LEADER 03569nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910825442903321 005 20240516062017.0 010 $a1-283-11342-2 010 $a9786613113429 010 $a0-19-977482-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000083840 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087944 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC693935 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL693935 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10471759 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL311342 035 $a(OCoLC)726734927 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000083840 100 $a19970825d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Ph. D. process $ea student's guide to graduate school in the sciences /$fDale F. Bloom, Jonathan D. Karp, Nicholas Cohen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 311 $a0-19-511900-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Deciding to Go to Graduate School -- 2 Selecting an Advisor: Whose Lab Is Right for Me? -- 3 The Stages of Graduate School -- 4 Classes, Journal Clubs, Lab Meetings, and Seminars -- 5 The Absent Professor -- 6 How You Learn -- 7 Deciding on Research Projects for Your Dissertation -- 8 Networking -- 9 Picking a Dissertation Committee, and Defending the Proposal at the Preliminary Oral Exam -- 10 The Life of a Graduate Student -- 11 Some Additional Aspects of Graduate School Life: Lab Notebooks, Etiquette, Competition, Luck -- 12 Do I Belong Here?: Insecurity and Stress -- 13 Foreign Students: Unique Problems and Stresses -- 14 On the Art of Scientific Writing -- 15 What Should Your Goals Be While in Graduate School? -- 16 Times They Are A-Changing -- 17 The End Is in Sight: Writing the Dissertation -- 18 The Final Oral Exam (The Defense) -- References and Additional Reading -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- F -- G -- I -- J -- L -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T. 330 $aThis guide is a chronicle of the graduate school years that describe the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a Ph.D. in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect, how to prepare for oral exams and dissertation writing, reap the long-term benefits and acquire strategies for survival and success. 330 $bThis guide is a lively chronicle of the intellectual and emotional experience of obtaining a Ph.D. in a scientific field. Readers will learn what to expect from professors and advisers, and how to prepare for oral exams, simplify the dissertation writing, reap the long-term benefits of the Ph.D. process and acquire strategies for survival and success. Tips on applying, and information for foreign students, are included. 606 $aScience$xStudy and teaching (Graduate) 606 $aBiology$xStudy and teaching (Graduate) 606 $aDoctor of philosophy degree 606 $aGraduate students 615 0$aScience$xStudy and teaching (Graduate) 615 0$aBiology$xStudy and teaching (Graduate) 615 0$aDoctor of philosophy degree. 615 0$aGraduate students. 676 $a507/.1/173 700 $aBloom$b Dale F.$f1949-$01676564 701 $aKarp$b Jonathan D.$f1964-$01676565 701 $aCohen$b Nicholas$f1938-$01676566 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825442903321 996 $aThe Ph. D. process$94042858 997 $aUNINA