Nursing and Midwifery

Sage Research Methods (SRM) is a fantastic collection of books, case studies and videos exploring and illustrating research methods for the social sciences.  

• Books include Little Green Books and Little Blue Books, short guides to quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Over 1000 case studies illustrating research methods
• Videos exploring all aspects of the research process
• SRM Project Planner - accessible advice on every stage of the research process from defining a question to writing up and sharing your research
• We don't subscribe to everything from SRM - use 'Refine By' when searching and browsing to see what is available at SHU

These texts introduce you to research methods in Health and Social Care, starting with the basics of research methods, and moving on to topics such as conducting good quality research, ethics, effective research techniques and interpreting your findings.  

In the 'Exploring Research Methods' section are a couple of really good resources covering all aspects of research methods in Health and Social Care. There are also a couple of useful glossaries of terms used in Healthcare research that are a good introduction to some of the terminology you will hear and read about.

These books are good introductions to research methods. It might be useful to read some of them before you begin!

Exploring Research Methods

Sage Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health

SAGE Research Methods: Medicine & Health collections cover primary clinical and epidemiological research, both interventional and observational, as well as systematic review and meta-analysis. Examples of studies are drawn from across all major medical specialties, as well as public health, nursing, dentistry, health policy, and services research. Really good for learning about the pros and cons of specific types of research!

Also included is the methods map, which allows you to read definitions of key terminology, and discover content relevant to your research project: Methods Map: http://methods.sagepub.com.hallam.idm.oclc.org/methods-map

BMJ Best Practice: Learn Evidence Based Research 

These articles are intended to introduce the key methods of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) such as clarifying a clinical question, designing a search and appraising, synthesising and assessing quality of the evidence.

Glossary of ResearchTerms

• Useful glossary of research terminology from the National Institute of Health Research 

  This glossary covers all of the terminology you will encounter in Health Research, such as confidence intervals, qualitative studies etc.

• NICE - Glossary of Terms 

  This is also a useful glossary of terms from NICE. The glossary gives brief definitions and explanations of the terms used and describes how NICE guidance is produced.

• PubMed Publication Types 

Publication Characteristics (Publication Types) with Scope Notes

2020 MeSH Pubtypes

You can find a section with more resources on research methods in healthcare on this reading list:

Research and Study Skills for Nursing, Allied Health Professions and Social Work - Research Methods

If you are studying Evidence and Enquiry for Practice or The Advancing Professional, you will also find lots of useful resources about research methods on your reading lists for these modules.