LibGuides: Communication: Find Research Methods

Resources for Learning about Research Methods

The below resources are useful for helping you learn about specific research methods:

SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window A tool to learn about research methodologies through books, reference content, videos, case studies, and more. Helps users design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. | Terms of Use.
Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Chapman’s access includes specific Asian Studies, Communication and Media, Health and Social Care, History, Music, Performance, Philosophy, and Security Studies collections. To access, click a subject in the middle of the page, then check "Full access only". | Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2016.

To find research that is performed using a specific research method, the best way in many databases is simply to add that method as a keyword, e.g. adding "empirical study" or "quantitative study" as a search term. However, a few databases, such as PsycInfo, have a Methodology menu in their advanced search features that allow you to select a specific methodology.