LibGuides: Technical Communication: Standards, ebooks for topic overviews, e-handbooks

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Subjects: Computer Science, Engineering & Technology

Standards/Codes

Browse options for FREE ACCESS to STANDARDS

Browse standards related to computing, computer science, data analytics, etc
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Browse and view Standards Incorporated by Reference (IBR) from ANSI and More
Browse read-only resources for a wide-ranging group of "IBR Standards hosted by ANSI". IBR Standards are incorporated by reference in the U.S Code of Federal Regulations. Scroll down further to "Standards hosted by SDOS".
Standards.gov: Standards Organizations that Offer Free Access to Their Standards
Browse a wide range of resources from organizations that develop standards. One of these is GS1: "Think of GS1 Standards as a product’s data “DNA”—the building block for connecting an item with all the information about it."

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AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window
Regularly updated engineering reference information. Includes instructional, faculty made videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts.

Find books and ebooks: Hints

IUCAT search example: ebooks and ejournals accessible to IUPUI, across all platforms, sorted by newest publication date first on subject: electric power distribution.
Experiment with different combinations of All Field, Title, Author, or Subject keywords related to your topic. E.g.: innovation and design
Click the hot-linked book title to access the URL for an ebook and -- applicable when the library opens -- to see the call number location of a hardcopy item at the bottom of the window.

ebooks: survey design

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eBooks: Present & write

Technical communication for environmental action
2023. Unlimited users access.
The literature review: Six steps to success
2022 4th ed. Multiple users access.
Guide to the scientific career: Virtues, communication, research, and academic writing
Shoja; 2020. Unlimited users access.
The productive graduate student writer: How to manage your process, time, and energy to write your research proposal, thesis, and dissertation--and get published
2019. Unlimited users access.
Writing science right: Strategies for teaching scientific and technical writing
Neuen and Tebeaux; 2017.
Conducting business across borders: Effective communication in English with non-Native speakers
Wallwork; 2018. Unlimited users access.
The IEEE guide to writing in the engineering and technical fields
Kmiec; Longo, & Longo; 2017. Unlimited users access.
Technical writing: A practical guide for engineers, scientists, and nontechnical professionals
Laplante; 2nd ed. 2018. Unlimited users access.
Craft of research
Booth; 4rd. ed. 2016. Readable; focuses on academic research & writing. Unlimited users access.
How to write and present technical information
Sides; 4th ed. 2017. Unlimited users access.
Getting the message across: Using slideware effectively in technical presentations
Faroult; 2016. Unlimited users access.
Better presentations: A guide for scholars, researchers, and wonks
Schwabish; Columbia U. Press; 2016. Unlimited users ebook access.
How to write a thesis
Eco; MIT Press, 2015. Unlimited users access.
Writing for computer science
3rd ed. 2014. Unlimited users access. "...this third edition provides detailed guidance on writing and presentations and a comprehensive introduction to research methods..."

Open Access Texts (OER)

Sample open access resources (OER) listed below are linked at the Open Textbook Library or at the OER Commons.

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Open Textbook Library: Search or browse by subject Conditions of Use (Creative Commons license) are noted by title.
OER Commons The Advanced Search page provides Additional Search Criteria, including limiting by Creative Commons license use permission at lower right (Unrestricted Use, Conditional Remix and Share... etc.).
For more options and background: OER Repositories list at UL's Open Educational Resources for Online Learning
Open Educational Resources IUB guide pages: Finding, Evaluating, Creating

Doing research
Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Copyright Year: 2019
Four tutorial modules provide 15-minute topic overviews.
Review(s) provided.
Howdy or hello?: Technical and business communications - Revised Pilot Edition
Publisher: Texas A&M University
Copyright Year: 2021
Review(s) provided.
Mindful technical writing: An introduction to the fundamentals
Publisher: TRAILS
Copyright Year: 2021
Review(s) provided.
Open technical writing: An open-access text for instruction in technical and professional writing
Provider: University of Arkansas
Added to OER Commons: 2019
Speakout, call In: Public speaking as advocacy
Publisher: University of Kansas Libraries
Copyright Year: 2019
Review(s) provided.
Technical writing at SLCC
Publisher: Salt Lake Community College
Copyright Year: 2020
Review(s) provided.
Technical writing
Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources
Copyright Year: 2016
Review(s) provided.
Technical and professional writing genres
Provider: Oklahoma State University
Added to OER Commons: 2020
Understanding document accessibility
Publisher: Ryerson University
Copyright Year: 2020
Written communication for engineers
Provider: New Prairie Press
Added to OER Commons: 2016

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Springer Link E-books This link opens in a new window
Access to titles in the subject areas of science, technology, mathematics, medicine and nursing. Note: The library does not have access to all content.