Research in technical communication :  a bibliographic sourcebook / 
edited by Michael G. Moran and Debra Journet. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Greenwood Press,  1985. 
 - xxviii, 515 pages :  illustration ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and indexes. 
<br/><br/>CONTENTS: Figures Preface Abbreviations PART I A THEORETICAL EXAMINATION OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION<br/><br/><br/> Technical and Scientific Writing and the Humanities -Philip M. Rubens The History of Technical and Scientific Writing -Michael G. Morgan, Communication Theory and Technical Communication -George A. Barnett and Carol Hughs Teaching Technical Writing - Anthony O'Keeffe  PART II TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AND RHETORICAL CONCERNS<br/> Invention in Technical and Scientific Discourse: A Prospective Survey - Carolyn R Miller Audience Analysis and Adaptation - Michael Keene and Marilyn Barnes-Ostrander Modes of Organization -  Victoria M Winkler Style in Technical and Scientific Writing - Glenn J Broadhead PART III SPECIFIC TYPES OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Proposals - Mark P. Haselkorn Technical Reports - Judith P. Stanton Business Letters, Memoranda and resumes - Mary Hurley Morgan and Michael G. Morgan PART IV RELATED CONCERNS AND SPECIALIZED FORMS OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Computing and the Future of Technical Communication - William L. Benzon Oral Presentation and Presence in Business and Industry - Bertie E. Fearing Resources for Teaching Legal Writing - Russell Rutter Writing for the Government - Robert Scott Kellner APPENDICES Appendix I: Guide to Textbooks in Technical Communication - Susan Hilligoss Appendix II : A selection of Style Manuals - Caroline R. Goforth Appendix III : The Technical Writing Profession - Julie Lepick Kling Author Index Subject Index About the Contributors 
<br/><br/> The chapters comprising Part I outline larger theoretical perspectives from which to examine technical communication: humanistic approaches to technical communication, the history of technical communication, communication theory and technical writing, and the teaching of technical writing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313234310 (lib. bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication of technical information--Research.<br/>Technical writing--Research.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T10.5  / .R47 1985 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.0666