• "You and Your Research"
  Author: Richard Hamming
  Summary: A must read for everyone entering the research field or a research institution. In this Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar, Mr. Hamming basically tried to answer the question: "Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?".
  


• "Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for PhD Students"
  Author: Phil Agre (UCLA)
  Summary: This article is an excellent introduction to some of the things you need to know about building your research network.
  


• "How to Be a Good Graduate Student"
  Author: Marie desJardins (SRI International)
  Summary: This article attempts to raise some issues that are important for graduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for advisors who wish to help their students be successful.
  


• "How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia"
  Author: David A. Patterson (UC Berkeley)
  Summary: The first half of this ironic talk is a presentation of how to have a bad career in research, including: let complexity be your guide, never be proven wrong, don't be distracted by comments of others (avoid feedback) and suggestions along similar lines about technology transfer, writing papers, and giving talks. The second half of the talk is advice on alternatives to a bad career.
  


• "The Researcher's Bible"
  Authors: Ben du Boulay, Jim Howe, Alan Bundy, Gordon Plotkin
  Summary: This article gives advice about various aspects of getting a PhD degree by describing the problem - what is a thesis?, some of the pitfalls and hurdles which students encounter, advice about choosing and then executing a research project, etc.
  


• "A Letter to Research Students"
  Author: Duane A. Bailey (Williams College)
  


• "How to Succeed in Science"
  Author: J. D. Watson
  


• "The Science of Scientific Writing"
  Authors: Judith A. Swan, George D. Gopen
  


• "Twenty-One Suggestions for Writing Good Scientific Papers"
  Author: Dr. Michael D. Delong
  


• "Oral Presentation Advice"
  Author: Mark D. Hill
  


• "How to give a good research talk"
  Authors: John Launchbury, Simon Peyton Jones, John Hughes
  


• "Ten Lessons I wish I Had Been Taught"
  Author: Gian-Carlo Rota
  


• "How to Get the Most Out of Scientific Conferences"
  Author: Richard M. Reis
  


• "How to get the most out of conferences"
  Author: Scott Berkun
  


• "Principles of Effective Research"
  Author: Michael Nielsen
  Summary: Among many topics, Nielsen writes about the importance of maintaining physical fitness and a good social life, the sometimes spectacular usefulness of cross-disciplinary knowledge, and how the famous mathematician Kolmogorov reduced the cost of failure when he worked on difficult problems.
  

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