Phil Druker/Department of English/ University of Idaho

TEACHING TECHNICAL WRITING

Books on reserve.

These books and journals are on reserve at the Library.  The chapters listed after each book are chapters that I recommend that you read.  It’s too much but read what you can and what interests you.

Theory:

1.      Dubinsky, James M. (Ed.)  2004. Teaching Technical Communication. New York, Bedford/ St. Martins. 

Chs.1, 5, 6, 7,  8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 30, 34

2.      Staples, Katherine and Ornatowski, Cezar M. (Eds.) 1997. Foundations for Teaching Technical Communication: Theory, Practice, and Program Design. ATTW Contemporary Studies in Technical Communication. Greenwich, CN, Ablex Publishing.

Chs 1, 3, 7, 12,

3.      Stevenson, Dwight W. (Ed.). 1981. Courses, Components, and Exercise in Technical Communication. Urbana, IL, NCTE.

Chs 1, 3, 6, 8, 16, 17, 20

4.      Technical Communication Quarterly. 2001-2004

Textbooks:

1.      Lannon. J.M.. 2008 Technical Communication. 11^th ed. Longman.

2.      Alred, G.J. et at.. 1999. The Techncal Writer’s Companion. 2^nd ed. St Martins. (handbook)

3.      Houp, K.W. and Pearsall, T.E. 2006.  Reporting Technical Information.11^th ed. Oxford.

4.      Kolin, Philip. 2007 Successful Writing at Work.  8^th ed. Houghton Mifflin.

5.      Gerson and Gerson. 2008  Technical Communication: Process and Product. 6^th ed. Prentice Hall.

6.      Holloway, B.R. 2008. Technical Writing Basics. 4^th ed. Prentice Hall.

7.      Dobrin S.I. et al. 2008. Technical Communication in the 21st Century. Prentice Hall.

8.      CD that goes with Markel’s Technical Communication:  Visual Exercises. (2 copies)

9.      McMillan, V.E.2001. Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. St. Martins.

10.  Ally, M. 1996. The Craft of Scientific Writing. 3^rd ed. Springer.