Introduction to College Research (Ebook)
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Open Educational Resources (free!) textbook on how to do research at a college level.
Research Methods Help
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SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods is a cross-disciplinary research methods tool that guides users through every step of the research process using different research methods (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods). Resources include eBooks, reference works, journal articles, instructional videos, and project planning tools. SRM also provides information on other aspects of research such as writing a research question, gathering and analyzing data, applying for grant funding, preparing a literature review, working with teams, and publishing findings. SRM includes the complete Little Green Book Series of Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences and the Little Blue Book Series of Qualitative Research.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
Guide to Using Proquest Databases
See this detailed research guide for using Proquest databases such as Worldwide Political Science Abstracts and PAIS.
How to Use EBSCO Databases (Video)
Videos on using Ebsco. (Academic Search Complete and Historical Abstracts are both Ebsco databases.)