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Bibliography & Career Center Library

 

 
The Academic Job Search and Academic Career Development
A * indicates that the book is held in Career Center’s library
(followed by the catalog number).

The Career Center Library is a non-circulating collection available during office hours. It is one of the largest libraries in a career planning office nationwide, and offers a wide variety of resources to help with your career planning and job search needs. Following are some sample titles highlighting the types of resources we offer. You are welcome to come in and browse our entire collection, or use our catalog to search for resources of interest to you.

 

*The Academic’s Handbook. Ed. A. Leigh DeNeef and Craufurd D. Goodwin. Durham: Duke University Press, 1988. U6 1988

*Anthony, R. and Roe, G. The Curriculum Vitae Handbook: How to Present and Promote Your Academic Career. San Francisco: Rudi Publishing, 1998. U 1994

The Art and Politics of College Teaching: a Practical Guide for the Beginning Professor. Eds. R. McLaran Sawyer, Keith W. Prichard, and Karl D. Hostetler. New York: P. Lang, 1992. [Held in HATCHER]

*Bloom, Dale F., Karp, Jonathan D., and Cohen, Nicholas. Ph.D. Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences. Oxford University Press, 1998. G 1998

*Caplan, Paula J. Lifting a Ton of Feathers: A Woman's Guide for Surviving in the Academic World. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Damrosch, David. We Scholars: Changing the Culture of the University. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995. [Held in HATCHER]

*Faculty: Hiring, Salary and Demographic Trends (binder of articles at Career Center)

Feibelman, Peter J. A Ph.D. is Not Enough: a Guide to Survival in Science. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993. [Held in HATCHER]

*Ferber, Marianne A. and Loeb, Jane W. Academic Couples: Problems and Promises. University of Illinois Press, 1997. U12 1997

Hagedorn, Linda Serra. What Contributes to Job Satisfaction Among Faculty and Staff. Jossey-Bass, 2000. [Held in HATCHER]

*Heiberger, Mary Morris. The Academic Job Search Handbook. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996. U6 1996

*Higher Education Career Issues and Paths (binder of articles at Career Center)

*Jackson, Acy L. How to Prepare your Curriculum Vitae. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Learning Works, 1998. U6 1997

Lanks, Karl W. Academic Environment: A Handbook for Evaluating Employment Opportunities in Science. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1996. [Held in SCIENCE library]

*The MLA Guide to the Job Search: A Handbook for Departments and for PhDs and PhD Candidates in English and Foreign Languages. Ed. E. Showalter. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1996. U6 1996

*McNaron, Toni. Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia. Temple University Press, 1997. U12 1997

*Newhouse, Margaret. Cracking the Academia Nut: A Guide to Preparing for Your Academic Career. Cambridge, MA: Office of Career Services, Harvard University, 1997. (E-mail fasocs@fas.harvard.edu if you wish to purchase your own copy.) U6 1997

*Off the Tenure Track: Six Models for Full-Time, Nontenurable Appointments

*On the Market: Surviving the Academic Job Search. Eds. Christina Boufis and Victoria C. Olsen. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. U6 1997

Peters, Robert L. Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. New York: The Noonday Press, 1997.

Reis, Richard M. Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Academic Careers in Science and Engineering. New York: IEEE Press, 1997. [Held in MEDIA UNION and SCIENCE library]

*Rheingold, Harriet L. The Psychologist’s Guide to an Academic Career. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1994. U6 1994

*Sowers-Hoag, Karen. Finding an Academic Job. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998. U 1998

Valian, Virginia. Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998.

Verba, Cynthia. Scholarly Pursuits: a Practical Guide to Academe. 4th ed. Cambridge, MA: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Office of Student Affairs, 1997.

*Work, Family and the Faculty Career

 

 

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