The Postgraduate Online Research Training provides excellent research training tutorials in multiple languages.

Thesis/dissertation

1. The University of Toronto provides the specific mechanical details you need to follow for your thesis to be accepted by the School of Graduate Studies, including styles and templates.
2. Approaching Dissertation Research, the Graduate School, Michigan State University, provides a list of relevant tip-sheets and articles.
3. Getting started with your thesis or dissertation, UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies
4. How to Organize Your Thesis, Professor John Chinneck, Carleton University
5. The Literature Review: A Few Tips on Conducting It, Dena Taylor and Margaret Procter, of the University of Toronto
6. Writing Your Dissertation: A Guide, The University of North Carolina Writing Center
7. Writing the Dissertation, the Graduate School, Michigan State University, provides a list of relevant tip-sheets and articles.
8. Finishing the Dissertation, Renata Kobetts Miller, The Chronicle of Higher Education.
9. What is a Thesis Defense?, Chris Riesbeck, Georgia Institute of Technology

Journal articles

1. Getting Published as a Graduate Student in the Sciences by Richard M. Reis, The Chronicle of Higher Education (2000).
2. Publishing Your Work, the Graduate School, Michigan State University, provides a comprehensive listing of tipsheets, articles and other resources on the topic.
3. The Ethics of Authorship: Feature Overview--How Should Authorship Be Decided?, Katie Cottingham, Science Careers, AAAS.
4. How to peer review , K. Duff, et. al, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2009.

Research proposals

1. The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer, University of Toronto
2. Grant Writing Resources, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, the University of Western Ontario
3. Elements of a Successful Proposal, McMaster University
4. How to Write a Competitive Grant Proposal, The University of British Columbia
5. Proposal Writing Short Course, The Foundation Centre, USA.
6. An Evidence-Based Guide to Writing Grant Proposals for Clinical Research. S.K. Inouye and D.A. Fiellin (2005). Ann Intern Med, 142: 274-282.
7. Debunking Some Myths About Grant Writing, Kenneth T. Henson, The Chronicle of Higher Education.
8. Elements of a proposal, F. Pajares, Emory University, USA
9. Three deadly sins of grant writing, M. Giddings, The Scientist blog, January 04, 2011

Scholarship/fellowship applications

1. Tips and great hints for writing an award winning scholarship application, UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies
2. Institutional Resources statement

Networking

•     Professional Networking, the Graduate School, Michigan State University
•     Effective Presentations. Online tutorial series from the University of Kansas Medical Center
•     Twenty Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Research Conference Experience, University of Texas at Austin

Poster preparation

•     Developing an Effective Poster Presentation, by Jeff Radel, University of Kansas Medical Center
•     Poster Presentations, University of Buffalo
•     Effective Poster Design: A Step-by-Step Guide, University of Guelph
•     Creating Effective Poster Presentations, North Carolina State University
•     Advice on Designing Scientific Posters, Swarthmore College, USA
•     Poster Sessions (Writing Guides), Colorado State University
•     Expanded Guidelines for Giving a Poster Presentation, American Society of Primatologists
•     Designing Communications for a Poster Fair, Pennsylvania State University
•     Do’s and Don’ts of Poster Presentation, Biophysical Journal
•     Preparing Professional Scientific Posters (by hand), Kristine A. Kirkeby, University of Minnesota.

 Free Powerpoint Poster Templates:

          o MakeSigns.com
          o PosterPresentations.com
          o Genigraphics
          o Postersession.com
          o Posters4research.com
          o Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center - professionally designed templates available via Creative Commons

Giving a talk

• Designing Effective Visual Aids for Presentations by Jeff Radel and Carol Massoth, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Preparing an Oral Presentation: Suggestions and Strategies for Scientific and Academic Settings by Jeff Radel, University of Kansas Medical Center
• Oral Presentation Advice by Mark D. Hill, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

See the Ethics section on forms and processes

Presentation

• How to use Presentation from Neurobehavioural Systems:
  YouTube video tutorials give new users a quick start in programming experiments: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NBSTraining.

MATLAB

• The MathWorks documentation site for MATLAB has all the information you need to get going with this software

D.SPSS

• The Student Resource Center at the official SPSS site offers tutorials with videos as well as links to discussion boards, list-serves and other resources for addressing specific questions:
• Power user Raynald Levesque has an entire website devoted to all things SPSS: It contains a ton of tips and tricks for advanced users, but also online tutorials and a ‘Newbie’s Corner’ for those just getting started.

E. R

• If you want to use this FREE statistical analysis program, you can download the program and get some information from the R Project website
• A free R manual can be obtained through the Comprehensive R Archive Network at http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf

The following books may be signed out for use by all Research trainees from Room 856 (Lisa's office):

•     APA Publication Manual, 4th Edition (1994)    
•     Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), APA
•     Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, (2005), Field, A.
•     Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology, (), Kolb, B. & Wishaw, I.Q.
•     Human Neuropsychology, (1998), Martin, G.N.
•     Principles of Neuropsychology, (2001), Zillmer, E.A. & Spiers, M.V.   
•     Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach, (1996), Bordens, K.S. & Abbott, B.B.
•     Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, (1997), Jaccard, J.J. & Becker, M.A.
•     The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience, (2006), Harrington, M.  
•     The Psychology Major’s Handbook, (2006), Kuther, T.L.   
•     Writing Papers in Psychology, (2006), Rosnow, R. & Rosnow, M.   
•     The Biological Bases of Human Behavior, (2000), Pope, G.G.
•     Neuropsychology. Clinical and Experimental Foundations, (2006), Elias, L.J. & D. M. Saucier  
•     Fundamental Neuroscience 2nd Ed., (2002), Haines, D.E.  
•     Cognitive Neuroscience. The Biology of the Mind 2nd Ed., (2002), Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry, R.B. & G.R. Mangun  
•     Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology 2nd Ed., (2004), M.T. Banich  
•     Foundations of Physiological Psychology 6th Ed., (2005), Carlson, N.R.  
•     Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior, (1995), Kandel, E.R., Schwartz, J.H. & T.M. Jessell.  
•     Neuroscience. An Outline Approach, (2002), Castro, A.J., Merchut, M.P., Neafsey, E.J. & R.D. Wurster  
•     Fundamental Neuroscience 2nd Ed., (2003), Squire, L.R., Bloom, F.E., McConnell, S.K., Roberts, J.L., Spitzer, N.C. & M.J. Zigmond