This page contains a list of links to external resources referenced in this book for people who are using a print version. Links are listed by the chapters in which they appear and are listed alphabetically. Internal links are not included in this list. PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files can be downloaded from associated chapter in the webbook at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/.

Acknowledgements

• UVic Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation Division (https://www.uvic.ca/learningandteaching/index.php)
• UVic Office of Research Services (https://www.uvic.ca/research/index.php)

1.4

• The Globe and Mail: “Comma Quirk” (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/comma-quirk-irks-rogers/article1101686/)
• The Guardian: “Error in company name spelling” (https://www.theguardian.com/law/shortcuts/2015/jan/28/typo-how-one-mistake-killed-a-family-business-taylor-and-sons)
• Hyatt Regency walkway collapse (https://interestingengineering.com/understanding-hyatt-regency-walkway-collapse)
• Project Cartoon (http://www.projectcartoon.com/)
• Tufte’s discussion (https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/pi/2016_2017/phil/tufte-powerpoint.pdf)

1.5

• Assignment calculator (https://www.uvic.ca/library/research/tips/freecal/index.php)

2.1

• Communication in the Workplace (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMpVbDRWIN6HssQQQ4MeQ6U-oB-sGUrtRswD7feuRB0/edit)

2.2

• Wordiness, Wordiness, Wordiness List (https://web.uvic.ca/~gkblank/wordiness.html)

2.3

• APEGBC Code-of-Ethics (https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/wp-content/uploads/sites/296/2018/11/APEGBC-Code-of-Ethics.pdf)
• Standards for Professional Behaviour (https://www.uvic.ca/engineering/assets/docs/professional-behaviour.pdf)

3.3

• Understanding and using PowerPoint (http://faculty.washington.edu/farkas/Farkas-STC-05-UnderstandingPowerPoint.pdf)

3.4

• Hans Rosling’s The Joy of Stats – BBC Four (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo)

4.1

• Gantt chart (http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/grf-ttab.htm)
• Skyrim development team (http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Development_Team)

4.2

• Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Model illustration (https://www.themyersbriggs.com/en-US/Products-and-Services/TKI)

5.1

• Academic Integrity (https://web.uvic.ca/calendar2018-09/undergrad/info/regulations/academic-integrity.html)
• Three Pillars of Sustainability (http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/ThreePillarsOfSustainability.htm)

5.2

• Critical thinking (http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_thinking.htm)
• List of predatory journals (https://predatoryjournals.com/journals/)
• Literature review (https://ecp.engineering.utoronto.ca/resources/online-handbook/components-of-documents/literature-reviews/)
• Scholarly and Popular Sources (https://youtu.be/VCL08k6760A)
• Spurious Correlations (http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations)
• Statistics Canada (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start)

5.4

• Creating Good Interview and Survey Questions (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/conducting_primary_research/interview_and_survey_questions.html)
• Tri-Council policy statement (https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/tri-council-policy-statement-ethical-conduct-research-involving-humans-tcps2)

5.5

• Charrettes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charrette)
• Public Participation Guide (https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/public-participation-guide-view-and-print-versions)
• Stakeholder Consultation (https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/5a4e740048855591b724f76a6515bb18/PartOne_StakeholderConsultation.pdf?MOD=AJPERES)
• UVic Campus Greenway Engagement Plan (https://www.uvic.ca/campusplanning/assets/docs/grandprom-docs/uvic-grand-promenade-engagement-plan.pdf)
• UVic Campus Greenway Summary Report (https://www.uvic.ca/campusplanning/current-projects/campusgreenway/grand-promenade-design-charrette-summary.pdf)
• World Cafes (http://www.theworldcafe.com/)

6.2

• Composite material (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Composite_material)
• IEEE Reference Guide (http://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/IEEE-Reference-Guide.pdf)
• Innovation magazine (http://www.digitalityworks.com/Viewers/ViewIssue.aspx?IssueID=140&PageNo=1)
• Johnson Street Bridge Condition Assessment Report (https://www.johnsonstreetbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/johnson-street-bridge-condition-assessment-delcan-engineering.pdf)
• Murdoch University Library IEEE style guide (http://libguides.murdoch.edu.au/IEEE)
• SpaceTime with Stuart Gary (https://megaphone.link/BIT3581656190)
• Team Dynamics (https://coursespaces.uvic.ca/mod/folder/view.php?id=1021973)
• The Grand Promenade: Design Charrette (https://www.uvic.ca/campusplanning/current-projects/campusgreenway/index.php)
• Which versus that (https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/which-versus-that-0)

7.1

• Boycotted companies (https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/294925)
• Canadians who were fired for social media (https://careers.workopolis.com/advice/14-canadians-who-were-fired-for-social-media-posts/)
• Email etiquette rules (http://www.businessinsider.com/email-etiquette-rules-every-professional-needs-to-know-2016-1)
• Illegal use of private messaging (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner_sexting_scandals)
• Online Technical Writing: Examples, Cases & Models (https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/models.html)
• Parts of a memo (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/memos/parts_of_a_memo.html)
• Technical Writing (https://coccoer.pressbooks.com/)
• Why do you need email etiquette (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-do-you-need-email-etiquette-what-rules-mezan-rahman/)

7.2

• Gantt chart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart)

7.4

• Mars Curiosity Rover (https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/rover/)

7.5

• Recommendation and feasibility reports (https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/feas.html)

7.6

• Not all scientific studies are created equal – David H. Schwartz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUpd2HJHUt8)
• Scientific method (https://www.livescience.com/20896-science-scientific-method.html)

7.7

• Example instructions (https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/models.html#instructions)
• Special notices (https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/notices.html)

8.2

• 10 Most Common Rookie Mistakes in Public Speaking (https://blog.prezi.com/10-most-common-rookie-mistakes-in-public-speaking/)
• Advanced Public Speaking Institute tips (http://www.public-speaking.org/index.htm)
• Color theory (http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm)
• Deliberate practice (https://jamesclear.com/deliberate-practice-theory)
• Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC Four (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo)
• How I Overcame my fear of Public Speaking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80UVjkcxGmA)
• How to Sound Smart in your TED Talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0FDjFBj8o&feature=youtu.be)
• The Power of your Hands (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ7k8cMA-4)
• PresentationZen by Garr Reynolds (http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321811981/samplepages/0321811984.pdf)
• Psychology of font choices (https://www.crazyegg.com/blog/psychology-of-fonts-infographic/)
• Really achieving your childhood dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo)
• Rule of Thirds (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds)
• Toastmasters 5 tips for public speaking (https://youtu.be/AykYRO5d_lI)
• The Wisdom of a Third Grade Dropout (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg_Q7KYWG1g)
• Visual rhetoric (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/visual_rhetoric/index.html)

8.3

• 10 Rules for Presenting as a Team (http://www.publicwords.com/2010/06/30/10-rules-for-presenting-as-a-team/)
• 20 Things that great presenting teams ask before they open their mouths (https://www.inc.com/deborah-grayson-riegel/presenting-as-a-team-requires-more-work-not-less-h.html)
• Ask the Experts: Presentation Strategy for Team and Group Presentations (http://totalcommunicator.com/vol3_1/expert2.html)
• How to Coordinate a Team Presentation (https://www.coursera.org/learn/oral-communication/lecture/2EpP0/how-to-coordinate-a-team-presentation)

Appendix B

• Example reference – Can ethics be technologized? (https://doi.org/10.1109/47.406727)
  

Appendix E

• Mechanics (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/index.html)

Appendix F

• Case of the trucker’s comma (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-few-words-about-that-ten-million-dollar-serial-comma)
• Comma quirk irks Rogers (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/comma-quirk-irks-rogers/article1101686/)
• Controversy (https://blog.quiet.ly/community/should-you-use-the-oxford-comma/)
• In praise of the humble comma (http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,149453,00.html)
• Oxford comma (https://writingcooperative.com/say-hello-to-the-switzerland-of-oxford-comma-opinions-a96e9ab4afc8)
• Which versus that (https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/which-versus-that-0)