Dr.
Adkins' Guide to
Technical
Communication resources on the Web
What is
Technical
Communication?
- Technical
Writing on Monster.com
- An
overview of the field by Saul Carliner
Resources
Technical Communications
resources on Eserver
IBM library
of papers and presentations
Federal
Plain Language Guidelines
Style Guides
CSU guides
to documentation systems (includes MLA, APA, CMS, CSE, ASCE)
SourceAid
Citation Guide
Chicago-style citation Quick
Guide
Diana Hacker's overivew of APA
documentation style
IEEE Standards Style Manual
Apple
Computers
Tools
FrameMaker
users
support group on line
Excel Add-In
for Fill Patterns in charts
Reference works
Acronym
Finder guide to acronyms
Convert between English
and metric
measurements
Pudue On
Line Writing Lab
Plain
Language Handbook
Writing abstracts
and
executive summaries
Visual design
A Periodic Table
of
Visualization Methods
Web
page
Visualization
Methods from the table
Lengler and Eppler, Toward
a Periodic Table of Visual Methods for Management
Analysis
of visuals during Sen. McCain's acceptance speech
Organizations
and Publications
Searchable publications of the Society
for Technical Communication
Intercom
Magazine
(available to STC members only)
Technical
Communication
The Association
of Teachers of Technical Writing
The Localization Industry Standards Association
Orange: A Student Journal of
Technical Communication, published by the University of Washington
Examples
Historical scientific and
technical
illustrations
from the British
Library (Searches include "science," "machine,"
"diagram,"
and "process")
Analysis
of the Food Pyramid as a technical illustration; compare it to the new
Food Pyarmid
Reports
The
Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned
Executive
Summary of Feasibility
Study 2005: Finding the Way
Back to Hetch Hetchy Valley: A Vision of Steps to Restore Hetch Hetchy
Valley in Yosemite National Park and to Replace Water and Energy
Supplies (September
13, 2005)
Full
report:Feasibility Study 2005: Finding the Way Back to
Hetch
Hetchy Valley: A Vision of Steps to Restore Hetch Hetchy Valley in
Yosemite
National Park and to Replace Water and Energy Supplies(September
13,
2005)
Measuring
the Health Effects of Sprawl Report
of Smart Growth
America
Space shuttle Columbia
report
Report: The Surgeon
General's Call
to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity (2001)
Report
of the 9/11 Commission
Interview
with
writers of the 9/11 Commission Report on NPR's Talk of the Nation
National Council of
Teachers
of English (NCTE)
report on the effectiveness and impact of timed writing tests
Report
of the Independent Review Panel: On the 60 Minutes segment concerning
George Bush's National Guard service
Report of the
Working
Group on Internet Governance
Proposals
Request
for Proposal for Management and Operating Contract
Model
Proposal format for US Trade and Development Agency (Click on the
"Quick Links" at the bottom of the page)
USDA sample
proposal
Proposal for Registration
Authority for ISO 21047 on the International Standard Text Code
(ISTC)
Proposal for Financial
Regulatory Reform (Department of Treasury)
Verisign Root Zone Signing Proposal
Instructions/Processes
How
to eat a lobster
How
to decontaminate a private well
How
to download programs to your TI graphing calculator
How hurricanes
form
How to pack for
air travel
How to "SimpliFLY"
your carry-ons
Lunar Roving
Vehicle Operations Handbook
Process explanation of biomass
production
Organization
specific style guides
STC Usability SIG "Guidance
on Style Guides"
International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) Guidelines
INTECOM Guidelines
for Writing Technical Documentation for an International
Audience (Download the Guidelines
for Writing English Language Technical Documents)
European
Union Interinstitutional Style Guide
Rand
Corporation
Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina
NASA
McCaskill, Mary M. Grammar,
Punctuation, and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and
Editors,
NASA publication SP-7084
Van Buren, Robert and Mary Fran Buehler. The
Levels of Edit, JPL guidelines
Early guide for online
hypertext (1992)
Service Alberta Electronic
Document Naming Conventions
Macromedia
New York Public Library OnLine Style Guide
Hudson's Bay Company Style Guide
Fun
with Technical Communication
Create and edit
instructions on WikiHow
Hall
of Technical Documentation Weirdness
A Font Conference
from CollegeHumor videos
User Friendly cartoons
Medieval Help Desk (Introducing the
Book) on YouTube
Comics
for Usability Experts (OK-Cancel)
How
to Comics for Kids