Looking for research on research?

I know that getting to grips with research approaches is a big part of many of your courses.

That's why I'm always looking on web sites for new books (often electronic, but not always) showing how to research within the social sphere. However, we do have a reasonable selection already.

The easiest way to find an e-book on the subject is to limit to e-books on the library catalogue and then type a couple of keywords such as 'research' and 'practice'. Have a look through the results and there'll be a few specifically aimed at social science students.

Remember you can print up to 5% of the content of any e-books.

The individual chapters of these books often explain different approaches to research. In addition there are often sections which attempt to explain how the various approaches to research come into being. It can be quite revealing to find out how and why new theories are born so I hope you find something useful in this area.