Technical Documentation User Manuals

Here we provide helpful guides for technical documentation.


Style Guides


Apple Computer Style Guide for Technical Documentation.
Apple Style Guide has a complete version in PDF format.
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/APStyleGuide/APSG_2009.pdf

The Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style contains 1,000 pages of answering many detailed questions written by editors at the University of Chicago Press and adapted by Ohio State.
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html

Purdue Online Writing Lab
APA Style Formatting Guide is short guide is intended to be used as a technical reference for students at Indiana State University school of nursing.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Psych Web Resources
APA Style Resources has several links to American Psychological Association (APA) style guides and help sheets on the Internet.
http://www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm


Writer's Manuals


The American Heritage® Book of English Usage

The American Heritage® Book of English Usage us a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms. This valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/

American Medical Writers Association

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) The AMWA Journal is the official publication of the American Medical Writers Association. Delivered quarterly to AMWA members and Journal subscribers, the AMWA Journal aims to be an authoritative, comprehensive source of information about the knowledge, skills, and opportunities in the field of biomedical communication worldwide.
http://www.amwa.org/default.asp?Mode=DirectoryDisplay&id=1&DirectoryUseAbsoluteOnSearch=True

Bartlett's Famous Quotations

Bartlett's Famous Quotations contains over 11,000 searchable quotations.
http://www.bartleby.com/100/

Dictionary.com

Dictionary.com has an online "Ask Doctor Dictionary", Roget's Thesaurus, and links to other helpful tools.
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Edufind

Edufind is a search engine for grammatical questions and has a Grammar Guru to answer specific questions.
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html

FOLDOC

FOLDOC is a free online dictionary of computer terms.
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online a free 14-day trial of the new Web site that Library Journal calls "a wonderfully usable and powerful online dictionary and reference suite . . . literally 'redefines' the notion of what a dictionary and thesaurus can be.
http://www.m-w.com/

TechEncylcopedia

TechEncylcopedia is a comprehensive technical dictionary containing More than 11,000 definitions of computer terms and concepts.
http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

U-Geek Technical Glossary

U-Geek Technical Glossary is an online glossary of technical and computer terms.
http://www.geek.com/technical-glossary/

Writer's Bookstore

Writer's Bookstore has a large list of books on writing.
http://www.writerswrite.com/cgi-bin/wwbookstore.pl?storesearch=technical

Writer's Research Center

Writer's Research Center is good for finding journalism assignments for freelance writers.
http://freelancewrite.about.com/?once=true&



The Chicago Manual of Style contains 1,000 pages of answering many detailed questions written by editors at the University of Chicago Press and adapted by Ohio State.