Methods Links
Research Design
General
Research Methods Knowledge Base – Research Design
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/design.php *
Instructor’s site for Research Design Explained, 6th edition
http://www.researchmethods.com/
Literature Searching and Reviewing
How to do a literature search – guidance from Kingston University Information Services
http://www.kingston.ac.uk/library/literatsearch.htm
How to do a literature search – guidance from The Robert Gordon University library
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/library/howto/page.cfm?pge=25989
The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It – from University of Toronto
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html
Literature Reviews – from University of North Carolina
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_review.html
The Literature Review – guidance from Central Queensland University
http://www.library.cqu.edu.au/tutorials/litreviewpages/
How to… Write a Literature Review – guidance from University Library, University of California
http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/literaturereview.html
Using the Literature – guidance from the Language Centre, Asian Institute of Technology
http://www.languages.ait.ac.th/EL21LIT.HTM
Framing a question
Guidance from Hong Kong Baptist University
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~gis/rq.htm
Research and Argument: Tools for Teachers and Students (a resource from the library at Youngstown State University)
http://karn.ohiolink.edu/~sg-ysu/frame.html
Managing your research
Guidance from The UK Grad Programme
http://www.grad.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Resources/Just_for_Postgrads/Managing_your_research/p!elkimeL
Guidance from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, including a PDF of their Managing Your Research handbook available for download
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~research/managing_your_research/index.html
Organising and Managing Your Research, a companion website for Organising and Managing Your Research: A Practical Guide for Postgraduates
http://www.scu.edu.au/omyr/
Managing Your Research Project - guidance from the University of Manchester
http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/goodresearchpractice/adviceaboutresearchpractice/managingyourresearchproject/