Library Guides: Anthropology: Research methods

Research methods

Many disciplines rely on research methods to guide the process of conducting primary research.

To find methods for your discipline, do a keyword search in the Library Catalogue and add your discipline, e.g. Anthropology AND "research method*".

SAGE Research Methods
A great resource to help you understand specific research methods, conduct research, and write up findings. Contains books, definitions, journal articles, case studies, datasets and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences.

SAGE internet research methods
Good starting point for conducting internet-based research.
Ethnography : principles in practice
This leading introduction to ethnography offers a systematic introduction to ethnographic principles and practice.
Being ethnographic : a guide to the theory and practice of ethnography
Sets out the important definitions, methods and applications of field research whilst reinforcing the infinite variability of the human subject and addressing the challenges presented by ethnographers' own passions, intellectual interests, biases and ideologies. Contains helpful case studies.