Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an age of info-glut
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(available in print)
Very readable manual with lots of good advice - in particular, Luker provides valuable strategies for:
- differentiating between an area of interest and a research question
- defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature
Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)
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Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate--one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so that the results will matter to anyone else?
