Overviews of Social Research Methods

Alford, Robert. (1998). The Craft of Inquiry: Theories, Methods, Evidence. Oxford University Press.

Andranovich, Gregory and Riposa, Gerry. (1993). Doing Urban Research. Applied Social Research Methods Series. CA: Sage Publications.

Babbie, Earl. (2001). The Practice of Social Research. Bellmont. CA: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.

Cresswell, John. (1994). Research Design: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Fink, Arlene. (1998). Conducting Research Literature Reviews. CA: Sage Publications

Gliner, Jeffrey and Morgan, George. (2000). Research Methods in Applied Settings. Lawrence Elbaum Associates, Publishers.

Golledge, Reginald, and Stimson, Robert. (1997). Spatial Behavior: A Geographic Perspective. NY: The Guilford Press.

Payne, Stanley. (1951). The Art of Asking Questions. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Zeisel, John. (1984). Inquiry by Design: Tools for Environment-Behavior Research. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

On Specific Research Methods

Dillman, Don. (2000). Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. New York: J. Wiley

Fowler, Floyd. (1995). Improving Survey Questions and Design and Evaluation. (Applied Social Research Methods, Vol 38).

Jorgensen, D. L. (1989). Participation observation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Yin, Robert. (1994). Case Study Research: Design and Methods. Applied Social Research Methods Series. Vol 5. CA: Sage Publications.

Qualitative Research

Cresswell, John. (1998). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Maxwell, J. (1996). Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach. (Applied Social Research Methods)

Miles, Mathhew and Huberman, B. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis: An Expanded Sourcebook. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.

Patton, Michael. (1990). Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

Rubin, Herbert and Rubin, Irene. (1995). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.