may, now or later, need to access project files. In this article, you'll find several tips and examples for naming files, which used individually or in combination, can help ease file access and management.
Hower, Sean. TECHWR-L (2002). Resources>TC>Computers and Writing
