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Researching online / David Dolowitz, Steve Buckler, and Fionnghuala Sweeney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave study skillsPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Description: xxiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1403997225 (alk. paper)
  • 9781403997227 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.4 DOL
Contents:
Introduction --- What is the Internet and What are the Most Useful Research Tools? --- Topic Development --- Research Methods --- Search Strategies, Engines and Directories --- Research Ethics --- Key Sources of Online Information --- Using the Internet to Generate Individualised Data Sets --- Is your Study Amenable to Online Interpretation? --- Data Analysis --- Writing up your Research Paper or Dissertation --- Plagiarism and Citation ---- Conclusion ---- Appendixes.
Summary: This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research. It provides full accounts of the different ways in which online resources can help with research projects in any area of the social sciences or humanities along with useful hints and tips as to how you can make the internet work for you. -- Publisher description.
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Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 001.4 DOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100465492

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research. It provides full accounts of the different ways in which online resources can help with research projects in any area of the social sciences or humanities along with useful hints and tips as to how you can make the internet work for you.

Includes appendixes and glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --- What is the Internet and What are the Most Useful Research Tools? --- Topic Development --- Research Methods --- Search Strategies, Engines and Directories --- Research Ethics --- Key Sources of Online Information --- Using the Internet to Generate Individualised Data Sets --- Is your Study Amenable to Online Interpretation? --- Data Analysis --- Writing up your Research Paper or Dissertation --- Plagiarism and Citation ---- Conclusion ---- Appendixes.

This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the use of internet technology in research. It provides full accounts of the different ways in which online resources can help with research projects in any area of the social sciences or humanities along with useful hints and tips as to how you can make the internet work for you. -- Publisher description.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Tables (p. viii)
  • List of Figures (p. ix)
  • Acknowledgements (p. x)
  • Introduction: Why Bother with this Book? (p. xi)
  • 1 What is the Internet and What are its Most Useful Research Tools? (p. 1)
  • 2 Topic Development (p. 17)
  • 3 Research Methods (p. 35)
  • 4 Search Strategies, Engines and Directories (p. 51)
  • 5 Research Ethics (p. 76)
  • 6 Key Sources of Online Information (p. 88)
  • 7 Using the Internet to Generate Individualised Datasets (p. 113)
  • 8 Is Your Study Amenable to Online Implementation? (p. 129)
  • 9 Data Analysis (p. 145)
  • 10 Writing-up Your Research Paper or Dissertation (p. 160)
  • 11 Plagiarism and Citation (p. 185)
  • 12 Conclusion (p. 195)
  • Appendix A Internet Country Codes (p. 198)
  • Appendix B Top-level Domain Organisational Codes (p. 202)
  • Appendix C Domain Codes for Individual US States (p. 203)
  • Appendix D Writing Tips (p. 205)
  • Appendix E Generating Diagrams and Charts (p. 207)
  • Appendix F Selected Online Resources (p. 208)
  • Glossary (p. 210)
  • Index (p. 219)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

DAVID DOLOWITZ is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK. He specializes in comparative public and social policy.

STEVE BUCKLER was sometime Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

FIONNGHUALA SWEENEY is Director of Studies and Lecturer in Comparative American Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK.
DAVID DOLOWITZ is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, UK. He specializes in comparative public and social policy.

STEVE BUCKLER was sometime Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.

FIONNGHUALA SWEENEY is Director of Studies and Lecturer in Comparative American Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK.

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