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  American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Student Section
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14.html

  Association of American Medical Colleges

                tomorrowsdoctors.org  http://www.aamc.org/students/start.htm

                Compact between Postdoctoral Appointees and their Mentors

  Austin AE, Baldwin RG. Faculty Collaboration: Enhancing the Quality of Scholarship and Teaching. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report (No. 7). Washington, DC: Geo. Washington Univ, 1991.

* Barker K. At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator. New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. 1998.

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* Beveridge WIB. The Art of Scientific Investigation. United States: Vintage Books, 1950.
A wonderful, wise book - touches on many things, including ethical conduct. Give it to all your students as soon as they arrive!

   Beynon RJ. Postgraduate Study in the Biological Sciences: A Researcher's Companion. London: Portland Press, 1993.

   Bloom DF, Karp JD & Cohen N. The Ph. D. Process. New York: Oxford University Press,1998.

   Bolker J. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day. New York: Henry Holt, 1998.

* Booth WC, Colomb GG & Williams JM. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1995.

   Bowen WG & Rudenstine NL. In Pursuit of the Ph.D. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University   Press, 1992.

   Center for Clinical Research Practice  http://www.ccrp.com/education.shtml

   Carr JJ. The Art of Science. San Diego: High Text Publications, 1992.

   Cone JD & Foster SL. Dissertation and Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and Related Fields. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Assn. 1993.

   Department of Health & Human Services Student Programs

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   DeNeef AL & Goodwin C. The Academic’s Handbook. Duke University Press, 1995.

FASEB Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows

            http://opa.faseb.org/pdf/idp.pdf

Feibelman PJ. A Ph.D. Is Not Enough! A Guide to Survival in Science. Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Franzini L & Zalk SR. Conventional Survival Techniques: Practical Strategies for Getting the Most Out of Your Professional Association’s Meetings. Sage Publications, 1997.

   Furst LR. Young scholars might take some consolation from the 'anti-vitae' of their elders. The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 13, 1995.

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   How to get the mentoring you want: A guide for graduate students at a diverse university.
www.rackham.umich.edu/StudentInfo/Publications/StudentMentoring/mentoring.pdf

   Huck SW & Cormier WH. Reading Statistics and Research. Harper Collins, 1996.

   Isaac A. The African American Student’s Guide to Surviving Graduate School. Sage Publications, 1998.

   Kanare HM. Writing the Laboratory Notebook. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1985.

   Kottler JA & Hazler RJ. What You Never Learned in Graduate School. NY: WW Norton, 1997.

* Medawar PB. Advice to a Young Scientist. United States: Basic Books, 1979.
A slim volume but as good as Beveridge - give them this one, too.

   National Academies Press.  Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9831.html

   National Association of Graduate and Professional Students: http://www.nagps.org/

   National Postdoctoral Association: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org

*  Peters RL. Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earning a Master’s or a Ph.D. New York: Noonday Press, 1996.

    PhDs.org http://www.phds.org/

   Pittman V. Surviving Graduate School Part Time. Sage Publications, 1997.

   Ramon y Cajal. Advice for a Young Investigator. London, England: MIT Press, 1999.

   Rheingold HL. The Psychologists Guide to an Academic Career. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Assn., 1994.

   Robson C. Real World Research: A Resource for Social Scientists and Practitioner-Researchers. Blackwell Publishers, 1993.

   Rogers CS. How to Get Into the Right Medical School. Illinois: NTC Publishing Group, 1997.

   Rudestam KE & Newton RR. Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1992.

   Saks NS, Zingale C Stewart D. How to Excel in Medical School. Virginia: J&S Publishing Co., 1998.

* ScienceCareers.org  http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
This site was previously known as Science's NextWave. Be sure to browse for articles by Career Stage, Work Sector, or Discipline.

   Smith RV. Graduate Research: A Guide for Students in the Sciences, 3rd edition. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998.

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   Swales JM & Feak CB. Academic Reading for Graduate Students. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999

   Anna MP & Darley JM. The Compleat Academic: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Social Scientist. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.