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Graduate Research, Fourth Edition: A Guide for Students in the Sciences

✍ Scribed by Densmore, Llewellyn D.; Lener, Edward F.; Smith, Robert V


Publisher
Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier
Year
2016
Tongue
English
Leaves
290
Edition
Fourth edition
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Graduate Research is an all-in-one resource for prospective and matriculated graduate students in the sciences. The newly revised edition includes updates to every chapter. Graduate Research covers a range of topics including writing and preparation of research proposals, developing and refining teaching skills, and ethics and compliance areas such as research involving human subjects and animals.

Graduate Research helps readers navigate the multidimensional and interdisciplinary world of scientific research and it is an invaluable resource for graduate researchers as well as those in advising or mentoring roles.

  • Discusses a broad range of topics including time management, library and literature work, and grant support
  • Includes a new chapter on career planning and development with advice on careers in academia, government, and the private sector
  • Contains chapters that promote the development of a varied set of communication skills
  • Greatly expanded treatment of graduate study and research in international settings

✦ Table of Contents


Content:
Front matter,Copyright,Dedication,Author Biographies,Preface,Acknowledgments,IntroductionEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Getting Started, Pages 1-19
Chapter 2 - Attitudes, Commitments, and Creativity, Pages 21-29
Chapter 3 - Making Choices, Pages 31-52
Chapter 4 - Time Management, Pages 53-62
Chapter 5 - Principles of Scientific Research, Pages 63-77
Chapter 6 - Ethics and the Scientist, Pages 79-91
Chapter 7 - Library and Literature Work, Pages 93-107
Chapter 8 - Writing and Speaking Skills, Pages 109-137
Chapter 9 - Preparing Theses andΒ Dissertations, Pages 139-150
Chapter 10 - Presentation and Publication of Papers, Pages 151-166
Chapter 11 - Research Involving Human Subjects and Animals and Biohazards and Laboratory Safety, Pages 167-186
Chapter 12 - Getting Grant Support, Pages 187-210
Chapter 13 - The Graduate Researcher andΒ Teaching, Pages 211-222
Chapter 14 - Getting a Job, Pages 223-240
Chapter 15 - Shaping a Career, Pages 241-261
References, Pages 263-275
Subject Index, Pages 277-287


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