- How to Organize Your Thesis - http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html
- Aims of a thesis and how to present them. What should be in each chapter and why.
- So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. - http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html
- Useful advice on the politics of research, skills you should work on and motives of the people involved. Long but worth the read.
- Thesis, what examiners look for - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/eduthes4.htm
- 18 questions covering introduction, review, objectives, experiments and contribution.
- Talking to others at conferences - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~danhorn/conference.txt
- Tips about how to get past the 'feeling awkward' stage at conferences.
- Notes on Writing Papers and Theses - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edulertz.htm
- Writing style tips. Common mistakes and how to avoid them.
- How to have Your Abstract Rejected - http://www4.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~nipkow/misc/reject.html
- Funny and to the point advice on creating and submitting abstracts.
- Writing and Presenting Your Thesis - http://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/
- Advice for every stage of the process. List of general advice, suggestions and invaluable tips.
- Notes on the Structure of a Scientific Paper - http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edupaper.htm
- Style and content expectations, with examples.
- Burnout Prevention and Recovery - http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/w/c/wchuang/news/college/mit-views.html
- Funny view point on burnout at MIT
- Eddie's Anti-Procrastination Site - http://www.geocities.com/writethethesis/
- Avoid getting distracted and keep starting. Also offers procrastination links and books.
- How to Give a Good Research Talk - http://research.microsoft.com/users/simonpj/papers/giving-a-talk/giving-a-talk.htm
- What to focus on and why, slide tips, using examples, pruning, and getting feedback.
- Old Dominion University Library Research Tutorials - http://www.lib.odu.edu/libassist/tutorials/index.htm
- Guides and tutorials to finding library materials for college papers and projects.
- Structured approach to presenting theses - http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/art/cperry.html
- long detailed description of thesis structure
- Writing Up Your PhD - http://sel.ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/~eddy/researchadvice/writeup.html
- The human mind works on full power until you sit down to write. Good advice on how to get past this problem.
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