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Biological Science Careers Resources: Books and E-books from the MSU Libraries

Comprehensive Careers Resources

Planning a Career in Biomedical and Life Sciences by Avrum I. Gotlieb
ISBN: 9780128022429
Publication Date: 2014
Scientific Research as a Career, ebook by Finlay MacRitchie
ISBN: 9781439869659
Publication Date: 2011
Scientists Must Speak by D. Eric Walters; Gale C. Walters
ISBN: 9781439826034
Publication Date: 2018
Next Gen PhD : a guide to career paths in science by Melanie V. Sinche
ISBN: 9780674504653
Publication Date: 2016
Becoming a Successful Scientist by Craig Loehle
ISBN: 9780521513616
Publication Date: 2009
The Chicago Guide to Your Career in Science: a toolkit for students and postdocs, ebook by Victor A. Bloomfield; Esam E. El-Fakahany
ISBN: 9780226060637
Publication Date: 2008
Building a successful career in scientific research : a guide for Ph. D. students and post-docs, 2006
Who Wants to Be a Scientist? Choosing science as a career by Nancy Rothwell
ISBN: 9780511754999
Publication Date: 2010

Academic Careers

How to Succeed as a Scientist: From Postdoc to Professor by Barbara J. Gabrys; Jane A. Langdale
ISBN: 9780521186834
Publication Date: 2011
Academic Job Search Handbook, 4th edition, 2008
Career Advice for Life Scientists, 2008 (pdf book free on the Web)
On the market : strategies for a successful academic job search, 2007
Academic Scientists at Work: Navigating the Biomedical Research Career, 2nd edition, e-book by Jeremy M. Boss; Susan H. Eckert
ISBN: 9780387321769
Publication Date: 2006
At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator, 2002
How to Succeed in Academics, 2000
The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology by C. Ray Chandler; Lorne M. Wolfe; Daniel E. L. Promislow
ISBN: 9780226101293
Publication Date: 2007-05-15

Industry Careers

Nontraditional Careers

So What Are You Going to Do with That? Finding careers outside academia by Susan Basalla; Maggie Debelius
ISBN: 9780226200408
Publication Date: 2014
From Science to Business: Preparing Female Scientists and Engineers for Successful Transitions into Entrepreneurship / Policy by Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council; Catherine Jay Didion (Editor); Victoria Gunderson (Editor); Rita S. Guenther (Editor)
ISBN: 9780309256094
Publication Date: 2012
Escape from the Ivory Tower: a guide to making your science matter, ebook by Nancy Baron
ISBN: 9781597266635
Publication Date: 2010

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Classics for Inspirational Advice

Letters to a Young Scientist, 2013 by Edward O. Wilson
ISBN: 0871403773
Advice to a Young Scientist, 1979 by P. B. Medawar
ISBN: 0465000924

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