Online resources

This page lists some web sites that are of interest to the technical communicator. Please send contributions that you would like to share with others to the webmaster.

General

• The Eserver TC Library indexes over 7,200 public and subscriber-restricted resources about technical communication, representing the work of more than 2,800 authors. It indexes 31 years' worth of writings -- and works in 20 languages.

  The TC Library was created by a group of professors in the U.S. after determining how difficult it can be to find technical communication resources using traditional databases and web searches. Feel free to link to it from any page, private, organizational, or commercial.

  The TC Library is non-profit, so you won't see any ads on the site. The development of this library is purely the effort of volunteers.

STC and associated organisations

• ISTC (Institute of Scientific & Technical Communicators)
• STC main site
• Joint European STC site

Information architecture

• Boxes and arrows
• Asiloma Institute

Useful

• Merriam Webster online dictionary
• Useful dictionaries and thesauri
• Amazon (uk) for books

Web topics

• HTML Writers Guild
• builder.com Web design library
• www.cgi101.com Online tutorials on cgi
• www.sitepoint.com Tutorials and articles about designing and building web sites
• XML cover pages comprehensive reference collection supporting the XML family of (meta) markup language standards and their application.
• W3 Schools A quick referece for all web technologies

Documentation management

• Center for Information Development Management
• Information mapping

Fun

• Dilbert

Usability

• Human Factors International — User-Centered Design
• www.usabilitynews online news letter
• User Interface Engineering
• www.useit.com Jakob Nielson's site
• Usability Professionals Association