Welcome to the book companion site for Alred, Brusaw, and Oliu, The Handbook of Technical Writing, Seventh Edition, and The Business Writer's Handbook, Seventh Edition. To use this site you will need to register as a student or instructor. Registration is free and only takes a few moments. If you are considering the text, please visit our instructor preview page.

New editions of these books will be available in Fall 2005. To learn how we have updated and improved the books, please see the catalog page for the new editions (The Business Writer's Handbook/The Handbook of Technical Writing. We will also be revising the Book Companion Site; when it is complete, the new site will be available at this same Web address.



Student Resources
icon Links for Business Writing
icon Links for Technical Writing
icon Research Projects
icon Web Projects
icon Online Cases
icon Finding an Internship or Job
icon Digital Tips
icon Research Room
icon Model Documents Gallery
icon Exercise Central
icon Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
icon Mike Markel's Web Design Tutorial

Other Resources
icon About the Authors
icon About the Contributors
icon Praise for the Handbooks




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