Contributing Open Texts
This OER textbook was developed by drawing upon a number of existing textbooks. All contributing works are copyrighted and Creative Commons licensed by their respective authors. Where needed, Tarleton State University authors have added texts and modified texts for tone and style for local contextualization.
Beilfuss, M. J., Bettes, S., & Peterson, K. (2019). Technical and professional writing genres: A study in theory and practice. https://open.library.okstate.edu/technicalandprofessionalwriting/. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Fleming, W. (2020) Technical Writing at LBCC. https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/lbcctechwriting/. Licensed under a Creative (CC-BY-NC 4.0).
Gross, A., Hamlin, A., Merck, B., Rubio, C., Naas, J., Savage, M., and DeSilva, M. (2017) Technical Writing. Open Oregon Educational Materials. https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/technicalwriting/. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Hall, L., & Wahlin, L. (2016). A guide to technical communications: Strategies & applications. Ohio State University. https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/engrtechcomm/. (CC BY-NC- 4.0).
Last, S. (2019), with contributors Candice Neveu and Monika Smith. Technical Writing Essentials: Introduction to Professional Communications in Technical Fields. https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/. (CC BY 4.0).
McKinney, M., Pattison, K., LeMire, S., Anders, K., & Hagstrom-Schmidt, N. (2022). Howdy or hello?: Technical and professional communication. https://odp.library.tamu.edu/howdyorhello/. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
McMurrey, David. Online Technical Writing. (2024) https://mcmassociates.io/textbook/. (CC BY 4.0).
Meloncon, L., Zarlengo, T., & Griffith, J. (2025) RAWWr: A Rhetorical Approach to Workplace Writing. https://writeprofessionally.org/tech-comm/files/2025/09/RAWWr_2025_full.pdf(CC BY NC 4.0).
Thinking Rhetorically: Writing for Professional and Public Audiences (2020). Roger Williams University Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition. https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/thinkingrhetorically/. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
Tijerina, T., Powell, T., Arnett, J., Logan, M., & Race, C. (2020). Open technical communication. Independently Published. https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/open-tc-2e (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
