Recommended Books for Technical Communications
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The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed.
The University of Chicago Press
The Mayfield Handbook or Technical & Scientific Writing
Perelman, Paradis, Barret
Developing Quality Technical Information
Hargis, Carey, Hernandez, Hughes, Longo, Rouiller, Wilde
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Williams
Manual of Style for Technical Publications. 3rd ed.
Microsoft Corporation Editorial Style Board
The Elements of Style and How to Speak and Write Correctly
Strunk and Devlin
Effective Writing. 2nd ed.
Turk and Kirkman
Newton's Telecom Dictonary 22nd Edition
Harry Newton
Read Me First!: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry
Sun
Word 2007 Step by Step
Cox and Preppernau
Technical Writing 101
O'Keefe and Pringle
Single Sourcing, Building Modular Documentation
Ament
Recommended Websites for Technical Communications
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The Science of Scientific Writing
Explains in great detail what makes writing clear. Its content may surprise you, but these techniques are essential for being understood.
and http://www.thesaurus.com
Online dictionary and thesaurus
Detailed technical background information on 4 million topics
While you may be able to rely on the architect or programmer for technicalprecision, this is not necessarily true of the marketing staff or even the product manager. A quick visit to answers.com will provide detailed technical background information on just about any topic imaginable, especially in the areas of information technology, communications, and computers.
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Chicago Manual of Style
The bible of the publishing and research community is now available on your desktop.
The leading IT encyclopedia and learning center
Contains sites on: Backup/Recovery Business Intelligence Compliance Data Management Customer Data Management, Data and Data Management Database Learning and Careers Messaging and E-Mail Nanotechnology Open Source Operating systems Programming Software Storage Telecom Virtualization Voice over IP (VoIP) Wireless & Mobile Internet Computing Fundamentals Electronics Multimedia & Graphics Hardware Security PCs Networking and Communications
Telcom terms and definitions
Encyclopedia of telcom-related terms
Oracle Documentation
Oracle Technical Articles
Wikipedia’s Grammar Overview
English Grammar Terms
Guide to Grammar and Style
Common Errors in English
Microsoft Word (indexing)
Online Telecom Dictionary
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Ask Oxford
Good resource for grammar and usage questions.
Wikipedia's US vs. UK spelling
Comprehensive Technical Dictionary
Technical resource for the telecommunications industry
Society for Technical Communication
STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world joining technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.
