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Books on Research and Writing

Bailey, Carol A.
2007 A Guide to Qualitative Field Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B275)

Banks, Marcus
2001 Visual Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM500.B365) Berg, Bruce L.
2004 Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Boston: Pearson Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H61.B4715)

Bernard, H. Russell
2000 Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B439)
2002 Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, 3rd edition. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.B36)

Brewer, John
2006 Foundations of Multimethod Research: Synthesizing styles. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.B658)

Cargan, Leonard
2007 Doing Social Research. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM571.C35)

Clifford, James
1986 Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography (School of American Research Advanced Seminar). Berkeley: University of California Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.W75)

Creswell, John W.
2003 Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Emerson, Robert M.
1995 Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing). Chicago: University of Chicago Press
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.E44)

Fagan, Brian M.
2006 Writing Archaeology: Telling Stories About the Past. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: CC82.6.F34)

Handwerker, W. Penn
2002 Quick Ethnography: A Guide to Rapid Multi-Method Research. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

Hart, Chris
2001 Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Reference- 4th Floor-noncirculating- call number: H62.H257)

Harvey, Michael
2003 The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing. Hackett Publishing Company. Hesse-Biber,

Sharlene Nagy
2006 Emergent Methods in Social Research. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H61.E437)

Kaplan, David
2004 The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.S275)

Krathwohl, David R.
1988 How to Prepare a Research Proposal: Guidelines for Funding and Dissertations in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 3rd ed. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
(VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: HG177 .K73)
2005 How to Prepare a Dissertation Proposal: Suggestions for Students in Education and the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: LB2369 .K725)

Markman, Roberta, Marie L. Waddell, and Peter T. Markman
1994 10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper. Barron's Educational Series, Inc.

Parish, Steven M.
1981 The Overworked Student's Practical Guide to Writing Term Papers for Anthropology and Related Subjects. San Diego: University of California, San Diego, Department of Anthropology.

Praag, Bernard M. S. van
2004 Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach. New York: Oxford University Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: BF575.H27 P75)

Presser, Stanley
2004 Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM538.M48)

Rozakis, Laurie
1999 Shaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers. McGraw-Hill.

Scheyvens, Regina
2003 Development Fieldwork: A Practical Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: H62.5.D44 D48)

Schonlau, Matthias
2002 Conducting Research Surveys via Email and the Web. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: AS36. R25 no. 1480)

Schram, Thomas H.
2003 Conceptualizing and Proposing Qualitative Research. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
(VU Peabody Library Stacks call number: LB2326.3.S38)

Spradley, James P.
1979 The Ethnographic Interview. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 346.3.S66).
1980 Participant Observation. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 346.4.S68)

Staines, Gail M.
2000 Social Sciences Research: Writing Strategies for Students. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62. S736)

Van Maanen, John
1988 Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 307.7.V36)

Weller, Susan C.
1988 Systematic Data Collection (Qualitative Research Methods). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: H62.W415)

Wolcott, Harry F.
1994 Transforming Qualitative Data: description, analysis and interpretation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.W64)
1999 Ethnography: A Way of Seeing. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: GN 345.W62).
2001 Writing Up Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: T11.W65)

Yin, Robert K.
2003 Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
(VU Central Library Stacks call number: HM500.B365)