{"id":147,"date":"2012-09-29T23:24:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T23:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenkins.cos.ucf.edu\/wordpress\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2016-11-04T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T20:11:15","slug":"student-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/links\/student-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Students (and others!)"},"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\">AllBookstores.com<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/Carson1999.pdf\">How to Get into Grad School<\/a> [\u21d3; 1999 but still great]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studygs.net\/\" target=\"_top\">Study Guides &amp; Strategies<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/Dictionary.htm\" target=\"_top\">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&#8217;re Not An Impostor<\/a> \u21d2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csee.umbc.edu\/~mariedj\/papers\/advice.pdf\">How to Succeed in Graduate School<\/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\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/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\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2014\/07\/Chamberlin1890.pdf\">Chamberlin (1890)<\/a> \u21d3<em> <strong>(required reading)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/Platt1964.pdf\">Platt (1964) Strong inference<\/a> \u21d3<em><strong> (required reading)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/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\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2013\/04\/modest-proposal.pdf\">A suggestion for defenses<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Series of Ten Simple Rules<\/strong> [all \u21d2]<strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0020012\" target=\"_top\">&#8230;to Get Grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0030077\" target=\"_top\">&#8230;for Making Good Oral Presentations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.0030102\">&#8230;for a Good Poster Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/ploscompbiol\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pcbi.1004205\">&#8230;for 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\">&#8230;to Get Published<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/coauthorshiprules.pdf\">Co-authorship Rules<\/a> \u21d3 <em><strong>(Adopted in our lab; fits <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icmje.org\/ethical_1author.html\">ICMJE guidelines<\/a>)<\/strong><\/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\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/WritingBackwards.pdf\" target=\"_top\">How to Write Backwards<\/a> \u21d3 (great advice)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/Sand-Jensen2007.pdf\" target=\"_top\">How to write consistently boring scientific literature<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/GopenSwan1990.pdf\" target=\"_top\">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=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/CasseyBlackburn2004.pdf\">Publication Rejection<\/a> \u21d3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Math &amp; Statistics<\/strong> [all \u21d2]<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.r-project.org\/\">R<\/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; <a href=\"http:\/\/motioninsocial.com\/tufte\/\">Tufte in R<\/a><\/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=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2015\/03\/data-analysis-checklist.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statsoft.com\/textbook\/stathome.html\" target=\"_top\">Online Stats textbook (StatSoft)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/statpages.org\/\" target=\"_top\">StatsPages.org &#8211; online stats tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sosmath.com\/\" target=\"_top\">SOS Math<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/math.com\/\" target=\"_top\">Math.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Employment<\/strong> [all \u21d2]<strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2016\/11\/Fleetetal2006.pdf\">Academic Hiring<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Advice\u00a0 on:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.ca\/2015\/09\/how-to-get-faculty-position-i.html\">How to get academic interviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.ca\/2015\/10\/how-to-get-faculty-position-ii.html\">How to succeed in academic interviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cgi.stanford.edu\/~dept-ctl\/tomprof\/posting.php?ID=976\">How to succeed in an academic position<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phds.org\/\">PhDs.org<\/a> (not to be confused with <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phdcomics.com\/comics.php\">PhD Comics<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencecareers.sciencemag.org\/\"><em>Science<\/em> Careers section<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/section\/Jobs\/61\/\"><em>Chronicle of Higher Education<\/em> Jobs section<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/jenkins\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/sites\/21\/2014\/07\/Blickley-etal-2013.pdf\">Job Skills Needed Outside Academia<\/a>\u00a0\u21d3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ \u21d2 = an external link; 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