Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.

Introduction: How to Use This Book -- Part I. Getting Started. 1. The Enquiring Mind in Action -- 2. Starting Research -- 3. Good Research: The Essentials -- 4. Carrying Out Research for a Project or Dissertation -- 5. Research Paradigms, Theorising and Conceptual Frameworks -- 6. Writing a Research Proposal -- 7. Carrying Out a Literature Review: Engaging with the Literature -- 8. Research Methodology and Methods -- 9. Finding and Using Sources -- 10. Using the Internet for Research -- 11. Quantitative Methods in Action: Questionnaires, Observation -- 12. Qualitative Methods in Action -- 13. Varieties of Research: Practitioner-Based and Action Research, Phenomenography and Ethnography, and other Real-World Research -- Part II. Managing People and Processes. 14. Collecting, Selecting, Organising and Analysing Data, Interpretation -- 15. Managing Your Tutor or Supervisor -- 16. Managing Your Time, Life, Paid Work and Research -- 17. Putting Ethics into Practice -- Part III. Difference, Writing and Moving On. 18. International Students -- 19. Researching and Writing in Different Disciplines -- 20. Developing Good Writing Habits -- 21. Writing Well, in the Right Shapes and Forms: the Authority of Your Research and Your Writing -- 22. Maintaining Momentum: Overcoming Difficulties with Time, Writing, the Project and the Research Processes -- 23. What Do Examiners Look For? What Do Employers Look For? And How to Ensure Your Work Matches Their Expectations.

A practical, research-informed text providing student researchers with models, tasks and activities to enable them to think through, plan, action, write up and present their research.