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• Open Science, Open Data, Open Source: 21st Century Research Skills for the Life Sciences (2017), by Pedro L. Fernandes and Rutger Vos (illustrated HTML at github.io)
• The Citation Culture (1999), by Paul Wouters (PDF here at Penn)
• Science Communication Online: Engaging Experts and Publics on the Internet (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2019), by Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher (PDF at Ohio State)
• Scientific Communication and National Security (1982), by Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials: Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences (2003), by National Research Council Board on Life Sciences (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
• Redacting the Science of Climate Change: An Investigative and Synthesis Report (Washington: Government Accountability Project, 2007), by Tarek F. Maassarani, contrib. by Jay Dyckman (PDF at whistleblower.org)
• The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship (2005), by John Willinsky (PDF at MIT Press)
• Bits of Power: Issues in Global Access to Scientific Data, by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (HTML and page images at NAP)
• Essays of an Information Scientist (15 volumes), by Eugene Garfield (PDF files here at Penn)

• Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium (2004), ed. by Julie M. Esanu and P. F. Uhlir (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
• The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium (2003), ed. by Julie M. Esanu and P. F. Uhlir (page images with commentary at NAP)

• The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium (2003), ed. by Julie M. Esanu and P. F. Uhlir (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe (2006), contrib. by M. Dewatripont, Victor Ginsburgh, Patrick Legros, Alexis Walckiers, Jean-Pierre Devroey, Marianne Dujardin, Françoise Vandooren, Pierre Dubois, Jérôme Foncel, Marc Ivaldi, and Marie-Dominique Heusse (PDF with commentary in Europe)

• English Communication for Scientists (web version; originally published Cambridge, MA: NPG Education, 2010), by Jean-luc Doumont, contrib. by Laura Grossenbacher and Christina Matta, illust. by Jorge Cham (illustrated HTML at nature.com; reaching some sections now only possible from top-level "article library")

• Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research (c2018), by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Cyberinfrastructure Vision for 21st Century Discovery (2007), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (PDF files at nsf.gov)
• Helping America Compete: The Role of Federal Scientific and Technical Information (1990), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton
• Worlds Apart: How the Distance Between Science and Journalism Threatens America's Future, by Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell (PDF at Freedom Forum)

• Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research (c2018), by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (HTML with commentary at NAP)
• Helping America Compete: The Role of Federal Scientific and Technical Information (1990), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton
• Worlds Apart: How the Distance Between Science and Journalism Threatens America's Future, by Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell (PDF at Freedom Forum)

• At Our Own Peril: DoD Risk Assessment in a Post-Primacy World (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2017), by Nathan Freier, Christopher M. Bado, Christopher J. Bolan, Robert S. Hume, and J. Matthew Lissner (multiple formats with commentary at Army War College)

• Headline News, Science Views II (1993), ed. by David Jarmul (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Headline News, Science Views (1991), ed. by David Jarmul (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Worlds Apart: How the Distance Between Science and Journalism Threatens America's Future, by Jim Hartz and Rick Chappell (PDF at Freedom Forum)

• Innovative Approaches to Teaching Technical Communication (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2004), ed. by Tracy Bridgeford, Karla Saari Kitalong, and Dickie Selfe (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)

• Improving Risk Communication, by National Research Council Committee on Risk Perception and Communication (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers: A Primer for the Non-English Speaker (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2021), by Gábor L. Lövei (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Shaping Written Knowledge: The Genre and Activity of the Experimental Article in Science (c1988), by Charles Bazerman (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities (c1991), ed. by Charles Bazerman and James G. Paradis (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• Mathematical Writing (text only, no figures; link to full text in "Errata" section), by Donald Ervin Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts (gzipped TeX with commentary at Stanford)

• Preparation of Scientific and Technical Papers (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1925), by Sam F. Trelease and Emma Sarepta Yule (page images at HathiTrust)

• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (second edition, revised 2015), by Karen Patrias, ed. by Daniel L. Wendling (HTML and PDF files at NIH)

• Design Discourse: Composing and Revising Programs in Professional and Technical Writing (c2010), ed. by David Franke, Alex Reid, and Anthony DiRenzo (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)

• Revising the Clinic: Vision and Representation in Victorian Medical Narrative and the Novel (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2010), by Meegan Kennedy (PDF at Ohio State)

• Technical Book Review Index (Special Libraries Association, 1935-1988) (partial serial archives)
• Technical Book Review Index (1917-1928), by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (full serial archives)

• Bibliography of Translations from Russian Scientific and Technical Literature (full serial archives)

• Octave Chanute, 1832-1910, the Contributions of an American Civil Engineer to the Improvement of Railroads, Railroad Bridges, Timber Preservation, and Aeronautics: A Bibliography (San Francisco: E. L. Sterne, 1963), by Pearl I. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Index of Technical Reprints: Reprints of Technical Papers by Engineers and Scientists of the Bell Telephone System, 1919-1930, by Bell Telephone Laboratories (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Rivista di Artiglieria e Genio (partial serial archives)

• Bachelor of Science Theses on Water Resources Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (Archives Series Report #6; Berkeley: Water Resources Center, University of California, 1959), by Gerald J. Giefer and Cynthia Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theses on Water Resources: Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, and University of Southern California (Archives Series Report #7; Berkeley: Water Resources Center, University of California, 1959), by Gerald J. Giefer, Lois Judd, and Cynthia Barnes (page images at HathiTrust)

• Subcritical Assemblies: A Compilation of References (Oak Ridge, TN: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Division of Technical Information, 1963), by W. Maurice Pritchard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors (San Diego: San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1997) (illustrated HTML and PDF at sdsc.edu)

• Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors (San Diego: San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1997) (illustrated HTML and PDF at sdsc.edu)

• A Catalogue of the Periodical Publications in the Library of the School of Mines, Columbia College (New York: J. W. Amerman, printer, 1875), by Columbia College School of Mines (page images at HathiTrust)

• Periodicals and Newspapers on Science and Technology Published in the People's Republic of China (1989), by United States Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence (page images at HathiTrust)

• Women in Science: A Selection of 16 Significant Contributors (San Diego: San Diego Supercomputer Center, 1997) (illustrated HTML and PDF at sdsc.edu)

• Federal Scientific and Technical Information in an Electronic Age: Opportunities and Challenges (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF files at Princeton

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