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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gurak, Laura J. Technical communication handbook. New York : Pearson Longman, 2009 (OCoLC)691072237 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Laura J Gurak; Mary E Hocks |
| ISBN: | 0321365070 9780321365071 |
| OCLC Number: | 144518044 |
| Description: | xvi, 639 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part 1. Key Concepts in Technical Communication Accessibility Audience Audience and Purpose Assessment Content Management Systems Delivery Medium Descriptive Documents Ethics International Communication Persuasion Project Management Purpose Situation Stages in the Writing Process Style Sheets and Templates Task-based Documents Teamwork and Collaboration Tools and Technologies Virtual Teamwork Writing for Regulated Environments Part 2. Technical Document Types Blogs and Wikis Brochures Email and attachments Forms Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Instructions Job Search documents Lab and Field Notebooks Letters Medical communication Memos Newsletters Online help Presentations Press releases Product descriptions Proposals Reports Specifications Surveys User Manuals Web sites White papers Part 3. Visuals and Other Media Audio Cartoons and comics Charts Clip art Data display Document Design Graphs Maps Multimedia Photographs Pocket technologies Podcasts Project management visuals Spreadsheets Storyboards Symbols Tables Technical Illustrations Video and Animation Visual Communication Web Page Design Part 4. Research Strategies and Tools Abstracts Bibliographies Citing sources Copyright and intellectual property Databases and indexes Dictionaries and thesauruses Digital research strategies Ethical issues in research Evaluating sources Focus groups Image searches on the Web Indexes Informed consent Integrating sources Interviews Libraries Literature reviews Outlines Plagiarism Primary and secondary sources Scientific and technical journal articles Surveys and questionnaires Types of research Usability and user testing Wikipedia and online encyclopedias Part 5: Guidelines for Grammar and Style Abbreviations and Acronyms Adjective Adverb Ampersand and special characters Apostrophe Articles Brackets Buzzwords and phrases Capitalization Clarity and Accuracy Cliches Colon Commas Conciseness Conclusions Conjunctions Consistency Dashes Editing technical documents Ellipses Points Euphemism Exclamation Point Hyphen Idioms Inclusive language Interjections Intensifiers Introductions Italics and Underlining Nouns Numbers and dates Jargon Paragraphs Period Phrases Point of view Prepositions Pronouns Proofreading Technical Documents Question Mark Quotation marks Slash Semicolon Sentences Style Team review and workflow in technical editing Titles Tone Topic sentence Tracking changes and version control Transitions Verb Voice Word choice Commonly Confused Words Part 6. Documentation Documentation Styles Global and digital style considerations APA Documentation APA sample references Sample paper in APA style CSE Documentation CSE sample references Sample paper in CSE style IEEE Documentation IEEE sample references Sample paper in IEEE style MLA Documentation MLA sample works cited entries Sample paper in MLA style |
| Responsibility: | Laura Gurak, Mary Hocks. |
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Abstract:
"In The Technical Communication Handbook, annotated, full-color models show you exactly how technical documents are put together. Step-by-step guidelines offer advice on how to succeed in the team-oriented, multimedia world of technical communication today. Whether you are putting the final touches on a report or planning a career in a technical field, you'll find up-to-date information and advice in this useful reference guide."--Jacket.
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