How to Research

How to Research, 4th Revised edition--------------------------------------------------I found this book brilliant, I had never undertaken anything likea dissertation before and this book had everything in it that I neededto know. It is written in 'simple English' which is a bonus as somebooks are just too hard to understand. Everything you need to knowabout writing your dissertation is in here. I would recommend thisbook to all levels' - Review of the third edition from Amazon.co.uk.How to Research is a bestselling, practical book that reassures thefirst time researcher by leading them systematically through the wholeresearch process, from the initial meetings with a supervisor to criticallyevaluating their ideas, doing the research and finally writing up theproject. This book includes vignettes to help readers relate to researchexamples and provides both methodological and process information.New features in this edition include: additional coverage on literaturereviews, new material on changes in research ethics, more detailedinformation on the use of diaries, internet ethnographies and visualmethods, and, increased coverage of mixed methodologies. How to Research4th edititon is an ideal resource for the first-time researcher doinga small-scale research project in the social sciences whether theyare at university or in the workplace. It supports its readers as theydevelop their skills to become more experienced researchers.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Loraine Blaxter and Christina Hughes are both basedat the University of Warwick. Loraine is a Research Associate in theInstitute of Health, School of Health and Social Studies and Christinais a Professor within the Department of Sociology. Christina is editorof a further book from Open University Press, Disseminating QualitativeResearch (2003). Malcolm Tight is a Professor in the Department ofEducational Research at Lancaster University. He is author of two otherrecently published books by Open University Press, The Developmentof Higher Education in the UK since 1945 (2009) and Researching HigherEducation (2003).