Online Technical Writing Textbook: Reference Works

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Note: This resource lists few hardcopy titles. Lists of those are available in Beer, McMurrey. Guide to Writing as an Engineer (Wiley, 5th ed.)

Big Numbers

Online Technology Libraries

Library Cataloguing Systems

Library of Congress

Dewey Decimal System

Source Documentation, Citations

The IEEE and APA documentation styles arre thevmost commonly used technical communication

Note: Some technical writing courses may default to the MLA style, which is primarily for language and literature source documentation. Check with the instructor if MLA is acceptable.

Standards

https://everyspec.com/MIL-STD/MIL-STD-10000-and-Up/MIL-STD-40051-1_4367/

Patents

Technology-Related Dictionaries

https://hslcorner.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dictionary-of-engineering-in-2003.pdf

https://guides.lib.uconn.edu/c.php?g=606923&p=4210057: refs hardcopy

https://libraries.uvm.edu/research-guides/engineering/reference

https://gctjaipur.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/electrical-engineering-dictionary-pa-laplantecrc.pdf

https://www.scribd.com/document/335119147/Dictionary-of-Civil-Engineering

https://civilenglineering.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dictionary-of-civil-engineering.pdf

https://www.media.mit.edu/tools/ai-glossary-dictionary/

Cheatsheets, Quick Refs,

html: https://htmlcheatsheet.com/; https://web.stanford.edu/group/csp/cs21/htmlcheatsheet.pdf
html colors
css: https://htmlcheatsheet.com/css/; https://web.stanford.edu/group/csp/cs21/csscheatsheet.pdf; https://nerdcave.com/tailwind-cheat-sheet
python: https://cheatsheets.quantecon.org/python-cheatsheet.html
perl: https://www.stat.uchicago.edu/intranet/computing/ref/perl-cheatsheet.pdf; https://catonmat.net/ftp/perl.predefined.variables.pdf
ISO language codes
JavaScript: https://htmlcheatsheet.com/js/; https://zerotomastery.io/cheatsheets/javascript-cheatsheet-the-advanced-concepts/

A-Z Databses at ACC: https://library.austincc.edu/eresources/atoz.php?src=bb

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/periodic-table/

Conversions

epoch converter

World Clock
HTTP Status Codes

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.2587962,-83.161298,8z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Google Earth: https://www.google.com/earth/about/versions/

https://www.wordreference.com/sinonimos/exabrupto

File Conversion

Abbreviations, Numbers vs Words

https://www.eit.edu.au/a-quick-reference-guide-to-engineering-acronyms-and-information/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/balaji-l-r_abbreviations-every-engineer-must-know-activity-7446023209361195008-K459/

https://mechaengineerings.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/abbreviations/

https://us.misumi-ec.com/blog/electrical-abbreviations-list/

https://www.engineeringcivil.com/common-abbreviation-used-in-civil-engineering.html

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