Helpful Websites - My Parting Gift to You

As I sit here struggling to write my very last blog post, I wonder "What can I leave people that they'll find useful in any way?"  I could provide meaningful insight on what it was like being a graduate student in my lab, but my thesis sucked all the meaning out of my brain and suddenly I can't even manage to put two sentences together that make sense.  So instead, the most useful thing(s) I can leave you all, is (are) my bookmarks!  Those that know me know how incredibly organized (read: obsessive compulsive) I am, so over the last 2.5 years I've collected quite a bit of useful internet knowledge and organized it into various categories on my computer.   So, as my parting gift to you, I leave you these helpful links on everything from job sites, to SAS codes, to data portals, and most importantly, sites for procrastination.  I can't promise these links will stay active forever, but last I checked they worked.  So enjoy!

1. GIS DATA



From here.

• FIU GIS Center has some helpful tips/links: http://gis.fiu.edu/maps-data/finding-guides/
• Everywhere
• http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GDGOrder.aspx
• http://glovis.usgs.gov/
• http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
• http://data.labins.org/2003/
• Florida
• http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp
• http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/levelthree/GIS
• http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/GIS/interactive_map/
• http://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/stationlist-area.php?area=ENP
2. SAS Codes



From here.

• A long list of codes: http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/SAS/SAS-Programs.htm
• Various info on stat methods with SAS examples: http://www.uvm.edu/~dhowell/StatPages/StatHomePage.html
• Not sure which test to run?  Check this handy dandy table out: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/whatstat/choosestat.html
• Poisson: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/sas/dae/poissonreg.htm
• Repeated Meaures ANOVA: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/sas/library/repeated_ut.htm
• Linear Models from Littell et al. 2002: http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/linear_models/c8.html
3. Job Sites



From here.

• http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/
• http://fisheries.org/jobs
• http://www.sws.org/jobs/
• http://www.erf.org/taxonomy/term/2
• http://esa.org/careers_certification/jobLists.php
• http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/scb-job-board/
• http://www.aslo.org/jobs.html
• https://careers.nature.org/
• http://www.nwf.org/About/Jobs-at-NWF.aspx
• http://www.oceanconservancy.org/who-we-are/about-employment.html
• http://www.edf.org/jobs
4. Procrastinate!



From here.

• http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/
• http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
• http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/back-from-yet-another-globetrotting-adventure-indiana-jones-checks-his-mail-and-discovers-that-his-bid-for-tenure-has-been-denied
• http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/faq-the-snake-fight-portion-of-your-thesis-defense
• Cook this cajun dish and thank me later: http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2008/05/lorin_gaudins_crawfish_etouffe.html