What is qualitative research?
Qualitative Research Guidelines Project, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group, The Cochrane Collaboration and The Joanna Briggs Institute
Books and Tutorials
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
[access restricted to subscribing institutions]
Books in the Duke Libraries about qualitative research
Clicking on this link will execute a search in the Duke Libraries catalog. To narrow results to books in the Medical Center Library, look under Refine Your Search, then Location, then click on Medical Center.
Google Book Search
Google Book Search allows you to view the partial, or occasionally complete, content of many books online. [Note: Only titles in the public domain will be available for downloading.] Examples:
- Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research (Sandelowski and Barroso, 2007)
- Qualitative Research in Nursing: Advancing the Humanistic Imperative (Speziale and Carpenter, 2007)
- Doing Qualitative Research (Crabtree and Miller, 1999)
Web Center for Social Research Methods, Cornell University: Methods in Behavioral Research - Supplementary Web-based materials Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches - Study site
Web-based textbook on social research methods. Note: Navigate using links on left of site.
Research Terminology: Online Glossaries and Dictionaries
Health Services Research (HSR) Methods: Full Glossary List, AcademyHealth
Terms may also be viewed by category, such as Qualitative Analysis, by using the frame on the left of the site.
Glossary of terms from Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches, University of South Alabama
Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Canada
Research Terminology (Glossary), Interior Health Research Dept., Canada
Glossary of Key Terms, Colorado State University Writing Guides
Glossary of Mixed Methods Terms/Concepts, Bridges Mixed Methods Network
Systematic Reviews: CRD's guidance for undertaking reviews in health care, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York and National Institute for Health Research, UK
Glossary link is in Contents frame on left.
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