ResearchMethods/Resources

For this subject, we recommend two types of resources: Academic sources for research articles, and subject material sources.

Academic sources

• Google Scholar offers access to many full-text academic publications.
• The UOW library guide groups a lot of databases relevant for social, international, and political sciences.
  • Note: Only enrolled UOW students can access these databases.

• A list of open access journals of international studies and political science may be useful too.
  • Did you know? Most public libraries have access to many academic journals online! It may be time for you to become a member.

• You may find an article or a publication, and wonder how to evaluate their quality. Guidelines for evaluating publication's quality can be found here.

International studies	Multidisciplinary
London School of Economics Research Online	CORE (Connecting Repositories)
SSOAR - Social Sciences Open Access Repository	OAIster search via Worldcat
SSRN – Social Sciences Research Network	OpenDOAR
Political Science Commons	BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
DOAJ Social Sciences Journals

Subject sources

Topic Area	Bibliography	Notes	URL
Ethics	Paul Price, (year), Section 3.3 Ethics in Practice Research ; accessed on 17/03/2015	Begins strongly geared toward psychologists, but from the second heading onwards reviews useful considerations of social research.	Link Update(CND)
The research processes	Amy Blackstone, 2012, 2.3 Inductive or Deductive? Two different approaches	From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods	Link
Literature review and research process	Saylor.org, "Research methods in political science", Unit 2	A whole chapter on using literature and theory in research, advised 4 hrs long	Link
Research questions and objectives	Paul Price, (year), Section 2.2 Generating good research questions; accessed on 17/03/2015	Describes the process of generating good research questions, and ways to evaluate them	Link Update(CND)
Research methodology and design	Bhattacherjee, Anol 2012, Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices	Ch. 5 - 8 (p. 35-72) provide an overview on research methodologies and designs	Book
Research methodology and design	Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sec 2.1 Research design approaches	From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods	Sec 2.1
Quantitative methods	John L. Korey, 2013	Using SPSS in political science	Link
Quantitative methods	Open Learning Initiative, 2012	Statistics introductory course	Statistical_Reasoning Probability&Statistics
Qualitative methods	Amy Blackstone, 2012, Ch. 9 (Interviews), Ch. 10 (Field research), Ch 12 (Other methods)	From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods	Ch_9 Ch_10 Ch_12
Reporting research	Paul Price, (year), Chapter 11 Research presentation and reporting  ; accessed on 17/03/2015	Psychology, American, APA style, but also research report, article style & structure	Link Update(CND)
Using Microsoft Word for writing and editing - General instructions	WikiBooks, 2013, Accesses 01/04/2015	Useful concepts in Microsoft Word, how to use them, and what for. Good for students not familiar / inexperienced	Link
Proposal writing	Pavel Zemliansky, 2008 "Methods of Discovery: A Guide to Research Writing"	A long and detailed book on the process of academic writing. Busts many myths, provides many practical steps. At times too long and wordy.	Book