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Writing Guide: Technical Writing

The MSUB Writing Guide provides supplemental resources for all writing programs at Montana State University Billings.

TECHNICAL Writing

Typically, written and/or visual communication of information to a user-specific audience.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

Mark Twain

Resources on Campus

Associations

Books and Websites

Design for Information by Isabel Meirelles
Call Number: Online access {click book image to access}
Design for Information critically examines other design solutions —current and historic— helping you gain a larger understanding of how to solve specific problems.
Renovating Your Writing by Richard Kallan
Call Number: PE1408.K257 3rd Floor on Main Campus Library
Renovating Your Writing outlines the principles of effective composition and then engages the reader with constant revision and editing practices to improve writing skills at school, work, and home.

Business:

Purdue OWL Professional, Technical Writing

CSU The Writing Studio Writing in Business

Daily Writing Tips, Business Category

Medical:

Purdue OWL Healthcare Writing

How to Become a Competent Medical Writer?

Science & Applied Science:

UNC The Writing Center Sciences

CSU The Writing Studio Writing in the Sciences

Purdue OWL Writing in Engineering

CSU The Writing Studio Writing in Engineering

Design & Visual Rhetoric:

Web Style Guide 3rd Edition

Purdue OWL Visual Rhetoric

Wired Magazine: Design

Addressing Audience:

Purdue OWL "Writing for Global Business Audiences" & ESL Writing Guide

Research

Research

MSUB Library Research Process: A Step-By-Step Guide: walks through the various stages of research.

MSUB Library Databases: 206 comprehensive and discipline-specific databases for research based papers.

Purdue OWL Research and Citations Guide: walks through the various stages of research including citing works.

Style Guides

APA: MSUB Library APA Citation Style 6th Edition Guide | APA Website

MLA: MSUB Library MLA Citation Style 8th Edition Guide | MLA Website

Chicago: MSUB Library Chicago Citation Style Guide | Chicago Manual of Style Website

Turabian: MSUB Library Turabian Citation Style 8th Edition Guide

Reading

Brief History of Technical Communication