Research Titles @ Your Library

The CSU Library’s collection has a strong focus on titles that support the research activities of CSU staff and students. This list is a select sample of general research titles available – be sure to search the Library catalogue for even more titles, including titles specific to your research area.

• Practicing research: discovering evidence that matters by Arlene Fink Check availability
• Mastering online research: a comprehensive guide to effective and efficient search strategies by Maura D. Shaw Check availability
• Research design and methods: a process approach by Kenneth S. Bordens and Bruce B. Abbott Check availability
• Introduction to social research: quantitative and qualitative approaches by Keith F. Punch Check availability
• Basics of qualitative research : techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory by Juliet Corbin Check availability
• The landscape of qualitative research edited by Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln Check availability
• Qualitative research interviewing: biographical narrative and semi-structured methods by Tom Wengraf Check availability
• Completing your qualitative dissertation : a roadmap from beginning to end by Linda Dale Bloomberg and Marie Volpe Check availability
• Handbook for team-based qualitative research edited by Greg Guest and Kathleen M. MacQueen Check availability
• Readme first for a user’s guide to qualitative methods by Lyn Richards and Janice M. Morse Check availability
• A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about qualitative research by David Silverman Check availability
• Keywords in qualitative methods: a vocabulary of research concepts by Michael Bloor and Fiona Wood Check availability
• Successful writing for qualitative researchers by Peter Woods Check availability
• Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches by John W. Creswell Check availability
• Getting the most out of the research experience : what every researcher needs to know by Brian Roberts Check availability
• Writing the winning thesis or dissertation: a step-by-step guide by Allan A. Glatthorn and Randy L. Joyner Check availability
• Designing and conducting mixed methods research by John W. Creswell and Vicki L. Plano Clark Check availability
• The research imagination: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods by Paul S. Gray Check availability