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 * Project 1.6 -- Content in TPC Journals & Other Resources**

This page provides the results of a project whose purpose is to answer the question “What research issues (subjects or topics) are currently being addressed by those in technical and professional communication?” The topics or subjects that are of interest to researchers who are publishing in these journals indicate what the concerns currently are in the tpc field. You can access the guidelines for that project from the course calendar.

Below you'll find links for each of the journals and other publications being reviewed, along with postings from previous classes.

The word //issue// is not being used in terms of a journal issues (for example, volume 47, issue 3), but rather issues in terms of topics and subjects of interest. When you find the word //tabular// within the description of activities, it simply means to put the results in tables, if possible, to provide easy access to and review of the information.


 * Back to the reasons for completing this project ...** What research issues (subjects or topics) are currently being addressed by those in technical & professional communication? One way to answer that question is to review what has been published recently in journals especially relevant to the field of technical & professional communication ... to look for key words ... to review abstracts ... to consider topics of special issues of the journals (an issue of a journal devoted to one topic or issue, such as technical communication and usability studies, technical communication and the law, positioning programs in technical and professional communication--topics for which CFPs, or calls for proposals, have been distributed on the ATTW listserv). What are the topics or issues for the articles that have been published and what special issues of journals have been published about one topic or issue?


 * What is the purpose of this project?** In other words, why is an understanding of the issues (subjects or topics) that the researchers in our TPC field are publishing about of importance to you?

1. To stay current in your field, you should know which journal or journals you should read. To decide, you need to learn about the audience that a professional journal targets. Although all journals (and other resources) assigned are related to the field of TPC, our field includes people in a wide variety of subject areas, completing a wide variety of tasks covering a wide variety of documents (documents distributed as print and soft copy as well). Learning about whom journals target with their content will enable you to determine which journals might be most appropriate for your current work or intended career. It will also help you determine which journals might contain information about the communication topic you choose for Proj 3: annotated bib and Proj 4: literature review.

2. If you are studying in the field of technical and professional communication, you should be aware of what areas of research and theory are important to those in the field. Use the results posted by groups in this class to learn the issues (areas, subjects, topics) about which people in our TPC field are publishing. This review of journals in our field provides an insight into what we in the field think is worthy of publication.

You probably will investigate in depth only one journal; however, you definitely should read the postings about other professional journals posted by others in this class.

Pragmatically, this knowledge may help you choose an issue (subject or topic) for Proj 3: annotated bibliography and then Proj 4: literature review, based on that annotated bibliography.

Some entries are better done than others. Focus on learning about "current" research topics for the field of technical and professional communication.

Results for Journals


 * //Business Communication Quarterly (BCQ)//: BCQFall2007 | BCQSpring2008 | RCG3ssBCQF2008 | BCQS10 |


 * //Computers & Composition (CC):// CCFall2007 //|// CCSpring2008 | CCS10 |

IEEES10 | IEEES11 |
 * //IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication// ("I triple E"): IEEE, Fall 2007 | IEEE, Spring 2008 | RCG1ssIEEEF2008 |

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 * //International Journal of Training and Development//: IJTDS10 |
 * //Journal of Business and Technical Communication (JBTC)//: JBTC, Fall 2007 | JBTC, Spring 2008 | RCG4ssJBTCF2008 | JBTCS10 |


 * //Journal of Business Communication (JBC)//: JBCFall2007//|//JBCSpring2008 | RCG3ssJBCF2008 | JBCS10 | JBCS11 |

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 * //Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication//: JCMCS10 |
 * //Journal of Marketing//: JMS10 |
 * //Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (JTWC)//: JTWCFall2007 | JTWCSpring2008 | RCG2ssJTWCF2008 |
 * //Management Communication Quarterly// [no results]
 * //KAIROS: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy//: KairosS10 |


 * //Teaching English in the Two-Year College (TETYC):// | RCG4ssTETYCF2008 | TETYCS10 |


 * //Technical Communication (Tech Comm or TC)//: TCFall2007 | TCSpring2008 | RCG1ssTCF2008 | TCS10 |


 * //Technical Communication Quarterly (TCQ)//: TCQFall2007 | TCQSpring2008 | RCG2ssTCQF2008 | TCQS10 | TCQS11 |

Other Resources


 * EServer Tech Comm Library at [|http://tc.eserver.org] This resource is a comprehensive non-commercial access point to over 6000 online resources in the field of technical communication. [This resource can load very slowly, especially if being used .]


 * CompPile at [] This resource is an inventory of publications in post-secondary composition, rhetoric, technical writing, ESL, and discourse studies.


 * ATTW Annual Bibliographies: Fall2007 |


 * Listing of Special Issues of //Technical Communication Quarterly,// showing important topics in the field of technical and professional communication: Fall2008 |


 * Articles published in the journals listed above about research needed in TPC (except for //Computers & Composition// and //Teaching English in the Two-Year college//) ... since about Spring 1998: Spring2008 |


 * Book reviews published in the above journals: