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.
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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'I would recommend this book to first year students in particular because I think that it would be helpful to them and there is nothing else that does quite the same job.' - Wyn Grant, University of Warwick
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IntroductionWhat is the Internet and What are the Most Useful Research Tools?Topic DevelopmentResearch MethodsSearch Strategies, Engines and DirectoriesResearch EthicsKey Sources of Online InformationUsing the Internet to Generate Individualised Data SetsIs your Study Amenable to Online Interpretation?Data AnalysisWriting up your Research Paper or DissertationPlagiarism and CitationConclusionGlossaryAppendicesIndex.
