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Writing and Research Resources

GENERAL
Books:
  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity -- David Allen
  • The Right to Write and The Artist's Way -- Julia Cameron
  • The Chicago Manual Of Style
  • Zen in the Art of Archery -- Eugen Herrigel
  • Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish -- Cone and Foster
  • Get it Done: A Coach’s Guide to Dissertation Success – Dr. Rachna D. Jain
  • Get it Done Faster: Secrets of Dissertation Success – Dr. Rachna D. Jain
  • The Chicago Guide to your Academic Career. Eds. Goldsmith, Komler, Schine, Gold
  • Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student’s Guide to Earning a Master’s or Ph.D.—Robert Peters
  • Peterson’s The Ultimate Grad School Survival Guide--Lesli Mitchell.
  • Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman’s Guide to Surviving in the Academic World-- Paula J. Caplan.
Websites:
  • Successful Writing Tips—www.successfulwritingtips.com
  • NWcoaching—www.nwcoaching.com
  • Successful Academic—http://www.SuccessfulAcademic.com
  • Write What You know—http://www.WriteWhatYouKnow.com
  • Complete Your Dissertation—http://www.CompleteYourDissertation.com
  • Phinished.org—http://www.Phinished.org
  • Dead Thesis Society--http://www.deadthesissociety.org/
  • FlyLady.net—http://www.FlyLady.net
  • Questia.com—http://www.Questia.com
  • Virtual Dissertation Boot Camp—www.nancywhichard.com

General •|• Research •|• Writing •|• Editing •|• Publishing •|• Teaching •|• Software •|• Statistics •|• Scholarly Networking •|• Anti-Procrastination •|• PhD Humor

RESEARCH
Books:

  • The Craft of Research—Booth, W., Colomb, G., Williams, J.
Websites:
  • http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/grad.stuff.html
  • http://scholar.google.com

WRITING
Books:
  • Bird by Bird --Anne Lamott
  • Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day – Joan Bolker
  • Completing your Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis in Two Semesters or Less--Evelyn Hunt Ogden
  • Writing the Dissertation, by Allan Glatthorn
  • Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish YourThesis, Book, or Article—H.S. Becker
  • Line by Line: How to Improve your own Writing—C.K Cook
  • Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within—N. Goldberg
  • Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects—M. Kolln
  • On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction—W. Zinsser
  • Advice to New Faculty: Nihil Nimus—R. Boice
  • How to Complete & Survive a Doctoral Dissertation – David Sternberg
  • Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity as a Path to Freedom—P. Levitt
Websites:
  • Successful Writing Tips—www.successfulwritingtips.com
  • NWcoaching—www.nwcoaching.com
  • http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/dissertation.html
  • http://www.betterwritingskills.com General •|• Research •|• Writing •|• Editing •|• Publishing •|• Teaching •|• Software •|• Statistics •|• Scholarly Networking •|• Anti-Procrastination •|• PhD Humor

EDITING
Books:
  • Revising Prose—R.A. Lanham
  • Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace-- Joseph M. Williams
Editors:
  • Dr. William Wargo --www.academicinfocenter.com
  • Judith Broadhurst-- judith@polishedprose.com

PUBLISHING
Books:
  • Getting It Published—William Germano
TEACHING
Books:
  • The Chicago Handbook for Teachers
  • Successful College Teaching-- Baiocco and Dewaters
Websites:
  • National Certification Board—http://www.nbpts.org/

SOFTWARE:
Bibliographic:
  • Endnote- http://www.Endnote.com (available for MAC/PC, discounted price for students)
  • Procite-http://www.Procite.com
Qualitative Research:
  • http://www.qsrinternational.com
  • http://www.atlasti.com
Online Surveys:
  • Marco Mertens- info@maertens2.com
  • Survey Monkey—http://www.surveymonkey.com
STATISTICS:
Websites:
  • http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm
  • http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/
  • http://statcomp.ats.ucla.edu/

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