Technical Writing Study Guide

This guide provides links to help you create a research strategy for technical writing. Knowing which options are available allows you to quickly select those most appropriate for your topic.

To start your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

LINCC Online Catalog Subject Browse Lists which are linked to SCC Library holdings including the Call Number & Availability for each.

 Internet Links:

• Editing/Proofreading/Revising
• Essays: Argumentative
• Essays: General
• Grammar
• Mega
• Online Writing Labs
• Paragraphs
• Sentences
• Style Guides

LINCCWeb Subject Headings linked to SCC Library holdings including the Call Number & Availability for each.

• Americanisms
• English language --Grammar
• English language --Grammar --Dictionaries
• English language --Grammar --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• English language --Grammar --Problems, exercises, etc.
• English language --Orthography and spelling --Dictionaries
• English language --Orthography and spelling --Problems, exercises, etc
• English language --Orthography and spelling --Programmed instruction
• English language --Paragraphs
• English language --Problems, exercises, etc.
• English language --Punctuation
• English language --Punctuation --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• English language --Rhetoric
• English language --Rhetoric --Study and teaching
• English language --Sentences
• English language --Study and teaching --Foreign speakers
• English language --Textbooks for foreign speakers.
• English language --Usage --Dictionaries
• English language --Writing
• Essays
• Proofreading --United States
• Report writing --Study and teaching
• Report writing --Study and teaching (Higher)
• Spellers
   

Internet Links

Editing/Proofreading/Revising

• Common Proofreading Symbols
• Editing & Proofreading Strategies for Revision (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Editing / Revising (about.com)
• I want to improve the way my writing sounds. (The Write Place, St. Cloud State University)
• Proofreading (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Proofreading for Commas (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Proofreading Strategies (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Proofreading Your Paper (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Twelve Common Errors: An Editing Checklist (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Revising Prose (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center)
• Steps in Editing Your Papers (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
   

Essays: Argumentative/Persuasive

• Academic, Persuasive Essay Topics (About.com)
• Guidelines for Writing Argumentative Essays (Gallaudet University)
• Logic in Argumentative Writing (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Writing Argumentative Essays (Bill Daly)
   

Essays: General

• Constructing an essay (Eastern Kentucky University)
• Essays (University of Victoria)
• Five Paragraph Essay
• How To Write a Five-Paragraph Essay (About.com)
   

Grammar

• Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation: Straus
• Capitals (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Commas with Restrictive & Non-Restrictive Modifiers (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Confusing Word Groups: Homonyms, homophones, homographs, & heteronymns. (Webgrammar)
• Dashes (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• General Writing/Grammar Resources on the Web (Local Writers’ Workshop)
• Grammar & Style Guides for Writers (Inkspot)
• Grammar Help (about.com)
• Grammar, Spelling, & Punctuation (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• On-Line English Grammar (EduFind)
• Parts of Speech (about.com)
• Parts of Speech (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Pronoun consistency (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Pronoun reference/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Pronouns/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Punctuation (about.com)
• Punctuation (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Spelling (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Spelling/Vocab (about.com)

Mega

• A+ Research & Writing for College Students (Internet Public Library)
• Activities for ESL Students (Internet TESL Journal)
• English Lessons & Tests (Elek M??r englishlearner.com)
• General Writing Concerns (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL) includes: Planning/Starting to Write, Effective
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (Chuck Guilford)
• Research & Documenting Sources (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
   

Online Writing Labs

• On-line Writing Lab, Purdue University (OWL)
• Other Online Writing Labs (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• OWL Hand;outs (Purdue)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

Paragraphs

• Avoiding Primer Language (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
• Coherence: Transitions between Ideas (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
• Consistency of Tense & Pronoun Reference (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
• Editing Paragraphs (WritingDEN)
• Paragraphing (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• The Paragraph (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Paragraph Development & Topic Sentences (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
• Paragraphs (WritingDEN)
• Sentence-Combining Skills (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
• Sentence Variety (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
   

Sentences

• Active & passive constructions/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Agreement: pronoun antecedent/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Comma-splices & fused sentences/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Dangling modifiers & Misplaced Modifiers/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Parallel structure/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Prepositions/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Semicolons (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Sentence Construction (Purdue University Online Writing Lab, OWL)
• Sentence fragments/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Sentences (about.com)
• Sentences (WritingDEN)
• Subject-verb agreement/ "Self-Test" (Big Dog's Grammar)
• Subject-Verb Agreement (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
   

Style Guides

• Clear, Concise Sentences (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Transitions (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

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