Professional and Technical Writing Strategies: Communicating in Technology and Science
Judith S. VanAlstyne, Merrill D. Tritt · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2005
I. GENERAL TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES. 1. Explaining Professional and Technical Communications. 2. Executing The Writing Process: Theory and Practice. 3. Utilizing Graphics and Other Visuals. 4. Designing and Producing Documents and Presentations. II. THE RESEARCH STRATEGIES. 5. Accessing Information. 6. Documenting Research. III. THE TECHNICAL STRATEGIES. 7. Preparing Manuals. 8. Defining Terms. 9. Describing Mechanisms. 10. Giving Instructions. 11. Analyzing a Process. IV. THE PROFESSIONAL STRATEGIES. 12. Composing Correspondence. 13. Preparing Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews. 14. Writing Brief Reports. 15. Devising Longer Reports, Proposals. 16. Producing Professional Papers. V. THE PRESENTATION STRATEGIES. 17. Performing Verbal Communications. 18. Managing Visual Communications. 19. Designing and Managing Websites. Appendix A: Conventions of Construction, Grammar, and Usage. Appendix B: Punctuation and Mechanical Conventions. Works Consulted. Index.