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Resources for Undergraduates

• Find
the Best Buy for Books
• Half Price Books
• Scholarships (UI)
• Note
Taking
• Webster
Dictionary Online & Pronunciation
• Effective
Presentations
• Extensive
Advice on Writing and Research
• Using
& Finding Statistics for College Writing
• UI American Studies Library Page (Research Portal)
• Practical
Grammar Guidelines for College Writing
• MLA
Citation and Research Design
• APA
Citation and Research Design
• Chicago
Manual of Style
• How
to Evaluate Electronic Sources
• Social
Justice/Community Organizations and Activism Sites
• Resume
Writing
• Writing Job Cover Letters
• Career
Choices for Social Sciences Degrees
• Career
Choices for Humanities Degrees
• Job Search 101
• Job Search Advice (Rich Horwitz Site Recommendations)
• Tips
for Applying to Graduate School
• Applying
to Graduate School Tips
• Interdisciplinary
Graduate Programs
• WWW
Terms and Definitions

Resources for Graduate Students, PostDocs, & JR Faculty

Resources for Graduate Students

• UI AMS Graduate Student Sources
• How to Get the Mentoring You Want
• Graduate Student Help-site (On writing, publishing, research, professionalization, and more!)
• Graduate Student Help Site (Navigate to their Bibliography)
• Ph.Ds Org (for Science, Math, Humanities Degrees)
• Tips on Delivering Papers at Conferences and Writing Abstracts for Conferences
• How to Give a Bad Talk (Humor From the Sciences and Some Good Food for Thought) new!
• Dealing With Presentation Disasters
• How to Construct a Poster for a Poster Session Conference
• Calls for Papers: Conferences, Publications, etc.
• Advice on Publishing in Peer-Reviewed Journals (via the publication Thirdspace)
• Guide to Writing Scholarship and Fellowship Proposals
• Preparing for your Qualifying Exams (reading lists, oral defense, time management)
• Forming Your Dissertation Committee
• Books on Dissertation Writing
• Writing Theses and Dissertations
• Writing and Finishing the Dissertation
• Writing and Presenting Your Dissertation
• Planning, Writing, and Turning in Dissertation Drafts to Your Advisor
• Forming Writing Groups in Graduate School
• Resources for Writers (Extensive List)
• Ms. Mentor Online
• H-Net Job Database
• Academic Careers Online (Bay Area Affiliated)
• Higher Education Job Search and Career Services
• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
• Careers for Ph.Ds In/Outside of the Academy
• General advice for Job Interview Preparation
• Specific Advice about Job Talks
• Tips for the Academic Job Interview (Teaching University)
• Tips for the Academic Job Interview (Research University)
• Overall Advice on Academic Preparation
• The Job Market and Issues of Difference
• Women in the Sciences & Underrepresented Fields (Extensive Resources)

Resources for Post Doctoral and JR Faculty

• Post Docs for JR Scholars
• Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
• Tips for Teaching Portfolios
• Effective Teaching with PowerPoint
• Teaching Well & Setting Boundaries
• Introductory Chapter On Teaching
• On Teaching, Community, and Transformation
• Advice for Dissertation/Thesis Advisors*
• Mentoring JR faculty
• AAUP Statistics
• Preparing Future Faculty Publications and Bibliography
• Readings on Faculty Life
• Confessions of a JR Professor
• Avoiding JR Faculty Burnout
• Professional Ethics
• Shared Governance
• Report on Faculty Diversity and Good Practices
• American Association of University Professors
• Transitioning from one academic position to the next? Part two from the previous
• Politics of Being 'Online'
• Prospects & Perils of Publishing, Teaching, & Thinking Online
• Creating an Academic Webpage
• Grant Writing Tips
• The Grant Writing Institute
• Notes on Academic Publishing
• Addresses of Scholarly Publishers
• Bibliography of Articles on Publishing
• Writing a Winning Book Proposal
• The Manuscript Review Process and Other Notes on Publishing
• Agents and Contracts
• Brief Tips on Indexing a Book
• Sources on Tenure
• Gaining Tenure (Humor)