{"id":3237,"date":"2016-11-01T04:01:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/research-methods\/?page_id=3237"},"modified":"2016-11-01T04:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T04:01:42","slug":"recommended-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/research-methods\/course-guide\/recommended-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>For this subject, we recommend two types of resources: Academic sources for research articles, and subject material sources.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.au\/\">Google Scholar<\/a> offers access to many full-text academic publications.\n<\/li>\n<li> The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/uow.libguides.com\/hsidatabases\">UOW library guide<\/a> groups a lot of databases relevant for social, international, and political sciences.\n<ul>\n<li> Note: Only enrolled UOW students can access these databases.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> A <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oajse.com\/subjects\/political_science.html\">list<\/a> of open access journals of international studies and political science may be useful too.\n<ul>\n<li> Did you know?  Most public libraries have access to many academic journals online!  It may be time for you to become a member.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> You may find an article or a publication, and wonder how to evaluate their quality. Guidelines for evaluating publication&#8217;s quality can be found <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/unitube.otago.ac.nz\/view?m=EHNX6MRKTyx\">here<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th> International studies\n<\/th>\n<th> Multidisciplinary\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/eprints.lse.ac.uk\/cgi\/search\/advanced\">London School of Economics Research Online<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/core.ac.uk\">CORE (Connecting Repositories)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ssoar.info\/en\/home.html\">SSOAR &#8211; Social  Sciences Open Access Repository<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oaister.worldcat.org\/\">OAIster search via Worldcat<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ssrn.com\/en\/\">SSRN \u2013 Social Sciences Research Network<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.opendoar.org\/search.php\">OpenDOAR<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/network.bepress.com\/social-and-behavioral-sciences\/political-science\/\">Political Science Commons<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.base-search.net\/Search\/Advanced\">BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/subjects\">DOAJ Social Sciences Journals<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Subject_sources\">Subject sources<\/span><\/h1>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th> Topic Area\n<\/th>\n<th> Bibliography\n<\/th>\n<th> Notes\n<\/th>\n<th> URL\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ethics\n<\/td>\n<td> Paul Price, (year), Section 3.3 Ethics in Practice Research&nbsp;;<\/p>\n<p>accessed on 17\/03\/2015\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td> Begins strongly geared toward psychologists, but from the second heading onwards reviews useful considerations of social research.\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=497a78e4-1384-4334-bcc2-e9040a436322&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=ef1500d5-fc15-4a36-8d1c-283bf01de2f2&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Update(CND)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> The research processes\n<\/td>\n<td> Amy Blackstone, 2012, 2.3 Inductive or Deductive? Two different approaches\n<\/td>\n<td> From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/sociological-inquiry-principles-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods\/s05-03-inductive-or-deductive-two-dif.html\">Link<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Literature review and research process\n<\/td>\n<td> Saylor.org, &#8220;Research methods in political science&#8221;, Unit 2\n<\/td>\n<td> A whole chapter on using literature and theory in research, advised 4 hrs long\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.saylor.org\/courses\/polsc251\/\">Link<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Research questions and objectives\n<\/td>\n<td> Paul Price, (year), Section 2.2 Generating good research questions;<\/p>\n<p>accessed on 17\/03\/2015\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td> Describes the process of generating good research questions, and ways to evaluate them\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=497a78e4-1384-4334-bcc2-e9040a436322&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=ef1500d5-fc15-4a36-8d1c-283bf01de2f2&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Update(CND)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Research methodology and design\n<\/td>\n<td> Bhattacherjee, Anol 2012, Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices\n<\/td>\n<td> Ch. 5 &#8211; 8 (p. 35-72) provide an overview on research methodologies and designs\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/scholarcommons.usf.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&amp;context=oa_textbooks\">Book<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Research methodology and design\n<\/td>\n<td> Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sec 2.1 Research design approaches\n<\/td>\n<td> From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/sociological-inquiry-principles-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods\/s05-01-micro-meso-and-macro-approache.html\">Sec 2.1<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Quantitative methods\n<\/td>\n<td>  John L. Korey, 2013\n<\/td>\n<td> Using SPSS in political science\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cpp.edu\/~jlkorey\/POWERMUTT\/index.html\">Link<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Quantitative methods\n<\/td>\n<td> Open Learning Initiative, 2012\n<\/td>\n<td> Statistics introductory course\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oli.cmu.edu\/courses\/free-open\/statistical-reasoning-course-details\/\">Statistical_Reasoning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/oli.cmu.edu\/courses\/free-open\/statistics-course-details\/\">Probability&amp;Statistics<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Qualitative methods\n<\/td>\n<td> Amy Blackstone, 2012, Ch. 9 (Interviews),  Ch. 10 (Field research), Ch 12 (Other methods)\n<\/td>\n<td> From Amy Blackstone, 2012, Sociological Inquiry Principles: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/sociological-inquiry-principles-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods\/s12-interviews-qualitative-and-qua.html\">Ch_9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/sociological-inquiry-principles-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods\/s13-field-research-a-qualitative-t.html\">Ch_10<\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/sociological-inquiry-principles-qualitative-and-quantitative-methods\/s15-other-methods-of-data-collecti.html\">Ch_12<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Reporting research\n<\/td>\n<td> Paul Price, (year), Chapter 11 Research presentation and reporting &nbsp;;<\/p>\n<p>accessed on 17\/03\/2015\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td> Psychology, American, APA style, but also research report, article style &amp; structure\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=497a78e4-1384-4334-bcc2-e9040a436322&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/find-open-textbooks\/?uuid=ef1500d5-fc15-4a36-8d1c-283bf01de2f2&amp;contributor=&amp;keyword=&amp;subject=\">Update(CND)<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Using Microsoft Word for writing and editing &#8211; General instructions\n<\/td>\n<td> WikiBooks, 2013, Accesses 01\/04\/2015\n<\/td>\n<td> Useful concepts in Microsoft Word, how to use them, and what for.<\/p>\n<p>Good for students not familiar \/ inexperienced\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Office\/Create_a_Proposal_with_collaboration\">Link<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Proposal writing\n<\/td>\n<td> Pavel Zemliansky, 2008 &#8220;Methods of Discovery: A Guide to Research Writing&#8221;\n<\/td>\n<td> A long and detailed book on the process of academic writing.  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At times too long and wordy.\n<\/td>\n<td> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/methodsofdiscovery.net\/?q=node\/4\">Book<\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.014 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.014 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 7\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 12\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 0\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 2\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:169278-0!*!*!!*!*!* and timestamp 20161031130528 and revision id 987515\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/research-methods\/course-guide\/assessments\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/research-methods\/modules-1-3\/module-1-introduction\/objectives\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this subject, we recommend two types of resources: Academic sources for research articles, and subject material sources. 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