Technical & Professional Communication: Open Access Educational Resources
Compiled by Dr. Lauren E. Cagle, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies, University of Kentucky
The field of Technical and Professional Communication has a number of fantastic online open access educational resources. This book collects links to them in one place so you can easily find and compare resources for use in your own teaching. The links here allow you to view entire open access books and resource collections, and we’ve also provided links for common teaching topics (e.g., accessibility, audience, genre, etc.), so you can quickly find a resource to support specific lessons.
If you’d like to suggest additions or corrections, please email Cagle at lauren.cagle@uky.edu. I’m especially looking for OER to fill in the areas below, where I don’t have any resources for a particular topic.
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Gray Literature
- MS Word Styles
- Reference Management Software
- Usability
Resources
Resource Collections
Open Access Textbooks
CollectionOpen Access Resources
CollectionAccessibility
CollectionAudience
CollectionCitation Practices
CollectionCollaborative Writing
CollectionCopyright and Fair Use
CollectionCover Letter Genre
CollectionDocument Design
CollectionDocument Management
CollectionEditing
CollectionEmail
CollectionEthics
CollectionGenre
CollectionGiving Presentations
CollectionGraphics and Data Viz
CollectionInstructions
CollectionLiterature Reviews
CollectionMemos
CollectionOrganizational Strategies
CollectionPowerPoint Design
CollectionPrimary Research
CollectionProject Management
CollectionProposal Genres
CollectionReading Strategies
CollectionReport Genres
CollectionResume Genre
CollectionSecondary Research
CollectionStyle
CollectionStyle Guides
CollectionSummarizing
CollectionTransmittal Letter Genre
CollectionUsage (Punctuation, Spelling, Grammar)
CollectionUsers
CollectionWriting About Data
CollectionWriting about Methods
CollectionWriting Process
Collection
Single Resources
Link Link Writing Processes (from Technical Writing Essentials)
Link Writing Processes: From Audience to Rough Draft
Link Writing Process (from Online Technical Writing)
Link Writing the Methods Section
Link Writing the Results and Discussion Section
Link Writing About Data
Link Common Spelling Problems (from Open Technical Communication)
Link Common Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation Problems (from Open Technical Communication)
Link Spelling Problems (from Online Technical Writing)
Metadata
- publisherUniversity of Kentucky Libraries
- publisher placeLexington, KY
- rightsTechnical & Professional Communication: Open Access Educational Resources by Lauren E. Cagle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- rights holderLauren E. Cagle
- rights territoryUS


