Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists

• E-Books - online resources found through the Library Catalog

Choose to search the Library Catalog with keywords, i.e. “technical writing” “communication in engineering” “communication of technical information”

How to Write a Good Scientific Paper [e-book] / Chris A. Mack (2018)

     Many scientists and engineers consider themselves poor writers or find the writing process difficult. This book is all about teaching the style and conventions of writing for a peer-reviewed scientific journal.  

Writing for Science and Engineering: papers, presentations and reports [electronic resource] / Heather Silyn-Roberts.(2000)

    Discusses writing a literature review, research proposals, journal paper, design report, emails, and many other useful documents in science and engineering.

Engineer’s Guide to Technical Writing [electronic resource] / Kenneth G. Budinski (2001)

   Definition of technical writing and styles, includes examples of laboratory report, informal report, formal report, technical newsletter, journal article, patent.

Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers, and Students [electronic resource] / Robert Barrass

   Describes the importance of writing for technical communications and includes details about how to plan and write for a technical report, including using illustrations and numbers. A chapter is devoted to how to gather information through “Reading.”

Technical Writing [electronic resource] / Sajitha Jayaprakash (2008)

   Find out the basics of technical writing and documentation. Learn about writing standards and styles, the structure of a document, and using language to communicate. Punctuation rules and misused words are explained.

Technical Writing in the Corporate World [electronic resource] / Herman A. Estrin, Norbert Elliot (1990)

   Writing technical documents. Includes resumes and cover letters to get a job. On the job writing examples include trip reports,  activity reports, proposals, and procedures.

• Technical Writing books on the 8th floor can be found under T11, including

Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers, and Students / Robert Barrass (2002)

Technical writing: essentials for the successful professional / David Ingre (2003) - includes a CD-ROM of Survivor's Guide to Technical Writing 

• Several books are located on the 3rd floor in Non-fiction under 808.066, including:

Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style / Philip Rubens (ed.)

       Choose the writing style by considering the audience and document type. Consider paragraph and sentence structure. Help with punctuation, terminology, spelling, and abbreviations, using numbers and symbols.

Technical writing: what it is & how to do it / Julie M. Zeleznik ; with contributions from Philippa J. Benson, Rebecca E. Burnett