{"id":287,"date":"2016-12-23T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:09:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T20:09:50","slug":"for-students-and-others","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/for-students-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ \u21d2 = an external link; \u21d3= a file available here ]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allbookstores.com\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">AllBookstores.com<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/bes2.1917\">How to Get into Grad School<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/Dictionary.htm\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">The Free Dictionary<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General Info for Grad Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecareers.sciencemag.org\/career_magazine\/previous_issues\/articles\/2008_02_15\/caredit.a0800025\">No, You\u2019re Not An Impostor<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stearnslab.yale.edu\/some-modest-advice-graduate-students\">Modest Advice for Graduate Students<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/schwartz2008.pdf\">The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/29yMQUG\">So many research scientists, so few\u00a0openings as professors<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparing Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/Chamberlin1890.pdf\">Chamberlin (1890)<\/a> \u21d3<em> <strong>(required reading)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/Platt1964.pdf\">Platt (1964) Strong inference<\/a> \u21d3<em><strong> (required reading)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/Inference.pdf\">Increasing Levels of Inference<\/a> \u21d3<em><strong> (required reading)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org\/media\/2014\/09\/Writing-Good-Questions.pdf\">Writing good questions<\/a>\u00a0\u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dynamicecology.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/23\/william-shockley-on-what-makes-a-person-write-a-lot-of-papers-and-the-superstar-researcher-system\/\">The Hurdles Model of getting published<\/a>\u00a0\u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/modest-proposal-1.pdf\">A modest proposal for presentations &amp; writing<\/a>\u00a0\u21d3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Series of Ten Simple Rules<\/strong> [all \u21d2]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0020012\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2026to Get Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0030077\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2026for Making Good Oral Presentations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0030102\">\u2026for a Good Poster Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.1004205\">\u2026for Writing Science<\/a> [note features that boost citations]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0010057\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2026to Get Published<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/coauthorshiprules.pdf\">Co-authorship Rules<\/a> \u21d3 (<em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Adopted in our lab<\/span>;<\/strong> fits <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/NAauthorship.pdf\">National Academy<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icmje.org\/recommendations\/browse\/roles-and-responsibilities\/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html\">ICMJE<\/a> guidelines)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dynamicecology.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/24\/the-5-pivotal-paragraphs-in-a-paper\/#more-17052\">The 5 pivotal paragraphs in a paper<\/a> \u21d2 (great advice)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/WritingBackwards.pdf\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Write Backwards<\/a> \u21d3 (great advice)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/Sand-Jensen2007.pdf\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">How to write consistently boring scientific literature<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/GopenSwan1990.pdf\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">The science of scientific writing<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0115451\">Where should I send it?<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Predatory_open_access_publishing\">Beware of &#8220;predatory&#8221; journals!<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/Hr8tk\">&#8220;highjacked&#8221; journals<\/a>! \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/d4lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/12\/CasseyBlackburn2004.pdf\">Publication Rejection<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Computing, Math, Statistics <\/strong> [all \u21d2]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/linuxmint.com\/\">Linux Mint<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/qgis.org\/en\/site\/\">QGIS<\/a> (and why are you still using other software?)<\/li>\n<li>Data Analysis Checklist @ <a href=\"http:\/\/simplystatistics.org\/2015\/03\/03\/the-elements-of-data-analytic-style-so-much-for-a-soft-launch\/\">simplystats.org<\/a> and as a <a href=\"http:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/115\/2015\/03\/data-analysis-checklist.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/statpages.org\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">StatsPages.org \u2013 online stats tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/math.com\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">Math.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.r-project.org\/\">R<\/a>\u00a0, its <a href=\"http:\/\/cran.r-project.org\/web\/views\/\">Task Views<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/rstudio.org\/\">RStudio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cran.r-project.org\/web\/packages\/cowplot\/vignettes\/introduction.html\">cowplot<\/a> &amp;<a href=\"https:\/\/plot.ly\/ggplot2\/\">\u00a0ggplot2<\/a>\u00a0&amp; 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