Books & eBooks
Books on Research
From here, you can see tips on searching the library catalog.
Also, check out the lists of books on research, roughly sorted into sociological and historical categories.
Search the Library Catalog
How to Find Books in the Catalog
- Keyword
Type any term, such as psychology or modeling. Remember, keyword searching only looks for your term. There’s no guarantee the results will be about your term.
- Title
Type any known words from the title. Avoid articles like a or the.
- Author
Use Last name, First name or First name Last name order.
To Northwestern Oklahoma State University Library Services to discover items held at NWOSU (Figure 1).
By Format (book, article, etc.) to get materials of a particular type.
To Full Text to see materials you can read right away on your screen.
To Peer Reviewed to see only scholarly journal articles.
Limiters in the Catalog
Select the Advanced Search option to refine your search or use the options in left sidebar after you have begun your search.
Use quotes around phrases like "social media" or "college athletes".
A search for books will include both print books and eBooks but can be limited to either format.
Figure 2
An Example of Search Results
Note. This example contains both books and eBooks.
Use the Boolean operators and, or, and not.
Examples:
Soviet and
Russian "Soviet Union" or Russia
Mexico not New
Note: Some databases and search engines require that Boolean operators be typed in all caps to distinguish them from search terms.
To truncate a search term, enter a minimum of the first three letters followed by a question mark (?) or an asterisk (*).
Example: child* or infant*
Use parentheses to create more precise searches.
Example: (games or toys) and (child* or infant*)
Sociology Titles
The following is a sample of books from our catalog.
Do It Yourself Social Research, 3rd Edition, by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781611321081Publication Date:Do It Yourself Social Research has been a best-selling methodology guide for action research projects and community groups in Australia for almost three decades. Always emphasizing the importance of a spirit of inquiry, it demystifies the research process, covering where to start, how to manage a research project, what methods, techniques and resources to use, and interpretation, analysis and reporting.
Ethics in Social Research by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781780528793Publication Date:This volume supports the ethical negotiations of empirical researchers and enhances understanding of the complex imbrication of ethics and knowledge in contemporary social research. It deals jointly with the role of ethics in, and the effect of ethics on, social research.
Principles of Social Research, 2nd Edition, by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780335263318Publication Date:Using examples from a range of settings, this book provides a clear introduction to basic principles in social research.
Sociology Basics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781587650314Publication Date: 2000-01-01Broad in scope, this title offers non-specialists with insights into sociology topics that are often only accessible to academics and experts in the field in a format that should be readable and quickly retrievable.
History Titles
Cultures of Inquiry by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780511007316Publication Date:Cultures of Inquiry provides a unique overview of research methodologies in social science, historical and cultural studies. Describing eight interconnected methodologies that transcend present-day disciplinary and interdisciplinary boundaries, it moves beyond the objectivism/relativism debate in the philosophy and sociology of knowledge by showing how alternative research practices are formed.
Historical Research: A Guide by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781317886365Publication Date:This is the first practical guide to cover the various stages of a history research project, from the selection of the topic and the organization and interpretation of source material, through to the completion of the written-up record.Whether it is for a dissertation, thesis article or, indeed, full-length book, Historical Research deals with the purpose of research, and the implications, limitations and benefits of different research methods, as well as the effective presentation of the finished result.
History Hunting by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780765633231Publication Date:The book offers guidance to aspiring historians at every stage and in every walk of life, from practical advice on tackling and organizing projects to recommendations for finding and using resources of all kinds, whether at the local library or historical society or on the Internet. It is intended to be a serious guide to the best practices for researchers as well as a “good read” as a collection of research stories.
Oral History by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780199838097Publication Date:Oral History is part of the Understanding Qualitative Research series, which is designed to provide researchers with authoritative guides to understanding, presenting, and critiquing analyses and associated inferences. … This volume fits in the Qualitative Research group and addresses issues surrounding oral history—how to both fully and succinctly report and present this material, as well as the challenges of evaluating it.
Research Methods for History by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781474408745Publication Date:Research Methods for History encourages those researching the past to think creatively about the wide range of methods currently in use, to understand how these methods are used and what historical insights they can provide.
