Links
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Mailing Lists
A Technical Communication Community | Empowering Technical Writers ...
- A community of more than 5000 technical writers from around the world, representing a tremendous source of knowledge on all aspects of technical communication (tools, strategies, employment). Also, a growing collection of free online articles on a wide range of issues related to technical communication.
Copyediting-L
- An unusually friendly community of more than 1500 professional editors from around the world, always willing to answer even the most obscure question related to editing.
Stcscsig-l Signup Page
- SciComSIG discussion list signup page. This discussion group is available for use by members of STC's Scientific Communication SIG to discuss any topics related to scientific communication, including the relationship between our SIG and STC.
Careers
Science Jobs from New Scientist Jobs
- New Scientist, the U.K.'s equivalent of Scientific American, offers a large online career resource. Although mainly destined for researchers, you may occasionally find a communication-related posting, and it's worth noting that anyone who is hiring researchers may be in need of skilled communicators too.
The Council of Science Editors (CSE) - Job Bank
- The Council of Science Editors, formerly know as the Council of Biology Editors, has an online job bank that could prove helpful if you're looking for work.
Science Careers, from the Journal Science - Biotech, Pharmaceutical ...
- Science Journal's career listings. Often contains vacancies for scientific writers.
Resources
Scientific and Technical Communication: Theory, Practice and Policy
- This web site provides an expanded, digital edition of Scientific and Technical Communication: Theory, Practice and Policy published originally by Sage Press in 1997.
MIT Libraries Resources for writers: Writing: Style/Usage Manuals
- A list of online style and usage guides maintained by the MIT library service.
Technical Documentation, Instructional Design & Technical Writing
- Usernomics maintains a large collection of links to technical writing resources.
NASA - Scientific and Technical Information
- Guides for formatting scientific and technical information. Has information on formatting documents for NASA, but is also useful generally. Includes the useful book "Grammar, Punctuation and Capitalization: A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors".
The Mayfield Handbook of Technical and Scientific Writing
- An online guide to technical and scientific writing
CSE - Council of Science Editors (Citation/Sequence System)
- A guide to using the Council of Science Editors' Citation/Sequence system for documenting sources.
Guidelines on good publication and the Code of Conduct - COPE
- The Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) provides a code of conduct for best practice in science writing.
Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
- The online companion to the book from Hackett Publishing. Contains a lot of information on documentation style, research, and other matters, including coverage of structure used by the APA, MLA, CBE, and Chicago style manuals.
