ดินแดนคาบสมุทรมลายูนั้นมีประวัติศาสตร์ที่มีสภาพเป็นรัฐอิสระและบางครั้งก็มีสภาพตกอยู่ภายใต้การยึดครองของอาณาจักรอื่น สลับกันไปมาเป็นเวลายาวนาน เช่น ฟูนัน ศรีวิชัย มัจปาหิต สุโขทัย และอยุธยา
ชาวสยามตั้งถิ่นฐานอยู่ในดินแดนคาบสมุตรมลายูมาเป็นเวลานนานแล้ว ก่อนที่ชาวฮินดูเดินทางมาจากอินเดียเพื่อค้าขายและเผยแพร่ศาสนา ซึ่งคนพื้นเมืองในเคดาห์รัฐตอนเหนือของมาเลเซีย พวกหนึ่ง คือ sam sam คือพวกสยามที่อาศัยอยู่บนแหลมมลายู สิ่งที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์หลายอย่างก็ยังคงอยุ่ เช่นการใช้ภาษา ขนบประเพณี การนับถือศาสนา Syuki ในหนังสือ Melayu Patanni กล่าวว่า ดินแดนมลายูมีชาวพืนเมืองดังเดิมอยู่ก่อนแล้ว ได้แก่ Semang and Sakai และยังมี Siam-Asli or Aboriginal Siamese (Syukri,1985,p.4,8) ชาวสยามได้มีอำนาจปกครองเมืองต่างๆ ตอนล่างของแหลมมลายู ได้แก่ ปาหัง เคดาห์ กลันตัน และปัตตานี รวมถึงเมืองตอนบนของคาบสมุตร โดยมีศูนย์กลางอำนาจของสยามอยู่ที่เมืองนครศรีธรรมราช (Syukri,1985,p.17)
เมืองปัตตานี ไทรบุรี ตรังกานู เปอร์ริส ปาหัง และกลันตันอยู่ใต้การปกครองของอาณาจักรศรีวิชัย แต่เมือหลังยุคทีอาณาจักรศรีวิจัยเริ่มหมดอำนาจลง อาณาจักรนครศรีธรรมราชมีอำนาจขึ้นมาปกครองเมืองต่างๆ บนคาบสมุครมลายู ได้แก่ สายบุรี ปัตตานี กลันตัน ปาหัง ไทยบุรี พัทลุง ตรัง ชุมพร บันทายสมอ สระอุเลา ตะกั่วป่า และกระ (wyatt,1994;p.33-34) แต่มีอำนาจปกครองตัวเอง เมืองดังกล่าวถูกแบ่งเป็น หัวเมืองนอกราชอาณาจักร ได้แก่ สายบุรี ปัตตานี กลันตัน ปาหัง และไทรบุรี ที่ต้องส่งเครื่องราชบรรณาการ 3 ปีครั้ง ส่วนเมืองที่เหลือ เป็นหัวเมืองในราชอาณาจักร จัดส่งเครื่องราช ปีละครั้ง
เมื่ออำนาจของศรีวิชัยหมดสิ้น คาบสมุครมลายูถูกแบ่งเป็น 2 ส่วน โดยสยามเข้ามายึดครองเมืองนครศรีธรรมราช เมืองต่างๆตอนบน และหัวเมืองมลายูตอนล่างจึงตกอยู่ภาตใต้อำนาจของราชอาณาจักรมัชปาหิตที่มีศูนย์กลางอยู่ที่เกาะชวา ซึ่งมีความห่างไกลดินแดนมลายู ทำให้อาณาจักรมัชปาหิตให้หัวเมืองต่างๆทำการปกครองตัวเองโดยอิสระ จนกระทั้งอาณาจักรมัชปาหิตล้มสลายเนื่องจากแพ้ต่อ Islamic Kingdom ในชวา ทำให้เมืองต่างๆ บนดินแดนมลลายูเป็นอิสระอีกครั้ง (Syukri,1985,p.14)
การมาของศาสนาอิสลามจากอินเดียเข้าสู่ดินแดนมลายู โดยในปี 1403 กษัตริย์มลายูฮินดูที่ครองเมืองมะละกาเข้ารีตนับถือศาสนาอิสลาม และต่อมากษัตริย์มหาวังสาเมืองเคดาห์ได้เปลี่ยนไปนับถือศาสนาอิสลามเช่นกัน ตลอดจนศาสนาอิสลามข้ามาประเทศสยาม ถ้าสยามคนได้เข้ารีตก็จะเรียกว่า” samsam” (Syukri,1985,p.12)
การมาของชาวปาไซ Pasai ผู้นับถือศาสนาอิสลามที่อพยพหนีสงครามจากเกาะสุมาตรามาอาศัยที่ปัตตานี ทำให้เริ่มมีชุมชนชาวมุสลิมขึ้น จนกระทั้งการเปลี่ยนมานับถือศาสนาอิสลามของเจ้าเมือง รายาอินทิรา และได้จัดพิธีราชาภิเษกรายาอินทิราเป็นสุลต่านตามประเพณีอิสลาม และมีพระนามใหม่ว่า สุลต่านมูฮัมหมัดซาห์ เหตุการณ์ครั้งสำคัญนี่นำมาการเผยแผ่จากราชสำนักสู่ราษฎรแห่งราชอาจักรปัตตานีที่จาก เดิมนับถือศาสนาพุทธ
(Syukri,1985,p.16-18) การเปลี่ยนมานับถือศาสนาอิสามของอาณาจักรปัตตานีทำให้เกิดความสำคัญชื่อมต่อความเป็นสมาชิกของโลกมาลายู และเป็นอัตลักษณ์ร่วมกันของโลกมลายูกับอาณาจักรปัตตานี และแตกต่างจากสยามที่เป็นชาวพุทธ
ศตวรรษที่ 16 ปัตตานีมีความเจริญรุ่งเรื่องทางการค้าเป็นอย่างยิ่งโดยเป็นศูนย์กลางทางการค้าที่ยิ่งใหญ่ โดยมีเรือสำเภาจากญี่ปุ่น จีน ชวา อินเดีย และอาหรับ มาเทียบท่าลุ่มแม่น้ำปัตตานี จน คศ 1516 ชาวยุโรปเริ่มทางเข้ามาค้าขาย เริ่มโดยชาวโปรตุเกส ตามด้วยฮอลันดาเป็นชาติที่สองในปี คศ 1602 และชาวอังกฤษ บริษัทอินเดียตะวันออกในปี 1611 (Syukri,1985,p.19,26,29)
ความเจริญรุ่งเรื่องนี่เองทำให้สยามในรัชสมัยสมเด็จพระนเรศวร คศ 1603 มีความประสงค์ครอบครองปัตตานีได้ยกทัพมาโจมตีราชอาณาจักรปัตตานีแต่ไม่เป็นผลสำเร็จ และในปี 1632 สยามต้องการขยายแสนยานุภาพข้าปกครองปัตตานี จึงยกทัพมาโจมตีเป็นครั้งที่สองแต่ก็ไม่สำเร็จ ทำให้ไม่พอพระทัย และในปี 1633 เข้ามาโจมตีเป็นครั้งที่สาม แต่ก็ไม่สำเร็จ หลังจากนั้นสยามได้ส่งคณะทูต มาปัตตานีเพื่อขอให้รายาปัตานี สมัยรายกูนิงอยู่ในการปกครองของสยาม แต่ก็ถูกรายกูนิงปฏิเสฐ และครั้งทีสี่ โดยเจ้าเมืองนคร ก็ไม่สำเร็จ
หลังจากอาณาจักรปัตตานีเป็นรัฐอิสลามก็มีความสัมพันธไมตรีที่แน่นแฟ้น กับรัฐมลายูต่างๆในคาบสมุทร โดยเฉพาะ เมือง ปาหัง และยะโฮร์ เช่น เจ้าหญิง Raja Ungu ได้อภิเษภสมรสกับสุลต่าน Sultan Abdul-Ghafur Mohaidin Syah แห่งเมืองปาหัง (Syukri,1985,p.32)และมงกุฤราชกุมารแห่งยะโฮร์ Yang di Pertuan Muda Johore ราชโอรสองค์ที่สองของ Sultan Ali Jalla Abdul Jalil Syah ได้อภิเษกสมรสกับเจ้าหญิง Raja Kining ซึ่งเป็นธิดาของ Raja Ungu และสุลต่านปาหัง (Syukri,1985,p.38).
การสมรสระหว่างราชอาณาจักรนี่เป็นการนำปัตตนีเข้าไปมีความสัมพันธ์ทางการเมืองร่วมกับเมืองแห่งคาบสมุทรมาลายู ยิงกว่านั้นเป็นการนำไปสู่สายสัมพันธ์ทางเศรษฐกิจ สังคม และความเป็นเครือญาติของโลกมลายูที่เป็นผลต่อจิตสำนึกทางประวัติศาสตร์ร่วมกันของประชาชนในภูมิภาคนี้ ซึ่งตรงกันข้ามกับความสัมพันธิกับสยามที่มีความแตกต่างกันทางวัฒนธรรม ที่เป็นผลมาจากการรับศาสนาอิสลามของปัตตานี
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัตตานีกับราชวงค์กลันตันปรากฏชัดเจน ครั้งเมื่อ รายากูนิงสวรรคตและไม่มีรัชทายาทสืบราชวงค์ปัตตานี จนได้เชิญทูลโอรสรายากลันตันมาปกครองอาณาจักรปัตตานี ถึงแม้ว่า รายาเออร์มัสเป็นรายาปัตตานีไม่กีปีก็สวรรคต ทำให้ราชโอรสพระนามว่ารายาเออร์มัสจะห์ครองราชต่อพระบิดา(Syukri,1985,p.44).
ประวัติศาสตร์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสยามกับปัตตานีเปลี่ยนแปลงใน พระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก แห่งสมัยราชวงค์จักรี ทรงต้องการรวบรวมหัวเมืองปัตตานี โดยให้พระยากลาโหมได้ยกทัพมาโจมตีปัตตานีของสุลต่านมูฮำมัดจนได้รับชัยชนะ ซึ่งเป็นประวัติศาสตร์ครั้งแรกที่สยามเข้ามาปกครองได้แต่งตั้งผุ้สำเร็จราชการปกครองเมืองจาก กรุงเทพแทนสุลต่าน ต่านกูลามีดิน Tengku Lamidin ได้รับเลือกจากกรุงเทพให้เป็นเจ้าเมือง และให้ส่งเครืองราชบัณณาการไปยังกรุงเทพ เพื่อแสดงความจงรักภักดี
ใน ร 1 ทรงให้ Muang Saiburi and Kedah อยู่ในความดูแลของเมืองนครศรีธรรมราช ส่วนตรังกานูและปัตตานีอยู่ในความดูแลของเมืองสงขลา ต่อมา 1786 อังกษฏได้ขอเช่าเกาะ Penang และ 1791 อังกษฏขอเช่าดินแดนตรงข้ามเกาะหมาก จากไทรบุรี ทั้งนี้การให้เช่าเกาะ Penang ระหว่างสุลต่านเคดาห์กับอังกษฏนั้นไม่ได้ถามความเห็นชอบจากสยาม (อาหมัด,, 2528;p88,98)
ในปี 1808 ร1 มอบให้เจ้าเมืองสงขลาเป็นผุ้ดูแลควบคุมเมืองปัตตานีแทนเจ้าเมืองนครศรีธรรมราช โดยมีเมืองใกล้เคียงอื่นๆ อยู่ในความดูแลสงขลา ได้แก่ ยะหริ่ง หนองจิก รามันห์ ระแงะ สาย ยะลา กลันตัน และตรังกานู ต่อมาในปี 1813 สมัย ร 2 พระยากลันตันมีความขัดแย้งกับพระยาตรังกานู ทำให้พระยากลันตันขอไปขึ้นต่อนครศรีธรรมราช ส่วนหัวเมืองมลายู อีก 2 เมือง คือ ไทรบุรี และเปรัคยังคงอยู่กับนครศรีธรรรรมราช (อาหมัด,, 2528;p117)
อังกษฤได้เข้ามาแทรกแซงกิจการภายในของรัฐภายใต้การปกครองของสยามในขณะนั้น คือ เปรัค ตรังกานู ไทรบุรี และกลันตัน โดยส่งข้าหลวงของอังกฤษ เข้าไปเจรจาและช่วยเหลือในรูปแบบต่างๆ เพื่อให้เลิกจงรักภักดีต่อสยาม เช่นกรณีรัฐเปรัค ปี 1826 อังกฏษได้ส่งทหารและเรือรบเข้าไปเจรจากับสุลต่านเปรัค ให้ทำสัญญากับอังกษฤ โดยมีใจความว่าเพื่อเป็นการตอบแทนที่อังกษฤจะเข้าช่วยเหลือต่อต้านผู้ใดก็ตามที่จะคุกคามเอกราชของรัฐสุลต่าน โดยไม่ให้ติดต่อกับสยาม และไม่ต้องส่งเครืองบรรณนาการ ทำให้สุลต่านเปรัคหันไปขึ้นต่ออังกฏษ และปลดข้าราชการสยามออกจากรัฐไป
จนปี 1817 ปัตตานีถูกแบ่งออกเป็น เมืองเล็กๆ คือ ปัตตานี ยะหริ่ง หนองจิง ยะลา รามัญ สายบุรี และระแงะ ต่อมาในปี 1831-1832 ได้เกิดกบฏต่อต้านสยามอีกครั้ง ซึ่งเป็นการรวมตัวกันระหว่างรัฐ ได้แก่ ตรังกานู กลันตัน เคดะห์ เปรัก เซอร์ลางอร์ และเซียด แต่ก็ล้มเหลว จนกระทั้งปี 1826 สนธิสัญญาเบอร์นี Berney Treaty รัฐมลายู เคดะห์ กลันตัน ตรังกานู และปัตตานี ได้ถูกรวมอยู่ใต้อำนาจของสยามอย่างเป็นทางการ
ชาวมาเลในเคดาห์มีความคิดต่อต้านสยาม และมีความพยายามจะเป็นอิสระหลลายครั้ง เช่น ในปี 1838 รัฐเคดะห์ โจมตีสยามในเคดะและขับไร่ออกไป โดยชาวปัตตานีให้ความร่วมมือ จน ร.4 ทรงตระหนักว่าการทำครอบครองเคดาห์มีแต่จะทำให้เกิดความเสียหาย ในที่สุดสยามจึง โดยให้สิทธิแก่เจ้าเมืองเคดาห์กลับคืน 1842 แต่ต้องส่งเครืองราชบันณาการทุกสามปี ดอกไม้เงินดอกไม้ทอง Bungamas ทั้งนี่การที่สยามไม่เข้าไปเกียวข้องกิจการของเคดาห์นั้น เนื่องจากเกรงว่าอังกษฏจะแสดงความเป็นปรปักษ์ จึงเอาใจอังฤษฏเพือรักษาเอกราชของสยาม
จน 1895 ร.5 ได้มีการจัดระเบียบการปกครองหัวเมืองปักใต้ใหม่ เพื่อหวังว่าเป็นการสร้างระบบป้องกันบูรณภาพในดินแดนของสยามต่อการคุกคามของอังกษฤและฝรั่งเศษโดยรวมเมืองนครศรีธรรมราช เมืองพัทลุง และเมืองสงขลา จัดตั้งเป็น มณฑลนครศรีธรรมราช โดยสำนักงานอยู่ที่เมืองสงขลา ส่วนเมือง ที่เหลือ คือ ปัตตานี กลันตัน ตรังกานู เคดาห์ และเปอร์ลิส ได้ประการยกเลิกการปกครองแบบ สุลต่าน แล้วให้รวมเป็นมณฑลหนึ่งของสยาม ในปี 1902 ได้ให้มีการผนวกปัตตานี สายบุรี ยะลา และนราธิวาส เป็น เมืองในสังกัด หรือ Jajahan เข้าเป็นดินแดนของสยาม เป็นมฑทลปัตตานี
ปี 1906 การดำเนินการจัดระเบียบการปกครองใหม่อีกครั้ง รัฐปัตตานีได้ถูกรวมกลุ่มกันเรียกว่า บริเวณเจ็ดหัวเมือง นั้นเหลือเพียง 4 เมือง คือ
1) เมืองปัตตานี ประกอบด้วย หนองจิก ยะหริ่ง และปัตตานี
2)เมืองยะลา ประกอบด้วย รามันห์ และยะลา
3)เมืองสายบุรี ยังคงเดิม
4)เมืองระแงะ ยังคงเดิม แต่เปลี่ยนชื่อเป็นบางนรา และเป็นนราธิวาส
ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสยามกับอังกฤษ ในปี 1909 มีการตกลงระหว่างกันภายใต้สัญญา Anglo-Saimese Treaty 1909 ภายใต้ข้อตกลงนี่ทำให้รัฐบาลสยามยอมยกเลิกอธิปไตยเหนือดินแดนไทรบุรี กลันตัน ตรังกานู และเปอร์ลิส สนธิสัญญานี่อังกฏษได้ให้สยามกู้เงินจำนวน 4 ล้านดอลล้า เพื่อนำไปพัฒนากิจการรถไฟในประเทศ ซึ่งเป็นการ สิ้นสุดความเป็นราชอาณาจักรมลายูอย่างสิ้นเชิง ( Harrison, 1967,p211)
ภายหลังการยกดินแดนทั้งสี่ให้อยู่ภายใต้การดูและของอังกฏษนั้น ทำให้การการแทรกแซงการปฏิรูปการปกครองหัวเมืองปัตตานีผ่อนคลายลง แต่ก็มีการต่อต้านการปกครองของสยามเกิดขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่อง
ในปี 1916 ได้เปลี่ยนจากคำว่าเมือง เป็นจังหวัด ทำให้ทณฑลปัตตานี ประกอบด้วย จังหวัดปัตตานี จังหวัดยะลา จังหวัดสายบุรี และจังหวัดนราธิวาส ในปี 1931 ได้ยุบจังหวัดสายบุรีลงเป็นอำเภอหนึ่งที่ขึ้นต่อจังหวัดปัตตานี และได้ยกเลิกการปกครองแบบมณฑล ทำให้มณฑลปัตตานีเป็นจังหวัดปัตตานี ยะลา และนราธิวาส ขึ้นตรงต่อกระทรวงมหาดไทยในปี 1933 เป็นต้นมาจนถึงปัจจุบัน
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
guide to written resources on writing essays,
Resources for theses, social research, and
other aspects of scholarship
Compiled by Michael Flood, February 21, 2008.
Honours, PhD, and other theses
Anderson, J. & Poole, M. (1994) Thesis and Assignment Writing (2nd edition) John Wiley and Sons, Brisbane. [call no # 808.02/43 or 808.02/43 c. 2]
Berry, D. M. & Martin, G. P. (1972) A Guide to Writing Research Papers. McGraw Hill, New York. [call no # 808.023/1]
Betts, Katharine. (1994). Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. South Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia. [call no # 808.042/59]
Campbell, W. G., Ballou, S. V., & Slade, C. (1982) Form and Style: Thesis, reports, term papers. Houghton Miffin, Boston. [call no # 808.02/7]
Evans, D. G. (1995) How to Write a Better Thesis or Report. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, [all no # 808.066/43 or 808.066/43 c. 2]
Evans, David, and Paul Gruba (2002) How to Write a Better Thesis. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. [call no # 808.066/43]
Galvan, Jose L. (2006). Writing Literature Reviews: A guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences. Glendale, CA.: Pyrczak Publishing. [call no # 808.066/70]
Graves, Norman, and Ved Varma (eds.) (1997) Working for a Doctorate: A guide for the humanities and social sciences. London & New York: Routledge. [call no # 378.24/4]
Handcock, K., Partridge, P. H. & Elliot, R. W. V. (1969) Postgraduate Studies in the Humanities in Australia: Three essays, Sydney University Press [all no # 378.94/56 c.2 or 378.94/56]
Harmon, C. (1996) (Ed) Using the Internet, online services & CD-Roms for writing research and term papers. Neal-Schuman, New York, [call no #371.202812/1)
Hart, Chris. (1998). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/187]
Herr, Kathryn. (2005). The Action Research Dissertation: A guide for students and faculty. Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Sage. [call no # 300.722/282]
Kamler, Barbara, and Pat Thomson (2006) Helping Doctoral Students Write: Pedagogies for supervision. London & New York: Routledge. [call no # 808.02/151]
Leonard, Diana. (2001). A Woman’s Guide to Doctoral Studies. Buckingham & Philadelphia: Open University Press. [call no # 378.2/3]
Lewins, F. (1993) Writing a Thesis: A guide to its nature and organisation, 4th edition, Bibliotech, ANUTECH, Canberra. [call no # 371.202812/1]*
Lipson, Charles (2005) How to Write a BA Thesis. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press. [call no # 808.042/197]
Punch, Keith. (2000). Developing Effective Research Proposals. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/185]
Rugg, Gordon, and Marian Petre (2004) The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [call no # 378.24/5]
Turabian, K. (1987) (revised and expanded by Honigsblum, B. B.) (5 edition) A Manual for Writing Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, University of Chicago Press, Chicago [call no # KZ/808.02/TUR/1]
Turabian, K. (1996) (revised by Grossman, J. & Bennett, A) (6th edition) A Manual for Writing of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. [call no # KZ/808.02/TUR; KZ/808.02/TUR c.2; KZ/808.02/TUR c.3]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage. [call no # 808.02/130]
Webster, W. G. (1998) Developing and Writing Your Thesis, Dissertation or Project: A book of sound advice about conceptualizing, organizing, developing and finalizing your terminal graduate research, Academic Scholarwrite, San Ramon. [call no # 808.066/46]
Academic skills in general
Study guides and strategies: http://www.studygs.net/index.htm
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/online.html
Language and Learning Online (Monash University): http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml
Barnes, Rob (1995) Successful Study for Degrees. Routledge.
Clanchy, J., Ballard, B., Buckingham, J., Craswell, G., Mitchell, A., Nevile, M. and Tolmie, J. (1994) Making the Most of your Arts Degree, Longman, South Melbourne. [call no # 378.1702812/3]
Clare, J., and H. Hamilton (2003) Writing Research: Transforming data into text. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. [call no # 808.042/173]
Roberts, Judith M. (1999) Effective Study Skills: Maximizing your academic potential. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.[call no # 378.170281/7]
Turner, Joan (2002) How to Study: A short introduction. London: Sage. [call no # 378.170281/8 ]
Turner, K., L. Ireland, B. Krenus, and L. Pointon (2008) Essential Academic Skills. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. [call no # 378.170281/22]
Writing essays
Barrass, Robert (1995) Students Must Write: A guide to better writing in coursework and examinations, Routledge
Betts, Katharine, and Anne Seitz (1994) Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia. [call no # 808.042/59]
Clanchy, J., and B. Ballard (1997) Essay Writing for Students: A practical guide. third edition. French’s Forest, NSW: Longman. [call no # 808.042/12]
Creme, Phyllis, and Mary R. Lea (1997) Writing at University: A guide for students. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press. [call no # 808.042/130]
Davis, Lloyd, and Susan McKay (1996) Structures and Strategies: An introduction to academic writing. South Melbourne: Macmillam. [call no # 808.4/3]
Germov, John (1996) Get Great Marks For Your Essays. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 808.042/112]
McLaren, Stephen (2003) Writing Essays and Reports. Sydney: Pascall Press. [call no #808.02/140]
Turley, Richard M. (2000) Writing Essays: A guide for students in English and the humanities. New York: Routledge. [access electronically]
Germov, John (2007) Writing a sociological essay. In Public Sociology: An introduction to Australian society, eds. John Germov and Marilyn Poole. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 301.0994/12]
Aspects of social research
Choosing and defining a topic
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-48).
Walter, Maggie (ed.). (2006). Social Research Methods: An Australian perspective. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press (Chapter 11). [call no # 300.72/265]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. (2nd edition) London: Sage (Chapter 6, pp. 77-94). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. (2nd edition) London: Sage (Chapter 1). [call no # 808.02/130]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social research methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 26). [call no # 300.72/196]
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 1, 2 and 3). [call no # 808.02/144]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapters 1 and 2).
Richards, Lyn. (2007). Readme First for a User’s Guide to Qualitative Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4). [call no #001.42/39]
Turner, K., L. Ireland, B. Krenus, and L. Pointon (2008) Essential Academic Skills. Melbourne: Oxford University Press (Chapters 11 and 12).
Bessant, J. (2001) Doing Sociology. In Sociology Australia, Eds. J. Bessant and R. Watts, 2nd edition. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Engaging with others: Reviewing the literature
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 3, pp. 35-56).
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 2). [call no # 808.02/130]
Clare, J., and H. Hamilton (2003) Writing Research: Transforming data into text. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone (pp. 8-12). [call no # 808.042/173]
Betts, Katharine, and Anne Seitz (1994) Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia (Chapter 2). [call no # 808.042/59]
Lipson, Charles (2005) How to Write a Ba Thesis. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 808.042/197]
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapters 4, 5 and 6). [call no # 370.78/101]
Galvan, Jose L. (2006). Writing Literature Reviews: A guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences. Glendale, CA.: Pyrczak Publishing. [call no # 808.066/70]
Hart, Chris. (1998). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/187]
Kamler, Barbara, and Pat Thomson (2006) Helping Doctoral Students Write: Pedagogies for supervision. London & New York: Routledge (Chapters 3 and 4). – A more postmodern account of engaging with literature. [call no # 808.02/151]
Using and producing theory
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 6, pp. 100-115).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 7). [call no # 301.72/186]
Bauman, Z., and T. May (2001) Thinking Sociologically. 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell.
Eagleton, T. (1989) The Significance of Theory. Cambridge: Blackwell.
Harrington, A. (ed.) (2005) Modern Social Theory: An introduction. Oxford University Press. (See especially “Introduction: What is social theory?”, Chapter 1).
hooks, bell (1994) Theory as Liberatory Practice. In Teaching to Transgress, New York: Routledge. (Also in Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, 1991, 4(1): 1-12.)
King, K. (1994) Theory in its Feminist Travels: Conversations in U.S. Women’s Movements. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Lemert, Charles (1993) Social Theory: Its Uses and Pleasures. In Social Theory. The Multicultural and Classic Readings. Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, pp. 1-24.
Said, Edward W. (1991) Travelling Theory. In The World, The Text And The Critic, Vintage: London, pp. 226-47.
Willis, E. (2004) The Sociological Quest: An introduction to the study of social life. 4th edition, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. (Chapters include: 2. The nature of sociological explanation, 4. The sociological imagination, 7. Theory and method, 8. Doing Sociology)
Designing research: Types and levels of research
On types of research (and research design)
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 3 and 6). [call no # 808.02/144]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 3). [call no # 808.02/130]
On research design
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press. [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon (Chapters 1 and 2). [call no # 300.72/202]
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling. (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapters 1 and 2). [call no # 300.72/196]
Crotty, Michael (1998). The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and perspective in the research process. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 300.72/169]
Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapters 1 and 2).
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 3 and 6). [call no # 808.02/144]
Knight, Peter T. (2002) Small-scale Research: Pragmatic inquiry in social science and the caring professions. London, Sage. [call no # 300.72/214]
Marshall, Catherine, and Gretchen Rossman. (1989). Designing Qualitative Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Patton, Michael Quinn, (2002) Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no # 300.723/32]
Pole, Christopher J., and Richard Lampard (2002) Practical Social Investigation: Qualitative and quantitative methods in social research. Harlow, England; New York: Prentice Hall (ChapterS 1 and 2). [call no #300.72/204]
Punch, Keith F. (2005). Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 300.72/168]
Richards, Lyn. (2007). Readme First for a User’s Guide to Qualitative Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4). [call no #001.42/39]
Sarantakos, S. (2005) Social Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 7, 6 and 7). [call no # 300.72/128]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 8). [call no # 370.72/21]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage. [call no # 301.72/186]
Williams, Malcolm (2003). Making Sense of Social Research. London: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 9). [call no # 300.72/228]
Designing research continued: The nature and role of data
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 3, pp. 51-61).
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 6, “Research quality and planning”). [call no # 808.02/130]
Conducting research: Research methods
Note that most of the texts listed under further reading on social research below include discussion of particular research methods (such as those by May, Bryman, and others), and a wide range of texts focus entirely on a particular method.
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 7, pp. 116-137).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 8, “Choosing a Methodology”). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 7). [call no # 808.02/130]
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapters 4, 5 and 6). [call no # 300.72/164]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 6). [call no # 370.72/21]
Sampling and selection
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 7, pp. 120-144).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 9, “Selecting a Case”, pp. 125-137). [call no # 301.72/186]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4, “Sampling”, pp. 83-107). [call no # 300.72/196]
Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
Bickman, Leonard, and Debra J. Rog (eds.) (1998). Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (Chapter 4). [call no # 300.72/158]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4). [call no # 300.72/196]
Crano, William D. (2002). Principles and Methods of Social Research. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Chapter 10). [call no # 300.72/243]
De Vaus, D. A (2002). Surveys in Social Research. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin (Chapter 6). [call no # 300.723/25]
The ethics and politics of research
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon (Chapter 6). [call no # 300.72/202]
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling. (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press (Chapter 11).
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 25). [call no # 300.72/196]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapter 6).
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 8). [call no # 808.02/144]
May, Tim (2001) Social Research: Issues, methods and process. Buckingham: Open University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 300.72/130]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 8). [call no # 370.72/21]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 17). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 8). [call no # 808.02/130]
Walter, Maggie (ed.). (2006). Social Research Methods: An Australian perspective. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 300.72/265]
Williams, Malcolm (2003). Making Sense of Social Research. London: Sage (Chapter 8). [call no # 300.72/228]
Writing a Research Proposal
Heath, Anthony (1997) The Proposal in Qualitative Research. The Qualitative Report, 3(1), March.
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Appendix).
Punch, Keith. (2000). Developing Effective Research Proposals. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/185]
Robson, Colin. (2002). Real World Research. 2nd edition. Blackwell (Appendix).
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Writing and arguing
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 9, pp. 173-204).
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapter 13). [call no # 370.78/101]
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Golden-Biddle, Karen D. (2007). Composing Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
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Alasuutari, Pertti. (2005). Researching Culture: Qualitative Methods and Cultural Studies. London: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
1. Introduction -- 2. What is Qualitative Research? -- 3. What is Cultural Studies? -- 4. Theoretical Framework and Method -- 5. The Factist Perspective -- 6. Cultural Distinctions -- 7. Narrativity -- 8. The Interaction Perspective -- 9. The Structures of Interaction -- 10. Cross-Tabulation and Quantitative Analysis -- 11. Asking Why -- 12. Generalization -- 13. The Research Process -- 14. The Writing Process.
Alvesson, Mats (2002). Postmodernism and Social Research. Phildelphia, Pa.: Open University. [call no # 300.72/252]
1. Introduction -- 2. Postmodernism: a sceptical overview -- 3. Key themes in postmodernism -- 4. Taking language seriously -- 5. Unpacking categories -- 6. Postmodernism and interviews -- 7. Interpreting and writing -- 8. Selectively applying pomo thinking: an illustration -- 9. Conclusions
Babbie, Earl R. (2001) The Practice of Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning. [call no # 300.72/89]
Baker, Therese L. (1999). Doing Social Research. Boston: McGraw-Hill College. [call no # 300.72/246]
Banks, Marcus (2001) Visual Methods in Social Research. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/197]
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press. [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon. [call no # 300.72/202]
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Bickman, Leonard, and Debra J. Rog (eds.) (1998). Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [call no # 300.72/158]
Introduction: Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods? / Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog -- Pt. I. Planning Applied Research. 1. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach / Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog and Terry E. Hedrick. 2. Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research / Mark W. Lipsey. 3. Designing a Qualitative Study / Joseph A. Maxwell. 4. Practical Sampling / Gary T. Henry. 5. Planning Ethically Responsible Research / Joan E. Sieber -- Pt. II. Applied Research Framework. 6. Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning / Robert F. Boruch. 7. Quasi-experimentation / Charles S. Reichardt and Melvin M. Mark. 8. The Abridged Version of Case Study Research: Design and Method / Robert K. Yin. 9. Need Analysis: Process and Techniques / Jack McKillip. 10. Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit: Toward Cost -> Procedure -> Process -> Outcome Analysis / Brian T. Yates. 11. Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis / Harris M. Cooper and James J. Lindsay -- Pt. III. Practical Data Collection and Analysis Methods. 12. Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions / Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. 13. Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management / Welmoet Bok van Kammen and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber. 14. Mail Surveys / Thomas W. Mangione. 15. Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys / Paul J. Lavrakas. 16. Ethnography / David M. Fetterman. 17. Focus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery / David W. Stewart and Prem N. Shamdasani. 18. Graphing Data / Gary T. Henry.
Blaikie, Norman W. H. (2000). Designing Social Research: The logic of anticipation. Malden, MA: Polity Press. [call no # 300.72/224]
Introduction.
1. Preparing Research Proposals and Research Designs.
2. Designing Social Research.
3. Research Questions and Objectives.
4. Strategies for Answering Research Questions.
5. Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses and Models.
6. Sources and Selection of Data.
7. Methods for Answering Research Questions.
8. Sample Research Designs.
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Boynton, Petra M (2005) The Research Companion: a guide for the social and health sciences, New York, NY: Psychology Press. [call no # 300.72/251]
1. Introduction -- 2. Planning research -- 3. Starting out -- 4. Completing research -- 5. Participants -- 6. Researcher well-being -- 7. Once a study’s underway -- 8. End results and reporting findings -- 9. Endnote,
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. [call no # 300.72/196]
1. Social research strategies -- 2. Research designs -- 3. The nature of quantitative research -- 4. Sampling -- 5. Structured interviewing -- 6. Self-completion questionnaires -- 7. Asking questions -- 8. Structured observation -- 9. Content analysis -- 10. Secondary analysis and official statistics -- 11. Quantitative data analysis -- 12. Using SPSS for Windows -- 13. The nature of qualitative research -- 14. Ethnography and participant observation -- 15. Interviewing in qualitative research -- 16. Focus groups -- 17. Language in qualitative research -- 18. Documents as sources of data -- 19. Qualitative data analysis -- 20. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: Using NVivo -- 21. Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- 22. Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23. Writing up social research -- 24. Ethics in social research -- 25. Conducting a small-scale project
Colton, David (2007). Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. [call no # 300.72/287]
Corbin, Juliet M., and Anselm C. Strauss. (2008) Basics of Qualitative Research: techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 300.72/288]
1: Introduction.
2: Practical Considerations.
3: Prelude to Analysis.
4: Strategies for Qualitative Data Analysis.
5: Introduction to Context, Process and Theoretical Integration.
6: Memos and Diagrams.
7: Theoretical Sampling.
8: Analyzing Data for Concepts.
9: Elaborating the Analysis.
10: Analyzing Data for Context.
11: Bringing Process into the Analysis.
12: Integrating Around a Concept.
13: Writing Theses, Monographs, and Giving Talks.
14: Criterion for Evaluation.
15: Student Questions and Answers.
Crano, William D. (2002). Principles and Methods of Social Research. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [call no # 300.72/243]
I. Introduction to Social Research Methods -- 1. Basic Concepts -- 2. Fitting Research Design to Research Purpose: Internal and External Validity -- 3. Measuring Concepts: Reliability and Validity -- II. Research Design Strategies -- 4. Designing Experiments: Variations on the Basics -- 5. Constructing Laboratory Experiments -- 6. External Validity of Laboratory Experiments -- 7. Conducting Experiments Outside the Laboratory -- 8. Correlational Design and Causal Analysis -- 9. Quasi-Experiments and Evaluation Research -- 10. Survey Design and Sampling -- III. Data Collection Methods -- 11. Systematic Observational Methods and Naturalistic Research -- 12. Interviewing -- 13. Content Analysis -- 14. Scaling Stimuli: Social Psychophysics -- 15. Scaling Individuals: Questionnaire Design and Rating Scale Construction -- 16. Social Cognition Methods: Measuring Implicit Thoughts and Feelings -- 17. Methods for Assessing Dyads and Groups -- IV. Concluding Perspectives. 18. Synthesizing Research Results: Meta-Analysis -- 19. Social Responsibility and Ethics in Social Research
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1. The nature of surveys -- 2. Theory and social research -- 3. Formulating and clarifying research questions -- 4. Developing indicators for concepts -- 5. Ethics and data collection -- 6. Finding a sample -- 7. Constructing questionnaires -- 8. Administering questionnaires -- 9. Coding variables -- 10. Preparing variables for analysis -- 11. Building scales -- 12. Overview of analysis -- 13. Univariate analysis -- 14. Bivariate analysis: nominal and ordinal variables -- 15. Bivariate analysis: interval variables -- 16. Elaborating bivariate relationships -- 17. Multivariate analysis -- 18. Putting it all together: a research example.
Denscombe, Martyn (2003). The Good Research Guide for Small-Scale Social Research Projects. Maidenhead, England; Philadelphia, Pa.: Open University Press. [call no # 300.72/174]
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Ezzy, D. (2002). Qualitative Analysis. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
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Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
1. Qualitative Research: Relevance, History, Features -- 2. Theoretical Positions -- 3. Construction and Understanding of Texts -- 4. Process and Theories -- 5. Research Questions -- 6. Entering the Field -- 7. Sampling Strategies -- 8. Semi-Structured Interviews -- 9. Narratives as Data -- 10. Focus Group Interviews and Discussions -- 11. Verbal Data: An Overview -- 12. Observation, Ethnography and Visual Data Methods -- 13. Visual Data: An Overview -- 14. Documentation of Data -- 15. Coding and Categorizing -- 16. Sequential Analyses -- 17. Text Interpretation: An Overview -- 18. Grounding Qualitative Research -- 19. Writing Qualitative Research -- 20. Computers in Qualitative Research -- 21. Qualitative and Quantitative Research -- 22. The Quality of Qualitative Research: Beyond Criteria.
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Introduction: the calling of creative social research: rethinking theories and methods/Ananta Kumar Giri. I. Rethinking theories: 1. Articulating the world: social movements, the self-transcendence of society and the question of culture/Martin Fuchs. 2. Towards liberative social sciences: dialogues with liberation theology/Felix Wilfred. 3. Caring for economics/Irene van Staveren. 4. Rethinking modernist historiography/Ananta Kumar Giri. 5. Rethinking comparative politics: towards a critique of neo-statism in Third World studies/Supriya Roy Chowdhury. 6. Studying ‘rural development’ politically/John Harriss. II. Rethinking methods: 7. The irrelevance of methodology and the art of the possible: reading Sen and Hirschman/Achin Chakraborty. 8. Gandhian economic method and the challenge of expediency/Narendar Pant. 9. Experiments in creative research: efforts to combine participatory with conventional methodology/Walter Fernandes. 10. On ‘studying up’: thoughts on method/Gideon M. Kressel. 11. Moral premises and theoretical musings: ontology of a journey/Chitra Sivakumar. III. New formulations: 12. Humanities and social sciences in the new millennium: theorization in/for society as play/Binod Kumar Agarwala. 13. Trans-disciplinary methods and tools of experiment: insights from the philosophical traditions of Buddhism and Vedanta/Godabarisha Mishra. 14. Second-order creativity in research: exploring an action-oriented perspective/D.P. Dash. 15. Interdisciplinary: building bridges and nurturing a complex ecology of ideas/Des Gasper. 16. The calling of a creative transdisciplinarity/Ananta Kumar Giri. Index.
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman.
Introduction: A Sense of Things to Come.
1. Meeting Qualitative Inquiry.
2. Prestudy Tasks: Doing What Is Good for You.
3. Being There: Developing Understanding Through Participant Observation.
4. Making Words Fly: Developing Understanding Through Interviewing.
5. The Personal Dimension: Rapport, Subjectivity, and Reflexivity.
6. But Is It Ethical? Learning to Do Right.
7. Finding Your Story: Data Analysis.
8. Writing Your Story: What Your Data Say.
9. Improvising a Song of the World: Language and Representation.
10. The Continuing Search.
Appendix: Guide for Developing a Qualitative Research Proposal.
Golden-Biddle, Karen D. (2007). Composing Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
1. The style and practice of our academic writing -- 2. Crafting a theorized storyline -- 3. Developing the theorized storyline -- 4. Characterizing the storyteller -- 5. Re-writing the story.
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Honours, PhD, and other theses
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Rugg, Gordon, and Marian Petre (2004) The Unwritten Rules of PhD Research. Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [call no # 378.24/5]
Turabian, K. (1987) (revised and expanded by Honigsblum, B. B.) (5 edition) A Manual for Writing Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, University of Chicago Press, Chicago [call no # KZ/808.02/TUR/1]
Turabian, K. (1996) (revised by Grossman, J. & Bennett, A) (6th edition) A Manual for Writing of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. [call no # KZ/808.02/TUR; KZ/808.02/TUR c.2; KZ/808.02/TUR c.3]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage. [call no # 808.02/130]
Webster, W. G. (1998) Developing and Writing Your Thesis, Dissertation or Project: A book of sound advice about conceptualizing, organizing, developing and finalizing your terminal graduate research, Academic Scholarwrite, San Ramon. [call no # 808.066/46]
Academic skills in general
Study guides and strategies: http://www.studygs.net/index.htm
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/online.html
Language and Learning Online (Monash University): http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/index.xml
Barnes, Rob (1995) Successful Study for Degrees. Routledge.
Clanchy, J., Ballard, B., Buckingham, J., Craswell, G., Mitchell, A., Nevile, M. and Tolmie, J. (1994) Making the Most of your Arts Degree, Longman, South Melbourne. [call no # 378.1702812/3]
Clare, J., and H. Hamilton (2003) Writing Research: Transforming data into text. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. [call no # 808.042/173]
Roberts, Judith M. (1999) Effective Study Skills: Maximizing your academic potential. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.[call no # 378.170281/7]
Turner, Joan (2002) How to Study: A short introduction. London: Sage. [call no # 378.170281/8 ]
Turner, K., L. Ireland, B. Krenus, and L. Pointon (2008) Essential Academic Skills. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. [call no # 378.170281/22]
Writing essays
Barrass, Robert (1995) Students Must Write: A guide to better writing in coursework and examinations, Routledge
Betts, Katharine, and Anne Seitz (1994) Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia. [call no # 808.042/59]
Clanchy, J., and B. Ballard (1997) Essay Writing for Students: A practical guide. third edition. French’s Forest, NSW: Longman. [call no # 808.042/12]
Creme, Phyllis, and Mary R. Lea (1997) Writing at University: A guide for students. Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press. [call no # 808.042/130]
Davis, Lloyd, and Susan McKay (1996) Structures and Strategies: An introduction to academic writing. South Melbourne: Macmillam. [call no # 808.4/3]
Germov, John (1996) Get Great Marks For Your Essays. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 808.042/112]
McLaren, Stephen (2003) Writing Essays and Reports. Sydney: Pascall Press. [call no #808.02/140]
Turley, Richard M. (2000) Writing Essays: A guide for students in English and the humanities. New York: Routledge. [access electronically]
Germov, John (2007) Writing a sociological essay. In Public Sociology: An introduction to Australian society, eds. John Germov and Marilyn Poole. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 301.0994/12]
Aspects of social research
Choosing and defining a topic
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-48).
Walter, Maggie (ed.). (2006). Social Research Methods: An Australian perspective. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press (Chapter 11). [call no # 300.72/265]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook. (2nd edition) London: Sage (Chapter 6, pp. 77-94). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. (2nd edition) London: Sage (Chapter 1). [call no # 808.02/130]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social research methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 26). [call no # 300.72/196]
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 1, 2 and 3). [call no # 808.02/144]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapters 1 and 2).
Richards, Lyn. (2007). Readme First for a User’s Guide to Qualitative Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4). [call no #001.42/39]
Turner, K., L. Ireland, B. Krenus, and L. Pointon (2008) Essential Academic Skills. Melbourne: Oxford University Press (Chapters 11 and 12).
Bessant, J. (2001) Doing Sociology. In Sociology Australia, Eds. J. Bessant and R. Watts, 2nd edition. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Engaging with others: Reviewing the literature
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 3, pp. 35-56).
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 2). [call no # 808.02/130]
Clare, J., and H. Hamilton (2003) Writing Research: Transforming data into text. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone (pp. 8-12). [call no # 808.042/173]
Betts, Katharine, and Anne Seitz (1994) Writing Essays and Research Reports in the Social Sciences. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia (Chapter 2). [call no # 808.042/59]
Lipson, Charles (2005) How to Write a Ba Thesis. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 808.042/197]
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapters 4, 5 and 6). [call no # 370.78/101]
Galvan, Jose L. (2006). Writing Literature Reviews: A guide for students of the social and behavioral sciences. Glendale, CA.: Pyrczak Publishing. [call no # 808.066/70]
Hart, Chris. (1998). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/187]
Kamler, Barbara, and Pat Thomson (2006) Helping Doctoral Students Write: Pedagogies for supervision. London & New York: Routledge (Chapters 3 and 4). – A more postmodern account of engaging with literature. [call no # 808.02/151]
Using and producing theory
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 6, pp. 100-115).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 7). [call no # 301.72/186]
Bauman, Z., and T. May (2001) Thinking Sociologically. 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell.
Eagleton, T. (1989) The Significance of Theory. Cambridge: Blackwell.
Harrington, A. (ed.) (2005) Modern Social Theory: An introduction. Oxford University Press. (See especially “Introduction: What is social theory?”, Chapter 1).
hooks, bell (1994) Theory as Liberatory Practice. In Teaching to Transgress, New York: Routledge. (Also in Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, 1991, 4(1): 1-12.)
King, K. (1994) Theory in its Feminist Travels: Conversations in U.S. Women’s Movements. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Lemert, Charles (1993) Social Theory: Its Uses and Pleasures. In Social Theory. The Multicultural and Classic Readings. Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, pp. 1-24.
Said, Edward W. (1991) Travelling Theory. In The World, The Text And The Critic, Vintage: London, pp. 226-47.
Willis, E. (2004) The Sociological Quest: An introduction to the study of social life. 4th edition, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. (Chapters include: 2. The nature of sociological explanation, 4. The sociological imagination, 7. Theory and method, 8. Doing Sociology)
Designing research: Types and levels of research
On types of research (and research design)
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 3 and 6). [call no # 808.02/144]
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 3). [call no # 808.02/130]
On research design
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press. [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon (Chapters 1 and 2). [call no # 300.72/202]
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling. (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapters 1 and 2). [call no # 300.72/196]
Crotty, Michael (1998). The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and perspective in the research process. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 300.72/169]
Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapters 1 and 2).
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 3 and 6). [call no # 808.02/144]
Knight, Peter T. (2002) Small-scale Research: Pragmatic inquiry in social science and the caring professions. London, Sage. [call no # 300.72/214]
Marshall, Catherine, and Gretchen Rossman. (1989). Designing Qualitative Research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Patton, Michael Quinn, (2002) Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no # 300.723/32]
Pole, Christopher J., and Richard Lampard (2002) Practical Social Investigation: Qualitative and quantitative methods in social research. Harlow, England; New York: Prentice Hall (ChapterS 1 and 2). [call no #300.72/204]
Punch, Keith F. (2005). Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 300.72/168]
Richards, Lyn. (2007). Readme First for a User’s Guide to Qualitative Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4). [call no #001.42/39]
Sarantakos, S. (2005) Social Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapters 7, 6 and 7). [call no # 300.72/128]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 8). [call no # 370.72/21]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage. [call no # 301.72/186]
Williams, Malcolm (2003). Making Sense of Social Research. London: Sage (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 9). [call no # 300.72/228]
Designing research continued: The nature and role of data
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 3, pp. 51-61).
Walliman, N. (2005) Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 6, “Research quality and planning”). [call no # 808.02/130]
Conducting research: Research methods
Note that most of the texts listed under further reading on social research below include discussion of particular research methods (such as those by May, Bryman, and others), and a wide range of texts focus entirely on a particular method.
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 7, pp. 116-137).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 8, “Choosing a Methodology”). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 7). [call no # 808.02/130]
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapters 4, 5 and 6). [call no # 300.72/164]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 6). [call no # 370.72/21]
Sampling and selection
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 7, pp. 120-144).
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 9, “Selecting a Case”, pp. 125-137). [call no # 301.72/186]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4, “Sampling”, pp. 83-107). [call no # 300.72/196]
Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
Bickman, Leonard, and Debra J. Rog (eds.) (1998). Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (Chapter 4). [call no # 300.72/158]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 4). [call no # 300.72/196]
Crano, William D. (2002). Principles and Methods of Social Research. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Chapter 10). [call no # 300.72/243]
De Vaus, D. A (2002). Surveys in Social Research. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin (Chapter 6). [call no # 300.723/25]
The ethics and politics of research
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon (Chapter 6). [call no # 300.72/202]
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling. (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press (Chapter 11).
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 25). [call no # 300.72/196]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapter 6).
Grix, Jonathan (2004) The Foundations of Research. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 8). [call no # 808.02/144]
May, Tim (2001) Social Research: Issues, methods and process. Buckingham: Open University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 300.72/130]
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 8). [call no # 370.72/21]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 17). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 8). [call no # 808.02/130]
Walter, Maggie (ed.). (2006). Social Research Methods: An Australian perspective. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press (Chapter 3). [call no # 300.72/265]
Williams, Malcolm (2003). Making Sense of Social Research. London: Sage (Chapter 8). [call no # 300.72/228]
Writing a Research Proposal
Heath, Anthony (1997) The Proposal in Qualitative Research. The Qualitative Report, 3(1), March.
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Appendix).
Punch, Keith. (2000). Developing Effective Research Proposals. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/185]
Robson, Colin. (2002). Real World Research. 2nd edition. Blackwell (Appendix).
Schram, Thomas H. (2003). Conceptualizing Qualitative Inquiry: Mindwork for fieldwork in education and the social sciences. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Chapter 9). [call no # 370.72/21]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 10). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage. (Chapter 9). [call no # 808.02/130]
Writing and arguing
Mason, Jennifer. (2002). Qualitative Researching (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapter 9, pp. 173-204).
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press (Chapter 13). [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon (Chapter 3). [call no # 300.72/202]
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (Chapter 24). [call no # 300.72/196]
Glesne, Corrine, and Alan Peshkin. (1992). Becoming Qualitative Researchers. White Plains, NY: Longman (Chapters 8 and 9).
Golden-Biddle, Karen D. (2007). Composing Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
Phelan, Peter, and Peter Reynolds. (1996) Argument and Evidence: Critical analysis for the social sciences. London New York: Routledge, [call number: 300.72/147]
Pole, Christopher J., and Richard Lampard (2002) Practical Social Investigation: Qualitative and quantitative methods in social research, Harlow, England; New York: Prentice Hall (Chapter 10). [call no #300.72/204]
Punch, Keith F. (2005). Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and qualitative approaches. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (Chapter 10). [call no # 300.72/168]
Sarantakos, S. (2005) Social Research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Chapter 17). [call no # 300.72/128]
Silverman, David. (2005). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (2nd edition). London: Sage (Chapters 20-24). [call no # 301.72/186]
Walliman, N. (2006). Your Research Project. 2nd edition. London: Sage (Chapter 4). [call no # 808.02/130]
Walter, Maggie (ed.). (2006). Social Research Methods: An Australian perspective. South Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press (Chapter 13). [call no # 300.72/265]
Williams, Malcolm (2003). Making Sense of Social Research. London: Sage (Chapter 10). [call no # 300.72/228]
Woods, Peter (2006). Successful Writing for Qualitative Researchers. London; New York: Routledge. [call no # 808.066001/5]
Introductions to social research
Alasuutari, Pertti (1998). An Invitation to Social Research. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 301.01/191]
Alasuutari, Pertti. (2005). Researching Culture: Qualitative Methods and Cultural Studies. London: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage.
1. Introduction -- 2. What is Qualitative Research? -- 3. What is Cultural Studies? -- 4. Theoretical Framework and Method -- 5. The Factist Perspective -- 6. Cultural Distinctions -- 7. Narrativity -- 8. The Interaction Perspective -- 9. The Structures of Interaction -- 10. Cross-Tabulation and Quantitative Analysis -- 11. Asking Why -- 12. Generalization -- 13. The Research Process -- 14. The Writing Process.
Alvesson, Mats (2002). Postmodernism and Social Research. Phildelphia, Pa.: Open University. [call no # 300.72/252]
1. Introduction -- 2. Postmodernism: a sceptical overview -- 3. Key themes in postmodernism -- 4. Taking language seriously -- 5. Unpacking categories -- 6. Postmodernism and interviews -- 7. Interpreting and writing -- 8. Selectively applying pomo thinking: an illustration -- 9. Conclusions
Babbie, Earl R. (2001) The Practice of Social Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning. [call no # 300.72/89]
Baker, Therese L. (1999). Doing Social Research. Boston: McGraw-Hill College. [call no # 300.72/246]
Banks, Marcus (2001) Visual Methods in Social Research. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/197]
Bell, Judith. (2005). Doing Your Research Project: A guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science. Maidenhead, England; New York: Open University Press. [call no # 370.78/101]
Berg, Bruce L. (2001) Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston, Allyn & Bacon. [call no # 300.72/202]
Bessant, J. (2001) Doing Sociology. In Sociology Australia, Eds. J. Bessant and R. Watts, 2nd edition. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Bickman, Leonard, and Debra J. Rog (eds.) (1998). Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [call no # 300.72/158]
Introduction: Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods? / Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog -- Pt. I. Planning Applied Research. 1. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach / Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog and Terry E. Hedrick. 2. Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research / Mark W. Lipsey. 3. Designing a Qualitative Study / Joseph A. Maxwell. 4. Practical Sampling / Gary T. Henry. 5. Planning Ethically Responsible Research / Joan E. Sieber -- Pt. II. Applied Research Framework. 6. Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning / Robert F. Boruch. 7. Quasi-experimentation / Charles S. Reichardt and Melvin M. Mark. 8. The Abridged Version of Case Study Research: Design and Method / Robert K. Yin. 9. Need Analysis: Process and Techniques / Jack McKillip. 10. Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit: Toward Cost -> Procedure -> Process -> Outcome Analysis / Brian T. Yates. 11. Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis / Harris M. Cooper and James J. Lindsay -- Pt. III. Practical Data Collection and Analysis Methods. 12. Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions / Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. 13. Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management / Welmoet Bok van Kammen and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber. 14. Mail Surveys / Thomas W. Mangione. 15. Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys / Paul J. Lavrakas. 16. Ethnography / David M. Fetterman. 17. Focus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery / David W. Stewart and Prem N. Shamdasani. 18. Graphing Data / Gary T. Henry.
Blaikie, Norman W. H. (2000). Designing Social Research: The logic of anticipation. Malden, MA: Polity Press. [call no # 300.72/224]
Introduction.
1. Preparing Research Proposals and Research Designs.
2. Designing Social Research.
3. Research Questions and Objectives.
4. Strategies for Answering Research Questions.
5. Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses and Models.
6. Sources and Selection of Data.
7. Methods for Answering Research Questions.
8. Sample Research Designs.
Bouma, Gary D., and Rodney Ling (2004). The Research Process. South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
Boynton, Petra M (2005) The Research Companion: a guide for the social and health sciences, New York, NY: Psychology Press. [call no # 300.72/251]
1. Introduction -- 2. Planning research -- 3. Starting out -- 4. Completing research -- 5. Participants -- 6. Researcher well-being -- 7. Once a study’s underway -- 8. End results and reporting findings -- 9. Endnote,
Bryman, Alan (2004) Social Research Methods. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. [call no # 300.72/196]
1. Social research strategies -- 2. Research designs -- 3. The nature of quantitative research -- 4. Sampling -- 5. Structured interviewing -- 6. Self-completion questionnaires -- 7. Asking questions -- 8. Structured observation -- 9. Content analysis -- 10. Secondary analysis and official statistics -- 11. Quantitative data analysis -- 12. Using SPSS for Windows -- 13. The nature of qualitative research -- 14. Ethnography and participant observation -- 15. Interviewing in qualitative research -- 16. Focus groups -- 17. Language in qualitative research -- 18. Documents as sources of data -- 19. Qualitative data analysis -- 20. Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis: Using NVivo -- 21. Breaking down the quantitative/qualitative divide -- 22. Combining quantitative and qualitative research -- 23. Writing up social research -- 24. Ethics in social research -- 25. Conducting a small-scale project
Colton, David (2007). Designing and Constructing Instruments for Social Research and Evaluation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. [call no # 300.72/287]
Corbin, Juliet M., and Anselm C. Strauss. (2008) Basics of Qualitative Research: techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 300.72/288]
1: Introduction.
2: Practical Considerations.
3: Prelude to Analysis.
4: Strategies for Qualitative Data Analysis.
5: Introduction to Context, Process and Theoretical Integration.
6: Memos and Diagrams.
7: Theoretical Sampling.
8: Analyzing Data for Concepts.
9: Elaborating the Analysis.
10: Analyzing Data for Context.
11: Bringing Process into the Analysis.
12: Integrating Around a Concept.
13: Writing Theses, Monographs, and Giving Talks.
14: Criterion for Evaluation.
15: Student Questions and Answers.
Crano, William D. (2002). Principles and Methods of Social Research. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [call no # 300.72/243]
I. Introduction to Social Research Methods -- 1. Basic Concepts -- 2. Fitting Research Design to Research Purpose: Internal and External Validity -- 3. Measuring Concepts: Reliability and Validity -- II. Research Design Strategies -- 4. Designing Experiments: Variations on the Basics -- 5. Constructing Laboratory Experiments -- 6. External Validity of Laboratory Experiments -- 7. Conducting Experiments Outside the Laboratory -- 8. Correlational Design and Causal Analysis -- 9. Quasi-Experiments and Evaluation Research -- 10. Survey Design and Sampling -- III. Data Collection Methods -- 11. Systematic Observational Methods and Naturalistic Research -- 12. Interviewing -- 13. Content Analysis -- 14. Scaling Stimuli: Social Psychophysics -- 15. Scaling Individuals: Questionnaire Design and Rating Scale Construction -- 16. Social Cognition Methods: Measuring Implicit Thoughts and Feelings -- 17. Methods for Assessing Dyads and Groups -- IV. Concluding Perspectives. 18. Synthesizing Research Results: Meta-Analysis -- 19. Social Responsibility and Ethics in Social Research
Creswell, John W. (2006). Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 001.42/63]
Crookes, P. & Davies, S. (1998) (eds.) Research into Practice: Essential Skills for Reading and Applying Research in Nursing and Health Care, Baillere Tindall, Edinburgh & Sydney [call no # 610.72/34].
Crotty, Michael (1998). The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and perspective in the research process. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 300.72/169]
Czaja, Ronald. (2005). Designing Surveys: A guide to decisions and procedures. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press. [call no # 0011.4222/10]
David, Matthew, and Carole D. Sutton (2004) Social Research: The basics. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/275]
De Vaus, D. A (2001) Research Design in Social Research. London: Sage. [call no # 300.72/211]
De Vaus, D. A (2002). Surveys in Social Research. St. Leonards, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin. [call no # 300.723/25]
1. The nature of surveys -- 2. Theory and social research -- 3. Formulating and clarifying research questions -- 4. Developing indicators for concepts -- 5. Ethics and data collection -- 6. Finding a sample -- 7. Constructing questionnaires -- 8. Administering questionnaires -- 9. Coding variables -- 10. Preparing variables for analysis -- 11. Building scales -- 12. Overview of analysis -- 13. Univariate analysis -- 14. Bivariate analysis: nominal and ordinal variables -- 15. Bivariate analysis: interval variables -- 16. Elaborating bivariate relationships -- 17. Multivariate analysis -- 18. Putting it all together: a research example.
Denscombe, Martyn (2003). The Good Research Guide for Small-Scale Social Research Projects. Maidenhead, England; Philadelphia, Pa.: Open University Press. [call no # 300.72/174]
Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln. (eds). (1994). Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Denzin, Norman K., and Yvonna S. Lincoln. (eds). (2005). The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Denzin, Norman, K., Lincoln, Yvonna, S., (eds) (2003) Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials. Thousand Oaks, California; London, Sage. [call no # 300.23/51]
Elliott, Jane (2005). Using Narrative in Social Research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage. [call no # 300.72/257]
Ezzy, D. (2002). Qualitative Analysis. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Fink, Arlene. (2006). How to Conduct Surveys: A step-by-step guide. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [call no # 301.0723/2]
Flick, Uwe (2006). An Introduction to Qualitative Research. London; Thousand Oaks, California, Sage. [call no 300.72/178]
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Introduction: A Sense of Things to Come.
1. Meeting Qualitative Inquiry.
2. Prestudy Tasks: Doing What Is Good for You.
3. Being There: Developing Understanding Through Participant Observation.
4. Making Words Fly: Developing Understanding Through Interviewing.
5. The Personal Dimension: Rapport, Subjectivity, and Reflexivity.
6. But Is It Ethical? Learning to Do Right.
7. Finding Your Story: Data Analysis.
8. Writing Your Story: What Your Data Say.
9. Improvising a Song of the World: Language and Representation.
10. The Continuing Search.
Appendix: Guide for Developing a Qualitative Research Proposal.
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