The Handbook of Technical Writing - Hardcover

Alred, Gerald J.; Brusaw, Charles T.; Oliu, Walter E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250004411 ISBN 13: 9781250004413

Verlag: St Martin's Press, 2011

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Combining guidance for writing over 40 types of professional documents with thorough coverage of grammar, usage, and style, the "Handbook of Technical Writing" functions as both a writer's handbook and a complete guide to technical communication. It provides quick access to hundreds of topics and scores of sample documents and visuals. New features in the tenth edition include: updated application cover letter, interviewing for a job, and resume sections; professionalism notes, providing insight to students entering the job market; digital tips; entries on adapting to new technologies, writing grant proposals, and using plain language; new index; up-to-date documenting sources; and, more model documents.

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Gerald J. Alred is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where he teaches courses in professional writing and directs the Graduate Certificate Program in International Technical Communication. He received the 2004 Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication from the Society for Technical Communication. He is also the author of the annotated bibliography "Essential Works on Technical Communication," which appeared in the 50th anniversary issue ofTechnical Communication.

Charles T. Brusaw is a business-writing consultant for corporations worldwide. He worked for twenty years as a technical writer for the NCR Corporation and has also worked in advertising, public relations, and curriculum development.

Walter E. Oliu until recently served as Chief of the Publishing Services Branch at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He is a communications consultant in the Washington, D.C., area and has taught at Miami University of Ohio, Slippery Rock State University, and Montgomery College.

All three are co-authors of The Business Writer's Handbook, Eighth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006);The Business Writer's Companion, Fourth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005);Writing That Works, Eighth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004); andThe Technical Writer's Companion, Third Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002).

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• Verlag: St Martin's Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1250004411
• ISBN 13: 9781250004413
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 624
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