Resource Center Books
The books listed below are available for you to check out at the Dimensions Resource Center, 102 West Science. Additional resources can be located at the Cornell Career Services Office. To suggest additional resource books, contact Bobbi Buckner Bentz.
Health Career Exploration | ||
Health Professions Career and Education Directory, 2008-2009 | American Medical Association | 2006 |
The Complete Guide to the MD/PhD Degree | Rosner, B. & Nayak, J. | 2004 |
The Yale Guide to Careers in Medicine and Health Professions | Donaldson, R., Lundgren, K., Spiro, H. | 2003 |
Careers with Animals | Shank, E. | 2005 |
Opportunities in Clinical Laboratory Science Careers | Karni, Karen | 2002 |
Opportunities in Veterinary Medicine Careers | Swope, R. | 2001 |
Opportunities in Pharmacy Careers | Gable, F. | 2004 |
Opportunities in Chiropractic Careers | Green, B., Sportelli, S., Johnson, C. | 2004 |
What can you Do with a Major in Biology? | Astor, B. | 2005 |
What can you Do with a Major in Psychology? | O'Hara, S. | 2005 |
The DO's: Osteopathic Medicine in America | Gevitz, Norman | 2004 |
Career Advice for Life Scientists II | Women in Cell Biology | 2004 |
Greaduate Study in Psychology | American Psychological Association | 2006 |
Top 100 Health Care Careers | Wischnitzer, S., Wischnitzer, E. | 2005 |
Advancing Healthly Populations: The Pfizer Guide to Careers in Public Health | Pfizer | 2003 |
Physical Therapy Professional Foundations, Keys to Success in School and Career | Curtis, K. | 2002 |
The PhD Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences | Bloom, D., Karp, J., Cohen, N. | 1998 |
A Ph.D. is Not Enough! Guide to Survival in Science | Feibelman, P. | 1993 |
Med School Confidential: A Complete Guide to teh Medical School Experience by Students for Students | Miller, R.H. & Bissell, D.M. | 2006 |
Planning a Life in Medicine | Princeton Review | 2005 |
Graduate and Professional School Program Guides | ||
Peterson's Nursing Programs 2006 | Peterson's Guides | 2005 |
US News and World Report Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools | US News and World Report | 2008 |
Barron's Guide to Medical and Dental Schools | Barron's | 2000 |
Graduate Medical Education Directory 2006-2007 | American Medical Association | 2006 |
Barron's Guide to the Most Competitive Colleges | Barron's | 2005 |
Best 162 Medical Schools with CD-ROM | Princeton Review | 2004 |
Peterson's Guides to Professional and Graduate Schools | Peterson's Guides | 2002* |
*The 2006 edition will be ordered when available. The Career Services Office has the 2005 edition. | ||
Professional and Graduate School Admissions | ||
The Pre-Dental Guide: A guide for successfully getting into dental school. | Kim, J. | 2001 |
Get Into Medical School, A Strategic Approach | Kaplan | 2003 |
Essay's that Will Get You Into Medical School | Kaufman, D., Dowhan, C. | 2003 |
Essay's that Worked for Medical Schools: 40 Essays from Successful Applications to the Nation's Top Medical Schools | Jones, S., Baer, E.A. | 2003 |
| Medical School Essays that Made a Difference | Princeton Review | 2006 |
| Perfect Personal Statements | Peterson's | 2004 |
301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions | Oliver, V. | 2005 |
Interviewing for Health Professions Schools | National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions | 2004 |
Graduate Admissions Essays, What Works, What Doesn't, and Why | Asher, D. | 2000 |
Resumes that Knock 'Em Dead | Yate, M. | 2003 |
Cover Letters that Knock 'Em Dead | Yate, M. | 2003 |
Write for Success: Preparing a Successful Professional School Application | MEDPREP | 1999 |
| Getting Into Medical School | Barron's | 2006 |
Health Professions Admissions Guide: Strategy for Success | National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions | 2004 |
Official Guide to Dental Schools, 2006-2007 | American Dental Education Association | 2006 |
Veterinary Medical School Admissions Requirements | Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges | 2007 |
| Getting In: A Step-by-Step Plan for Gaining Admissions to Graduate School in Psychology | American Psychological Association | 2007 |
Getting into the Physician Assistant School of Your Choice | Rodican, A. | 2004 |
Test Prep | ||
Kaplan DAT (Dental Admissions Test): 3rd Edition, Book and CD-ROM | Kaplan | 2004 |
Meeting the Challenge of the MCAT: A Test Preparation Guide | MEDPREP | 2003 |
Kaplan GRE 2006 | Kaplan | 2005 |
Princeton Review: Cracking the GRE 2006 - Book and CD-ROM | Princeton Review | 2005 |
Kaplan OAT (Optometry Admission Test) | Kaplan | 2005 |
Kaplan PCAT (Pharmacy College Admissions Test) Comprehensive Review 2006-2007 | Kaplan | 2005 |
Kaplan MCAT Comprehensive Review - Book and CD-ROM | Kaplan | 2007 |
MCAT Physicial Science Flashcards | Kaplan | 2005 |
MCAT Biological Science Flashcards | Kaplan | 2005 |
Interesting Reading | ||
The Spirit Catches you and you Fall Down | Fadiman, A. | 1997 |
Silent Spring | Carson, R. | 1962 |
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History | Barry, J. | 2004 |
The Tennis Partner | Verghese, A. | 1998 |
My Own Country: A Doctor's Story | Verghese, A. | 1994 |
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science | Gawande, A. | 2002 |
Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy | Yalom, I. | 1989 |
The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine | Lown, B. | 1999 |
The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor | Marion, R. | 2001 |
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers | Roach, M. | 2003 |
Full Catastrophe Living | Kabat-Zin, J. Ph.D | 1990 |
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time | Sobel, D. | 1995 |
Galileo's Daughter | Sobel, D. | 2000 |
Beyond Caring: Hospitals, Nurses and the Social Organization of Ethics | Chambliss, D. | 1996 |
Resource Books | ||
Promoting Health in Multicultural Populations | Huff, R. & Kline, M. | 1999 |
Intercultural Competance: Interpersonal Communication Across Cultures | Lustig, M. & Koester, J. | 2006 |
Derryberry's Educating for Health | Allegrante, J. & Sleet, D. | 2004 |
Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease | Hofrichter, R. (editor) | 2003 |
Cultural Competence in Healthcare, A Practical Guide | Rundle, A., Carvalho, M., & Robinson, M. | 1999 |
The Elements of Style 4th Ed. | Strunk, W. & White, E. | 2000 |
Classic Cases in Medical Ethics | Pence, G. | 2004 |
Patient Practitioner Interaction, An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care | Davis, C. | 2006 |
Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed Medical Decision Making | Rothman, D. | 2003 |
Health and Health Care 2010: The Forecast, The Challenge | Institute for the Future, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | 2003 |
