Research methods database
Overviews
- Approaches to Social Research byCall Number: Mann Library H62 .S4776 20054th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Approaches to Social Research Table of Contents available online. Other editions also available in Olin Library. - Conceptualising the social world : principles of sociological analysis byCall Number: Olin Library HM571 .S36 2011Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011
- Dissecting the Social: On the Principles of Analytical Sociology byCall Number: Olin Library HM24 .H446 2005Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- The Logic of Social Research byCall Number: Olin Library HM511 .S75 2005Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
The Logic of Social Research Table of Contents available online. - On sociology byCall Number: Olin Library HM585 .G656 20072 Vols. 2nd ed. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007.
On Sociology Table of Contents available online. - Profiles of Social Research: The Scientific Study of Human Interactions byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .H93New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1985.
- Seven Rules for Social Research byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .F438 2008Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
Seven Rules for Social Research Table of Contents available online.
General References
- Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences byCall Number: Mann Library HA17 .V64 20053rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, 2005
- Encyclopedia of Social Measurement byCall Number: Olin Library Reference Oversize H62.E53 .E53 2005 +3 Vols. San Diego, CA; London: Academic, 2005.
- Encyclopedia of Social Theory byCall Number: Olin Library Reference Oversize HM425 .E47 2005 +2 Vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
- A Handbook of Social Science Research byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .D583x 19952nd ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Also available at the Library Annex and ILR Library.
- Key Concepts in Social Research byCall Number: Olin Library H61 .P39 2004London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
- Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .C6963x 20032nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.
- The Sage Dictionary of Statistics: A Practical Resource for Students in the Social Sciences byCall Number: Mann Library HA17 .C73 2004London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2004.
- The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods byCall Number: Olin Library Reference Oversize H62 .S11 2004 +3 Vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2004.
- The Sociology Student Writer’s Manual byCall Number: Olin Library Reference HM585 .S638 20106th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010
Specific Methods
- The Survey Research Handbook byCall Number: Olin Library HN29 .A45 19952nd ed. Chicago: Irwin, 1995.
- Interviewing for Social Scientists: An Introductory Resource with Examples byCall Number: Mann Library HM526 .A75x 1999London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999.
- A Guide to Field Research byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .B27x 1996Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1996.
- Developing Focus Group Research: Politics, Theory, and Practice byCall Number: Olin Library H61.28 .D48x 1999London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 1999.
- Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize H62 .H24534x 1998 +Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
- Doing Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences: An Integrated Approach to Research Design, Measurement and Statistics byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .B55x 1999London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999.
- Theories and methodologies in postgraduate feminist research : researching differently byCall Number: Olin Library HQ1180 .T475 2011New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Making Sense of Qualitative Data: Complementary Research Strategies byCall Number: Olin Library HM48 .C6x 1996Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.
- The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize H62 .H2455 2005 +3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005.
Sage Handbook Table of Contents available online. - Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation byCall Number: Olin Library HN29 .F67x 1995Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995.
- Handbook of Data Analysis byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize H62 .H224 2004 +London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
- Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology: An Interdisciplinary Reader byCall Number: Olin Library HQ1180 .F43 1999New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- SAGE visual methods byCall Number: Olin Library HM500 .S26 2012Los Angeles: SAGE, 2012.
- Interviews in qualitative research byCall Number: Olin Library HM48 .K56 2010Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
- Video interaction analysis : methods and methodology.Call Number: Olin Library HM500 .V545 2009Frankfurt am Main; New York: Peter Lang, c2009.
- InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing byCall Number: Olin Library HM48 .K9 20092nd ed. Los angeles, CA: Sage publications, 2009.
- Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis byCall Number: Olin Library HM571 .L63 20064th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, 2006.
- Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize H62 .M63 1994 +2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994.
- Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research byDordrecht: Springer, 2013.
- Constructing Effective Questionnaires byCall Number: Olin Library Oversize HN29 .P45x 2000 +Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications, 2000.
- Designing and Conducting Survey Research: A Comprehensive Guide byCall Number: Mann Library HA31.2 .R43 20053rd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005.
Designing and Conducting Survey Research Table of Contents available online. - Feminist Methods in Social Research byCall Number: Olin Library HQ1180 .R448x 1992New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Also available in print.
- Researching sensitive topics byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .R43x 1993Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.
- Reflective Interviewing: A Guide to Theory and Practice byCall Number: Olin Library HM526 .R68 2010Los angeles, CA: SAGE, 2010.
- Conducting Research Surveys via E-Mail and the Web byCall Number: Olin Library HA29 .S366x 2001Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002. Also in print and at Mann.
- Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry byCall Number: Olin Library H61 .S4435x 20012nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications, 2001.
- Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences byCall Number: Mann Library H61.28 .S45x 19912nd ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 1998.
- Interpreting qualitative data : a guide to the principles of qualitative research byCall Number: Olin Library HM571 .S53 2011London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2011.
- Agent-based computational sociology byCall Number: Olin Library HM511 .S686 2012Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley & Sons, 2012.
- Making social sciences more scientific: the need for predictive models byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .T22 2008Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Introduction to Survey Research, Polling, and Data Analysis byCall Number: Olin Library HN29 .W3994x 19963rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.
- Understanding Statistics: an Introduction for the Social Sciences byCall Number: Library Annex HA29 .W75 1997London; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997.
- Case Study Research: Design and Methods byCall Number: Olin Library H62 .Y56x 20033rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003.