Preliminary Problems--Five basic principles of good technical writing--Style in technical writing--Outlines and abstracts--Special Technic of Technical Writing--Definition--Description of a mechanism--Description of a process--Classification and partition--Interpretation--Transition, Introductions, and Conclusions--Transitions--Introductions--Conclusions and summaries--Types of Reports--The progress report--Recommendation reports--Proposals--Form of report organization--Oral reports--Business letters--Writing for professional journals--Report Layout--The format of reports--Graphic aids--The Library Research Report--Finding published information--Writing the library research report