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Web Resources
In addition to the resources provided by the Career Development Center, there are many professional development resources for graduate students available on the web.
The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students
The website has links to graduate resources on the web.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A great source for familiarizing yourself with debates in academia at large. You must pay for a subscription to read many of the articles from the weekly and daily editions, but the "Career Network" section of the website offers some free advice on professional development for graduate students.
Graduate-Student.com
A comprehensive site covering a range of graduate student concerns from attending your first conference to finding cheap travel fares to the job search. The site boasts its own journal featuring anecdotes and advice for students at all stages of the process.
PhDs.org
This is a web site targeted at sciences Ph.D.s and contains useful advice on everything from choosing a graduate program to tips on writing and presenting your thesis or dissertation.
Science's Next Wave
Keep abreast of developments in the biomedical sciences in different countries! Each country portal has a "For Grad Students" section devoted to issues of professional training in the sciences.
The Scientist
Online articles on research and the profession for the Life Sciences. Requires a free, one-time registration to view articles.
GradResources.org
Get advice filled articles, contacts for couseling, and freebies.
Dissertation.com
Learn how you can publish your dissertation.
Discussion Groups, Forums and List-servs
Email discussion lists provide a great resource for students seeking advice and information from colleagues in their fields. To participate, students typically need to subscribe by email.
H-Net, the Humanities & Social Sciences Online
Discussion networks centered on specific fields of study in the Humanities & Social Sciences, plus conference listings and announcements.
Chronicle Career Network
Ask for advice. Participate in the Discussion Forum. Send your own column submissions about the job market. To see what others have already contributed, click here
Doc-Talk
A moderated list-serv for graduate students worldwide covering a variety of topics, particularly the writing of theses. Includes notices about conferences and job postings.
WK4US
An unmoderated email discussion list hosted by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. A forum for graduate students in the Humanities, Education and Social Sciences to discuss non-academic career concerns. Features periodic guest speakers.
H-Grad
The place to discuss academic, pedagogical and personal concerns. This unmmoderated discussion listserve covers such diverse topics as teaching methods, job search tips and how to maintain a love life. Includes conference notices and job postings.
Tomorrow's Professor
A comprehensive listserv endeavoring to create a world-wide forum for teaching and learning. Graduate students will find discussions ranging from pedgagogy and the state of the academy to the pragmatics of research and the job search.
Preparing Future Faculty
A listserv for graduate students and faculty, moderated by the Preparing Future Faculty National Office. It provides an arena for the discussion of professional development programs and for the exchange of news and field inquiries.
Print Resources
The following titles, which are available in the Career Development Center Library, offer advice on how to get the most out of your years in graduate school.
- The Academic's Handbook edited by A. Leigh Deneef and Craufurd D. Goodwin (Duke University Press, 1995.)
- Cracking the Academia Nut by Margaret L. Newhouse ( FAS Harvard University, 1997.)
- Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D. by Robert L. Peters (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, revised edition 199.7)
- A Ph.D. is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman (Perseus Books, 1993.)
- The Ph.D. Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences by Dale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, and Nicholas Cohen ( Oxford University Press, 1998
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