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Welcome to Graduate School, by David Shorter: In The Chronicle of Higher Education's Advice column, UCLA professor Shorter provides tips for Masters and PhD students on how to navigate the early stages of their graduate experience. He gives fresh insight on how to make the most of our experiences as graduate students, and gives some general tips on how to engage in successful academic conversations with advisors, mentors, teachers, and peers. All in all, an excellent read for anyone starting out.

The Professor is In, by Karen Kelsky: Do you need advice for your academic career? Tips on publishing? Help building your academic CV? Are you tired of failed fund hunting? … Karen Kelsky spent 15 years as a tenured professor, department head, and university advisor before quitting her academic job and starting her new career: professional advice for academic job-seekers. Both her blog and her book offer resources on: book proposals, graduate student concerns, conferences, how to choose and manage academic referees, how to interview, and how to get grants and fellowships.