Useful Resources for Business Writing and Computers

The Writing of Business

Useful Resources for Business Writing and Computers

Electronic Journals

Computers and Composition http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ccjrnl/	This international journal for teachers of writing is principal reading fare for those interested in using computers in the writing classroom.
Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/index.html	According to its masthead, Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine focuses on "reports about people, events, technology, public policy, culture, practices, study, and applications of the phenomenon of human communication and interaction via computer networks and in online environments."
Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/	Sponsored by The Alliance for Computers and Writing, Kairos is a resource for teachers at the college and university level and includes articles on technical writing, business writing, and professional communication. Its goal is to provide an online "exploration of writing, learning, and teaching in hypertextual environments like the World-Wide Web."
RhetNet http://www.missouri.edu/~rhetnet/	Billed as "a cyberjournal for rhetoric and writing," Rhetnet captures "some of the intriguing and valuable conversations that occur on various parts of the Net."
Technical Communication Quarterly http://www.tcq.agri.umn.edu/~tcq/index.html	Technical Communication Quarterly, the journal of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), focuses on the teaching, study, and practice of technical writing and includes articles that are both theoretical and practical: pedagogy, rhetoric, linguistics, organizational communication, business/ industrial communication, intercultural communication, text design, graphics, audience analysis, and computers and technical communication.

Listservs

ACW-L List: listproc@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu Mail: acw-l@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu	The Alliance for Computers and Writing list
CMC List: listserv@vm.its.rpi.edu Mail: cmc-request@vm.its.rpi.edu	Computer Mediated Communication
COMPOSITION List: listserv@listserv.uic.edu Mail: composition-request@listserv.uic.edu	Discussion group on the teaching of writing
COMPOSO1 List: listserv@ulkyvx@louisville.edu Mail: composo1@ulkyvx@louisville.edu	Composition digest list -- specifically for writing instruction in computer based classrooms
GLOBECOM List: listserv@listserv.rice.edu Mail: globecom-request@listserv.rice.edu	List for written international business communication
PURTOPOI List: listserv@vm.cc.purdue.edu Mail: purtopoi@vm.cc.purdue.edu	Rhetoric, professional writing, and language discussion group
RHETNT-L List: listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu Mail: rhetnt-l@mizzou1.missouri.edu	Cyberjournal for rhetoric and writing
SIG-QUAL List: listserv@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu Mail: sig-qual-request@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu	NCTE Special Interest Group on Qualitative Research in Writing
TECHWR-L List: listserv@listserv.okstate.edu Mail: techwr-l-request@listserv.okstate.edu	Technical Writers List for all technical communication issues
TEKCOM-L List: listserv@listserv.tamu.edu Mail: tekcom-l-request@listserv.tamu.edu	Listserv for technical writing, technical communications, and WWW publishing
WAC-L List: listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu Mail: wac-l-request@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu	Writing Across the Curriculum list

Organizations

The Alliance for Computers and Writing http://English.ttu.edu/acw/acw.html	The ACW is intended to be a source of practical information for those beginning to use technology in their writing classrooms.
Association for Business Communication http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/ english/facst/kol/abc	The ABC is an international organization concerned with research and practices in workplace communications.
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) http://english.ttu.edu/ATTW	ATTW's website provides resources for teaching technical communication and information of interest to those in the field." ATTW's Bibliographic and WWW Resources in International Technical Communication are particularly useful for those wishing to learn more about International technical communication.
H-Net http://www.h-net.msu.edu/	H-Net is an "interdisciplinary organization of scholars dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web."
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Professional Communication Society http://www.ieee.org/society/pcs/pcsindex.html	Professional Communication Society (PCS) primary focus is "exploring the theory and application of all forms of communication technology."
National Council of Teachers of English http://WWW.NCTE.ORG/	NCTE hosts a number of email lists at http://WWW.NCTE.ORG/lists/. The NCTE Website also includes many Guidelines and Position Statements, including their Guidelines for Nonsexist Use of Language in NCTE Publications. NCTE's Parallels, an electronic space where authors publish materials to complement their print articles, is available at College Composition and Communication Online http://www.ncte.org/ccc/9/index.html.
Society of Technical Communicators http://www.stc-va.org/	STC advances "the arts and sciences of technical communication." Its membership includes writers, editors, graphic designers, multimedia artists, and others whose work involves making technical information understandable and available to those who need it."

Some Other Useful Websites

The American Medical Writers Association http://www.amwa.org/	The American Medical Writers Associationhelps biomedical communicators improve their writing and other professional skills by offering continuing education seminars, workshops, publications, and networking opportunities.
American Society for Training and Development http://www.astd.org/	The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) represents more than 70,000 members in the field of workplace learning and performance. Members from across the world work in a variety of settings: multinational corporations, small- and medium-sized businesses, government agencies, colleges, and universities. ASTD is one of the largest publishers in training, learning, and performance.
CH Working Papers (or Computing in the Humanities Working Papers) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/chwp/	CH Working Papers are an interdisciplinary series of refereed publications on computer-assisted research. They are a vehicle for scholarly discussion concerning computer methodology.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/index.html	ERIC provides educational materials, services, and coursework to everyone interested in the language arts.
Humanist http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/	Allied with the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, Humanist is an international electronic seminar on the application of computers to the humanities. Its intent is to provide a forum for information exchange and for discussion of intellectual, scholarly, pedagogical, and social issues.

For questions and suggestions, please e-mail us at kilbornj@stcloudstate.edu or rinkster@stcloudstate.edu.

The print version of the Instructor's Manual for The Writing of Business
was written by Robert P. Inkster and Judith M. Kilborn for Allyn and Bacon.
This web version of the manual was coded by Judith M. Kilborn.