READING PAPERS​

  • ADS NASA: the astronomy arXiv, a data base of research papers from past years to present published by major scientific journals. Link: http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/
  • Vox Charta: a place where you can see the most up to date papers from arXiv discussed in various departments of astronomy in universities across the United States. Here is the link for my school, Vanderbilt University’s vox charta. Link: http://vanderbilt.voxcharta.org/
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PROGRAMMING​

The most common programming language used among astronomers is Python. Codecademy offers tutorials to learn how to program in python and other languages. Here is the link for tutorials in python: https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python
  • If you are interested in developing coding skills in a more applicable way for other projects, consider khan academy, where you can learn JavaScript or HTML. In general , these languages are not used in astronomy, but can help you develop programing skills. Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming​​

COMMON ASTRONOMY TERMS​

  • An extended astronomical glossary can be found here

OTHER LINKS​

These links are used by many undergraduate, graduates, and professionals to stay informed about academic opportunities such as graduate school applications, conferences, workshops, internships, mentions to great scientists, and so on.
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  • Society of Women in Space Exploration (SWISE): a society that promotes women and diversity leadership in the fields of space exploration. Link: https://www.swise.org/
  • Astrobitos: an astrophysics journal in Spanish run by graduate students that summarizes research articles. Link: https://astrobitos.org/
  • Astrobites: an astrophysics journal run by graduate students that summarizes a paper considered to be interesting or important. Link: https://astrobites.org/
  • Astronomy in color: a blog about inclusion and diversity in astronomy. Link: http://astronomyincolor.blogspot.com/
  • Astrobetter: a blog for professional astronomers whose goal is to spread information and tips to everyone interested in doing astronomy well. Link: http://www.astrobetter.com/
  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers: an american organization that promotes scholarships and internship opportunities in the U.S. Link: http://scholarships.shpe.org/
  •  Society of Women Engineers: international society that provides scholarships and conferences to member countries, but even if your country is not a member, you should still try applying. Link: http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/
  • ​International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience: an association that helps students acquire technical experience in industry through internship opportunities. Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua have operating organizations. Your best shot is to participate through one of those three neighboring countries. Link: http://iaeste.org/
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