Graduate research : a guide for students in the sciences / [electronic resource]
by Smith, Robert V [author.]; Densmore, Llewellyn D [author.]; Lener, Edward F [author.].
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BookPublisher: London, UK : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016.Edition: 4th ed.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780128037911; 0128037911; 0128037490; 9780128037492.Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers | Research -- Methodology | Electronic booksOnline resources: ScienceDirect Includes bibliographical references and index.
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'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. It 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.
Getting started -- Attitudes, commitments, and creativity -- Making choices -- Time management -- Principles of scientific research -- Ethics and the scientist -- Library and literature work -- Writing and speaking skills -- Preparing theses and disserations -- Presentation and publication of papers -- Research involving human subjects and animals and biohazards and laboratory safety -- Getting grant support -- The graduate researcher and teaching -- Getting a job -- Shaping a career.
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