Useful Websites

Thesis/Dissertation Workshop

UNC Writing Center Handout "Writing Your Dissertation"
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/dissertation.html

Graduate Student Resources on the Web
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~danhorn/graduate.html

The ABD Newsletter
http://www.mentorcoach.com/abd

Writing in the Profession

Bibliography for Writing for Scholarly Publication (1997)
http://www.raycomm.com/twarren/bibwrpub.html
Very extensive bibliography covering engineering and other disciplines

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
http://www.alpsp.org/
Includes information on copyright regulations, journals/publishers, etc.; advice on publishing

Copyright and Fair Use, Intellectual Property, and Patents
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

Writing a Grant Proposal
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/research/writing.htm

A Guide for Proposal Writing (NSF)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9891

Academic Job Search Websites

“Landing an Academic Job: The Process and the Pitfalls”
Excellent article; includes thorough explanation of the process and sample letters
http://quattro.me.uiuc.edu/~jon/ACAJOB/Latex2e/academic_job/academic_job.html
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~unjung/guide/academic_job.html

Science Magazine’s Next Wave
NextWave, the weekly on-line publication devoted to scientific training and career development,
provides global news, profiles of emerging careers, and advice from experts and role models
drawn from your international scientific community.
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/

Academic Career and Job Search
Includes information on each step of the process
http://career.berkeley.edu/PhDs/PhDs.stm

PhDs.org Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources
http://www.phds.org/
http://www.phds.org/links/index.cfm?setTopic=1&CFID=43536&CFTOKEN=71321034

Academic Job Application Checklist
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobchecklist.html

CVs, Cover Letters, and Teaching Portfolio
http://www.cpp.umich.edu/cpp/students/grad/academicjob/appli.htm

Academic Job Interview and Job Talk Advice
http://www.cpp.umich.edu/cpp/students/grad/academicjob/acadintv.htm

Sample Interview Questions
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html (very good list)
 

Academic Job Listings

Chronicle of Higher Education (also contains articles about the job search, sample letters, etc.)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/

Chronicle of Higher Education Engineering Jobs (Academic) (updated weekly)
http://jobs.chronicle.com/free/jobs/faculty/scitech/engin/links.htm

Job Resources in Higher Education (includes information on job openings, cover letters, cv’s, etc.)
http://www.higher-ed.org/

University Job Bank
http://www.ujobbank.com/

Post-Docs.com
http://www.post-docs.com/

See Also Martin Yate’s Knock ‘em Dead 2001: The Ultimate Job-Seeker’s Resource with Great Answers to 200 Tough Interview Questions ($12.95)