Key tools
Just a few suggestions for handbooks on methodology.
APA Handbook of Research Methods in PsychologyCall Number: BF76.5 .A73 2012 (volumes 1-3)
Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and BeyondCall Number: Online!
The Process of Social ResearchCall Number: H61 .D588 2016
Quantitative applications in the social sciences (publisher series)Library catalog search for volumes in Sage's publisher series, a.k.a. "The Little Green Books." We don't own all volumes, but many...
- Try this subject search in our library catalog:Subject: research AND (methodology OR handbooks), sorted by date.
- Annual ReviewsOnline suite of publications providing literature review of a wide range of social sciences & sciences, including Annual Review of Anthropology, Annual Review of Public Health, Annual Review of Psychology, Annual Review of Sociology, and more!
Includes tie-in with citation tracking in the Web of Science database.
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Creative searching in Sociological Abstracts & other databasesMost of our databases (bibliographic and full text) do not have specific filters or categories for review articles. You'll have to search terms such as "literature review", "review of the literature", etc.
But realize that most scholarly articles will include a brief lit review in the introduction. A recent article relevant to your topic can be a goldmine of bibliographic citations to additional research.
- PsycINFO This link opens in a new windowThis is the main index to the peer-reviewed literature for psychology and neuroscience. It indexes citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowPubMed comprises over 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. PubMed also provides access to additional relevant web sites and links to the other NCBI molecular biology resources.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowAbstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with bibliometrics tools to track, analyze and visualize research. It contains over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 publishers around the world, covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and Arts & Humanities. Scopus has 55 million records dating back to 1823, 84% of these contain references dating from 1996.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCitation database with multidisciplinary coverage of journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Indexes the journal literature and tracks article citation histories.
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses Global This link opens in a new windowProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. The official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT — Full Text includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works.