These are a collection of links I've gathered throughout my own growth as an academic.
There are a lot of un-taught lessons we are expected to learn as we develop into scientists and researchers (or whatever trajectory your own career path takes you). Lessons such as how to utilize faculty office hours, how to write an email that will get a useful response, or standards for a research poster.
Often students won't ask these questions. They worry it's 'something they should know', or they don't want to bother mentors. I hope these links will break down initial barriers, and embolden students to ASK FOR ADVICE from old or potential mentors. Good luck!
Academic Skills:
How to deconstruct and reconstruct academic writing
https://cbs.umn.edu/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/public/downloads/Annotated_Nature_abstract.pdf
How to make a (traditional) poster for an academic conference
https://www.calliechappell.com/blog/scientific-poster **awesome resource**
https://libguides.snhu.edu/posterdesign/symmetry
How to make an un-traditional poster (#betterposter) for an academic conference
https://convention.apa.org/blog/rethinking-the-science-poster
How to write a manuscript
https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.com/2017/11/21/how-to-write-a-manuscript/
How to report basic frequentist statistics
https://depts.washington.edu/psych/files/writing_center/stats.pdf
How to peer review a scientific manuscript
https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.com/2017/11/21/how-to-review-a-manuscript/
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/advice-how-to-review-a-manuscript-for-a-journal/
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/09/how-review-paper
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/10-tips-for-reviewing-scientific-manuscripts-and-5-red-flags
How to write a literature review
http://www.raulpacheco.org/resources/literature-reviews/
How to use Mendeley (a common citation manager) to ACTUALLY help you
http://www.raulpacheco.org/2018/12/a-brief-guide-to-using-mendeley-as-a-reference-and-citation-manager-and-as-an-aid-to-write-scholarly-papers/
Mentoring and Life:
Mentoring Plans, Meghan Duffy - Dynamic Ecology
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/mentoring-plans-a-really-useful-tool-for-pis-and-their-lab-members/
Questions to ask a Mentor
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jomiller/2018/03/25/40-questions-to-ask-a-mentor/#30367f23261b
Outline for developing mentoring expectations and relationship
http://pcaddick.com/page11.html
Diagram of Ikigai - how to identify a fulfilling career
https://philosfx.blogspot.com/2017/11/word-of-day-ikigai.html
Rabbit-holes (Links to more Links):
Another great website with lots of links about how to be a grad student
https://ecologygrad.weebly.com/
Marissa Baskett's (UC Davis) various useful links
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/baskett/links.html
Andrew Whitehead's (UC Davis) website of useful links
https://whiteheadresearch.wordpress.com/links/
There are a lot of un-taught lessons we are expected to learn as we develop into scientists and researchers (or whatever trajectory your own career path takes you). Lessons such as how to utilize faculty office hours, how to write an email that will get a useful response, or standards for a research poster.
Often students won't ask these questions. They worry it's 'something they should know', or they don't want to bother mentors. I hope these links will break down initial barriers, and embolden students to ASK FOR ADVICE from old or potential mentors. Good luck!
Academic Skills:
How to deconstruct and reconstruct academic writing
https://cbs.umn.edu/sites/cbs.umn.edu/files/public/downloads/Annotated_Nature_abstract.pdf
How to make a (traditional) poster for an academic conference
https://www.calliechappell.com/blog/scientific-poster **awesome resource**
https://libguides.snhu.edu/posterdesign/symmetry
How to make an un-traditional poster (#betterposter) for an academic conference
https://convention.apa.org/blog/rethinking-the-science-poster
How to write a manuscript
https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.com/2017/11/21/how-to-write-a-manuscript/
How to report basic frequentist statistics
https://depts.washington.edu/psych/files/writing_center/stats.pdf
How to peer review a scientific manuscript
https://geocognitionresearchlaboratory.com/2017/11/21/how-to-review-a-manuscript/
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/advice-how-to-review-a-manuscript-for-a-journal/
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/09/how-review-paper
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/10-tips-for-reviewing-scientific-manuscripts-and-5-red-flags
How to write a literature review
http://www.raulpacheco.org/resources/literature-reviews/
How to use Mendeley (a common citation manager) to ACTUALLY help you
http://www.raulpacheco.org/2018/12/a-brief-guide-to-using-mendeley-as-a-reference-and-citation-manager-and-as-an-aid-to-write-scholarly-papers/
Mentoring and Life:
Mentoring Plans, Meghan Duffy - Dynamic Ecology
https://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/mentoring-plans-a-really-useful-tool-for-pis-and-their-lab-members/
Questions to ask a Mentor
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jomiller/2018/03/25/40-questions-to-ask-a-mentor/#30367f23261b
Outline for developing mentoring expectations and relationship
http://pcaddick.com/page11.html
Diagram of Ikigai - how to identify a fulfilling career
https://philosfx.blogspot.com/2017/11/word-of-day-ikigai.html
Rabbit-holes (Links to more Links):
Another great website with lots of links about how to be a grad student
https://ecologygrad.weebly.com/
Marissa Baskett's (UC Davis) various useful links
http://www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/baskett/links.html
Andrew Whitehead's (UC Davis) website of useful links
https://whiteheadresearch.wordpress.com/links/
