Resources

General Reading

• Stanford University's advising and mentoring guidelinesLinks to an external site. are well thought out and comprehensive.
• Nature's Guide for MentorsLinks to an external site. by Adrian Lee, Carina Dennis, and Philip Campbell is a must-read.
• Members of the Council of Graduate Schools can access their booklet, Research Student and Supervisor.Links to an external site.
• Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation, by Barbara Lovitts
• Andrews, Richard, et al. The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses. 1st edition., SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012.

Aligning Expectations

• The Authorship Agreement developed by Charlotte researchers
• Council of Graduate Schools On the Right Track: A Manual for Research Mentors by Margaret KingLinks to an external site.
• The University of Otago's (New Zealand) The 10 Most Important Qualities of the Ideal Graduate Research Supervisor and The 10 Most Substantial Problems Faced by Students in Graduate Research SupervisionLinks to an external site.
• Brown University's Best Practices for Advising and MentoringLinks to an external site.

Writing

• Thesis and Dissertation WritingLinks to an external site. from The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes (Ed. Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield)
• Shitty First DraftsLinks to an external site., an Excerpt from Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeLinks to an external site.
• The Research and Write tab on the Atkins site has a wealth of information regarding citing your sources, copyright, publishing, and it also links to all of the Subject Librarians.
• [email protected] is Atkins Library's Copyright Librarian.
• Blast Through Writer's Block: Here's How to Break Through the Barriers that Keep You from Doing Your best WorkLinks to an external site., by Stacy Lu at apa.org (as well as additional suggested reading following the article)
• ProcrastinationLinks to an external site. (Cal Poly)