Library Guide - Qualitative Research
Finding Qualitative Research

Books ¡V go to The Source
Title search for series ¡§Cardiff Papers in Qualitative Research¡¨, ¡§Qualitative Studies in Psychology¡¨

Journal articles ¡V go to Online databases and article indexes and click on the appropriate letter for:
    PsycINFO ¡V in Advanced Search limit Form/Content Type to ¡§qualitative study¡¨
    CINAHL ¡V include ¡§Qualitative studies¡¨ as subject heading in search
    Medline ¡V include ¡§Qualitative research¡¨ as subject heading in search
   ERIC ¡V in Advanced Search include ¡§qualitative research¡¨ as minor descriptors phrase (FirstSearch) or as a descriptor (CSA) in search
   SPORTDiscus ¡V use Advanced Search and include ¡§qualitative¡¨ as keyword term in search

Qualitative Research Journal list - www.slu.edu/organizations/qrc/QRjournals.html
Do a ¡§Periodical Title¡¨ search and search for articles in a specific journal:

Sage Publications ¡V ¡§Quick Search¡¨
Communication Research                                     Counseling Psychologist
International Journal of Offender Therapy & Comparative Criminology
International Review for the Sociology of Sport                  Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Journal of Family Issues                                       Nursing Science Quarterly
Qualitative Inquiry Western                                Journal of Nursing Research
Youth & Society

Science Direct Journals ¡V ¡§Quick Search¡¨
Heart & Lung                                       Journal of Aging Studies
Journal of Business Research           Journal of Retailing
Social Science & Medicine

PsycARTICLES ¡V ¡§and qualitative¡¨
American Psychologist                                          History of Psychology
Journal of Counseling Psychology                      Journal of Family Psychology

Academic Search Premier/Business Source Premier/Communication & Mass
Media Complete ¡V ¡§Search within this publication¡¨
American Journal of Sociology                                          Anthropology Today
Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry                                         Current Anthropology
Discourse Processes                                                            Elementary School Journal
Emergence                                                               International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Journal of Advanced Nursing                                            Journal of Advertising
Journal of Consumer Research                                          Journal of Counseling & Development
Journal of Health Communication                                     Journal of Marketing
Journal of Marketing Research                                          Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
Journal of Popular Culture                                                  Journal of Women¡¦s History
Narrative Inquiry Qualitative Sociology
Roeper Review                                                                     Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Social Forces                                                                        Tamara
Teachers College Record                                                   Theory into Practice

Online journals from list not currently appearing on Periodical Title list:
Action Research International www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/ari/arihome.html

About Qualitative Research
Reference Sources:
* Dictionary of Qualitative Inquiry - H61 .S4435 2001
* Companion to Qualitative Research ¡V H62 .C56 2004
* Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research ¡V H62 .H2455 2005
* Qualitative Research Practice ¡V H62.Q35456 2004
* American Tradition in Qualitative Research - H62 .A573 2001 v. 1-4

Qualitative Research Web Sites:
* The Association for Qualitative Research (Great Britain) ¡V www.aqr.org.uk
The library at this site contains a glossary, short articles from their In Brief
Magazine, and longer In Depth papers.

* Bibliography of Qualitative Research in Geography ¡V www.geog.buffalo.edu/~mcope/QRbibliography.htm
From the Qualitative Research in Geography Specialty Group of Association of American Geographers

* Bobbi¡¦s Place: Qualitative Research ¡V kerlins.net/bobbi/research/qualresearch/
Contains resources for conducting qualitative inquiry including a bibliography
indexed by research genre and methodologies with references and links to
high quality web sites.

* International Institute for Qualitative Methodology - www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/
Resources area contains links to qualitative sites on the web.

* Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet ¡V www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/qualres.html
Provides links to Web pages, papers and other textual resources, journals and syllabi.

Journals about qualitative research methods: (*online only)
* International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2002-
* International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1999- less current year
* Social Research Update - www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sru/ 45 method topics

Books about qualitative research - go to The Source online catalog source.unco.edu/
Subject Headings search ¡§qualitative research¡¨
Words search ¡§qualitative and (research or analysis or study)¡¨

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Updated and links checked: 8/30/05