Recommended Reading and Online Resources

The books and websites featured on this page can help you navigate graduate school, from finding the right work/life balance to writing a winning thesis/dissertation.

Career Resources

Title/Description	Author(s)
Addgene blog (Careers for Scientists)
Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students (2002)	Phil Agre

Data and Digital Tools Resources

Title/Description	Author(s)
A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub	John D. Bilschak, Emily R. Davenport, and Greg Wilson
Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction	Kieran Healy
Detox Your Writing: Strategies for Doctoral Researchers	Pat Thomson and Barbara Kamler
How to Write a Thesis	Umberto Eco
Rewriting: How to Do Things with Texts	Joseph Harris
Ten Simple Rules for Structuring Papers	Brett Mensh and Konrad Kording
The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success	Lawrence Machi and Brenda McEvoy
The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research (Open Up Study Skills)	Marian Petre
Writing a Scientific Paper, Step by Painful Step	Kevin D. Lafferty
Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success	Wendy Laura Belcher

Work/Life Balance Resources

Title/Description	Author(s)
Get a Life, PhD blog	Tanya Golash-Boza
The Thesis Whisperer

Miscellaneous Resources

Title/Description	Author(s)
Advice for new Faculty Members	Robert Boice
Advice to a Young Scientist	P.B. Medawar
Commkit (science communication guides)
from the MIT Biological Engineering Communication Lab
How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes	Daniel Solow