TY - BOOK AU - Hall,Lynn AU - Wahlin,Leah ED - Open Textbook Library TI - A Guide to Technical Communications: Strategies & Applications T2 - Open textbook library AV - P91.3 PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Communication KW - Textbooks N1 - Introduction -- What is Technical Communications? -- Rhetorical Foundations -- What is Rhetoric? -- Applications in Technical Communications -- Job Search Communications -- Preparing Job Application Materials -- Interview Strategies -- Employment Access, Equity & Opportunity -- Engaging With Research -- Common Types of Research Reports & Documents -- Strategies for Conducting Research -- Writing about Research -- Using and Documenting Sources -- Appendix N2 - Welcome to the textbook for Engineering Technical Communications courses at The Ohio State University. Our aim in writing this textbook was to create a resource specifically focused on and applicable to the kinds of communication skills most beneficial to the students who take our courses. Therefore, this textbook focuses on developing both technical and professional communication skills and will help readers practice strategies for critically analyzing audiences and contexts, real-world applications of rhetorical principles, and skills for producing documents (reports, proposals, instructions), presentations, videos, and wide variety of other professional communications UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/455 ER -