Health Systems & Policy: Research Methods
Discovering Methods
Some tips to help you find materials about research methods and methodologies.
- search using "research -- methodology" as a subject in the library search
- use the particular method or methodology you're interested in as a keyword or keyword phrase in article databases
- use the search widget on this page to find handbooks on particular research methods or topics
- browse the methods map in SAGE Research Methods online (linked in its own box on this page).
Suggested Books
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Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text, Sage research methods books, handbooks, and encyclopedias. Includes videos and interactive mapping tools.
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Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health (eBook) by
Publication Date: 2012 -
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research (eBook) by
Publication Date: 2013 -
The Science of Health Disparities Research (eBook) by
Publication Date: 2021 -
Urban Public Health (eBook) by
Publication Date: 2020
Search for Reference Sources (PSU Only)
Full-Text Online Reference Databases
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Sage eReference This link opens in a new windowContains full text encyclopedias and reference books in the social sciences and humanities. Search by keyword or browse by topic.
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text subject encyclopedias, reference works, dictionaries, and handbooks in all disciplines.
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Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowContains full text Oxford University Press handbooks on topics in the fields of business, management, philosophy, political science, and religion. Handbooks provide overview, background, historical synthesis and reference lists.
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Gale Virtual Reference Library (Portland State University Library Content) This link opens in a new windowFeatures full text scholarly encyclopedias and reference works. This expanded collection of the Oregon Gale Virtual Statewide Reference Library includes Portland State University purchased titles.