El interés creciente por las competencias «informacionales» (técnicas de redacción, formas de publicar, manejo de documentación, búsqueda de información, métodos de trabajo…) se refleja en la intensa publicación de libros sobre estos asuntos en los últimos cinco años. En lengua inglesa, pueden citarse estos, por ejemplo:
- Alley, M. The craft of scientific presentations: critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid. New York: Springer, 2003.
- Badke, W.B. Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog. New York: iUniverse, 2004.
- Bradley, P. The advanced internet searcher’s handbook. London: Facet Publishing, 2004.
- Booth, V. Communicating in science: writing a scientific paper and speaking at sci. meetings. Cambridge: Cambr. U. Press, 2005.
- Day, R.A.; Gastel, B. How to write and publish a scientific paper. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2006.
- Ebel, H.F.; Bliefert, C.; Russey, W.E. The Art of scientific writing: from student reports to professional publications in chemistry and related fields. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, 2004
- Hall, G.M. (ed.) How to write a paper. London: BMJ books, 2006.
- Hartman, K.; Ackermann, E. Searching & researching on the Internet & the World Wide Web. Wilsonville, Oregon: Franklin, Beedle & Associates, 2005.
- Hirsch, H.L. Essential communication strategies for scientists, engineers, and technology professionals. New York: IEEE Press; New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
- Hock, R. The extreme searcher’s Internet handbook: a guide for the serious searcher. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books, 2004.
- Holtom, D.; Fisher, E. Enjoy writing your science thesis or dissertation! London: Imperial College Press, 2003
- Neville, T.M.; Henry, D.B.; Neville, B.D. Science and technology research: writing strategies for students. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2002
- Osif, B.A. (ed.) Using the engineering literature. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006
- Radford, M.L.; Barnes, S.B.; Barr, L.R. Web research: selecting, evaluating and citing. Boston: Pearson Education, 2006
- Riedling, A.M. Learning to learn: a guide to becoming information literate. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2002.
- Schlein, A.M. Find it online: the complete guide to online research. Tempe, Arizona: Facts on Demand Press, 2003
- Stebbins, L.F. Student guide to research in the digital age: how to locate and evaluate information sources. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2006
- Tomaiuolo, N.G. The web library: building a world class personal library with free web resources. Medford: Information Today, 2004
- Wells, C. A handbook of mathematical discourse. Haverford, PA: Infinity, 2003
- Young, T.M. Technical writing A-Z: a commonsense guide to engineering reports and theses. New York: ASME Press, 2005.
Puede verse también la entrada Literatura «informacional», 2.