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Qualitative Research Overview

Choosing a Method for Collecting Qualitative Data (Duke University Libraries)
Chart with Advantages and Challenges

Concept Mapping:

"Concept mapping is a technique for representing a set of concept meanings that are unique to a specific subject. These concept meanings are pictorially arranged on a map that consists of a network of nodes and links. The concept meanings are placed in the nodes while words to describe the relationship between nodes are placed on the links." (Definition from Encyclopedia of Case Study Research)

Literature Review: Concept Mapping
Provides examples of tools for creating concept maps. University of Michigan Libraries.

Understanding Literature Reviews

Explore the journals and article database sources under the Peer-Reviewed Journal tab for developing your literature review.

Evaluate your sources using SIFT and SCARAB Methods (Evaluating Sources, McHenry County College) along with using lateral reading for web site content.

Literature reviews
Western Sydney University
The Literature Review
University of Southern California Libraries

Reading Research Articles

See How to Read and Comprehend Scientific Research Articles (video) by University of Minnesota Libraries and Anatomy of a Research Article (pdf) by Mohawk Valley Community College, NY.

Coding Data

Analysis and Coding Example- Qualitative Data
Provides an overview of data coding.National University.
Chapter 21: Qualitative Coding
Social Data Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches by Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur and Roger Clark, Rhode Island College
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research by Johnny Saldana
See section on Codes and Coding - Process Coding.

Ebsco search for Communication/Media Studies
Search across the following databases: Communication & Mass Media Complete; Academic Search Premier; MLA International Bibliography; Humanities International Complete; and SocINDEX with Full Text.
- Click on Choose Databases (above the search boxes) to change the databases being searched.
- Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals under Limit your results.
- Selected Journals:
  - Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications
  - Journal of Advertising

Sage Journals Online
Selected Journals:
- Psychology of Music
APA PsycNet
APA PsycNet searches across both APA PsycInfo and APA PsycArticles.
- APA PsycInfo contains indexing and abstracts for over 3 million articles. Most covered materials are from peer-reviewed publications.
- APA PsycArticles covers general psychology and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research from 1894 to the present. The database contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association and allied organizations. It includes all articles, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal.
Science Direct
Project MUSE
Taylor & Francis Group Journals Online
Selected Journals:
Google Scholar
- Click on the Full-Text@Emmanuel at the right of articles or the more option below the item record.
- Search for the journal title using the A-Z Journals by Title list to verify the journals peer-reviewed status.

Trade/Popular Magazines

Newspapers (see Newspaper Guide for further sources)

Los Angeles Times

New York Times - Academic Pass
- I'm a new subscriber, how do I register for a New York Times Academic Pass?
Use the TimesMachine site to explore over 150 years of Times journalism, as it originally appeared.
New York Times publications
Searches across New York Times, Late Edition, New York Times (Online), New York Times International, New York Times Español, New York Times Magazine, New York Times (video), New York Times Book Review, and The Daily (podcast). Filter results by Publication Title to limit to a specific title.
Washington Post (1996-present)
Wall Street Journal
Searches the Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition, Wall Street Journal (Online), and WSJ : the Magazine from the Wall Street.

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