Felician University Library: ENG 240: Technical Writing : Further Reading & Open Access

Open Textbooks

Open Technical Writing: An Open-Access Text for Instruction in Technical and Professional Writing by Adam Rex Pope
Publication Date: 4-18-2019
This book presents technical writing as an approach to researching and carrying out writing that centers on technical subject matter. Each and every chapter is devoted to helping students understand that good technical writing is situationally-aware and context-driven. Technical writing doesn’t work off knowing the one true right way of doing things—there is no magic report template out there that will always work.
Technical Writing by Allison Gross; Annemarie Hamlin; Billy Merck; Chris Rubio; Jodi Naas; Megan Savage; Michele DeSilva
ISBN: 9781636350660
Publication Date: 2017-01-01
A textbook focusing on writing in the workplace, with an emphasis on audience analysis, writing for specific situations, document design, research processes, and visual aids.
Technical and Report Writing by Amber Kinonen
Publication Date: 2017
Online OER text adapted for use in ENGL 145 - ENGL 145 Technical and Report Writing by Amber Kinonen for Bay College. Except where otherwise noted this work is licensed under CC-BY.
Technical Writing Essentials by Suzan Last
Publication Date: January 1, 2019
This open textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of technical communication: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.

Mindful Technical Writing: An Introduction to the Fundamentals
An open textbook designed for use in co-requisite course pairings of developmental writing and introductory technical writing, or indeed in other lower-division college writing courses that focus on building study skills alongside effective workplace and academic writing skills. It offers a no-cost alternative to commercial products, combining practical guidance with interactive exercises and thoughtfully designed writing opportunities.
Open Technical Communication
Open Technical Communication is a freely available, open-sourced technical communication textbook.
Professional & Technical Writing
This textbook for professional and technical communication is a compilation of several Open Resource materials. The purpose in its design is to provide a wide variety of materials on subjects in professional and technical communication, and to offer several different perspectives and delivery modes of those materials.

Wikibooks

Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit.

Professional & Technical Writing
- This guide to technical writing was created by and for students enrolled in Technical and Professional Writing courses. The content is student-generated, with occasional feedback and guidance from course instructors and professional technical communicators. This technical writing guide is meant to be useful beyond the classroom.
Rhetoric & Composition
- Designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors

Courses, Videos, & More

Technical Writing Reading & Video List (OER Sprint)
Introduces students to the types of writing they will encounter in business, industry, the academic world and government. It examines the rhetorical nature of writing and asks students to think critically about content, audience, argument and structure. Students will learn how to effectively design documents, present instructions, create proposals and produce technical reports.
Technica Writing (Lumen Learning)
This courseware includes resources copyrighted and openly licensed by multiple individuals and organizations. Click the words "Licenses and Attributions" at the bottom of each page for copyright and licensing information specific to the material on that page.
Tech Writing Handbook
Learn how to create everything from work instructions to user manuals. We’ll help you avoid the most common pitfalls of tech writing, from poor planning to outdated publishing. This manual is written by the CEO and Lead Writer at IFixit, an openly licensed repair manual. CC-BY-NC.

Other Useful Textbooks for Writing Courses

Interpersonal Communication Textbook
Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy
Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy is a contemporary, interdisciplinary public speaking textbook that fuses rhetoric, critical/cultural studies, and performance to offer an up-to-date resource for students. With a focus on advocacy, this textbook invites students to consider public speaking as a political, purposeful form of information-sharing.

Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers by Mike Caulfield (2017)

This is an unabashedly practical guide for the student fact-checker. It supplements generic information literacy with specific web-based techniques that can get you closer to the truth on the web more quickly. In other words, this guide will help you become “web literate” by showing you the unique opportunities and pitfalls of searching for truth on the web.