Useful Reference Books and Sites

• The Chicago Manual of Style covers everything from the end punctuation of bulleted lists to the correct layout of tables, numbering of pages, parts of a book. An excellent, must-have resource for technical writers.

• The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition (Paperback) by Robin Williams  (purchase at: http://tinyurl.com/ykh3vw)
• Swadley RK, publisher (1994) The Internet Unleashed. Sams Publishing, Indianapolis.

• Science of Scientific Writing" offers excellent, in-depth explanations and is written in a style that is clear and easy to understand. Can be found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jcgs/sci.pdf.
  

• www.dictionary.com and www.bartleby.com are excellent online resources for spelling, meanings, hyphenation, etc.
  
  
• Newton's Telecom Dictionary: 22nd Edition, The bible if you are in an area related to telecom.
  
  
• www.answers.com. Provides detailed technical background information on just about any topic imaginable, especially in the
  areas of information technology, communications, and computers.
  
  
• Elements of Style,  By William Strunk, Jr. 4.
  
  
• http://www.acronymfinder.com/.

• Burnett RE. (1997) Technical Communication, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont.

• Clements W, Waite RG. (1983) Guide for Beginning Technical Editors. Society for Technical Communication, Arlington.

• Coe M. (1996) Human Factors for Technical Communicators, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York.

• Hackos JoAnn and Stevens Dawn (1997) Standards for Online Communication. Wiley Computer Publishing, New York.

• Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications (2004), Microsoft Corporation.
  

• Porter LR, Coggin W. (1995) Research Strategies in Technical Communication, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

• Price, Jonathan and Korman, Henry (1993). How to Communicate Technical Information; A Handbook of Software and Hardware Documentation. Addison & Wesley.
  

• Sharples M. and van der Geest T. (1996) The New Writing Environment, Springer Verlag, London.

• Schriver, Karen. (1997). Dynamics in document design. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

• Turk C, Kirkman J. (1982) Effective Writing, 2nd Edition, E. & F.N. Spon Ltd., London.

• Hartley J. (1994) Designing Instructional Text (third edition). Kogan Page Ltd, London.

• Rubinstein R. (1988) Digital Typography: An introduction to type and composition for computer system design. Addison-Wesley Publ. Co., Reading

• Schriver KA. (1997) Dynamics in document design, Wiley Computer Publishing, NY.

• Tufte ER. (1997) Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Graphics Press