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Graduate Research
A Guide for Students in the Sciences
This newly revised go-to resource is for graduate researchers at all stages of study and 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
Robert V. Smith (Author), Llewellyn D. Densmore (Author), Edward F. Lener (Author)
9780128037492, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 11 February 2016
308 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg
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.
Chapter 1. Getting StartedChapter 2. Attitudes, Commitments, and CreativityChapter 3. Making ChoicesChapter 4. Time ManagementChapter 5. Principles of Scientific ResearchChapter 6. Ethics and the ScientistChapter 7. Library and Literature WorkChapter 8. Writing and Speaking SkillsChapter 9. Preparing Theses and DissertationsChapter 10. Presentation and Publication of PapersChapter 11. Research Involving Human Subjects and Animals, and Biohazards and Laboratory SafetyChapter 12. Getting Grant SupportChapter 13. The Graduate Researcher and Teaching Chapter 14. Getting a JobChapter 15. Shaping a Career
Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]
