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Article & Ebook Databases

The following databases contain both scholarly articles and ebooks that may be useful for your research. You can find a short description of each database below.

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central's Academic Complete collection contains over 207,000 multidisciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools and DRM-free chapter downloads.
ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center database of the U.S. Department of Education, contains citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals, as well as full text of more than 2,200 digests.
Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine This link opens in a new window
Use this database to find articles on: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full text scholarly database of 150 titles focused on the arts and humanities. The Arts & Sciences III collection includes articles from journals on the history and study of art and architecture, film studies, language and literature, music, folklore, performing arts, and religion.
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ProQuest Central contains ~30,000 journals across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, plus thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.
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From the National Institutes of Health, PubMed® comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

Research Guides

The SVA library has a number of additional related guides that may support you in your research:

Click here for the full list of research guides.

Ebooks

This is just a selection of ebooks that can be found in Ebook Central Academic Complete. Just log in with your SVA credentials to begin searching your topic!

Empowering Students As Self-Directed Learners of Qualitative Research Methods by Janet C. Richards (Volume Editor); Wolff-Michael Roth (Volume Editor)
Publication Date: 2019
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods by Steven J. Taylor; Robert Bogdan; Marjorie DeVault
Publication Date: 2015
Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research by National Research Council; Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Publication Date: 2003
Qualitative Research in Action by Tim May (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412932875
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Qualitative Research Methods for Psychologists by Constance T. Fischer (Editor)
ISBN: 9780080454122
Publication Date: 2011-04-28
Qualitative Research Methods in Mental Health and Psychotherapy by David Harper (Editor); Andrew R. Thompson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780470663738
Publication Date: 2011-07-25

Writing Resource Center

SVA Writing Resource Center
The Writing Resource Center at the SVA is here to support students in developing the skills they need to convey their ideas clearly, creatively, and analytically.

Books on the Shelves

Find the following books on the shelves at the Main Library and Library West. Or try your own search in the the library catalog here.

Basics of Qualitative Research by Anselm Strauss; Juliet Corbin
ISBN: 0803959397
Publication Date: 1998-09-29
How to Use Qualitative Methods in Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton
ISBN: 0803931298
Publication Date: 1987-12-01
Interviewing Users by Steve Portigal
ISBN: 9781933820118
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
Introduction to Art Therapy Research by Lynn Kapitan
ISBN: 9781138912847
Publication Date: 2017-08-10
Methods and Methodologies for Art Education by Sharon D. La Pierre (Editor); Enid Zimmerman (Editor)
ISBN: 0937652970
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Qualitative Research for Education by Robert Bogdan; Sari Biklen
ISBN: 0205482937
Publication Date: 2006-07-25

Streaming Videos

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
The following videos - and many others - can be found in the streaming video database Academic Video Online.

An Introduction to Qualitative Research
Jamie A. Dyce & Uzma Williams
The Practice of Member Review in Qualitative Research
Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis
Tips and Traps for Publishing Qualitative Research
Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis

Yale School of Medicine

In 2019, the Yale School of Medicine published The Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods, a series of six video modules led by Dr. Leslie Curry, PhD, MPS. Click here to for the full playlist on YouTube.

Articles

Here are some examples or articles that can be found in the library's online article databases mentioned in the "Article & Ebook databases" above.

How to Do Qualitative Research?: Qualitative Research Methods
Denny, E., & Weckesser, A. (2022). How to do qualitative research?: Qualitative research methods. Bjog, 129(7), 1166-1167. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17150
Improving Reporting on Qualitative Methods Used in the Development and Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Mental Health Concerns
Samuel, V., Arora, R., & Virk, P. (2022). Improving Reporting on Qualitative Methods Used in the Development and Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Mental Health Concerns. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 1+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A718246206/HRCA?u=nysl_me_sova&sid=bookmark-HRCA&xid=c0eaa39c
Qualitative Longitudinal Research in Health Research: A Method Study
Audulv, Ã., Hall, E. O. C., Kneck, Ã., Westergren, T., Fegran, L., Pedersen, M. K., Aagaard, H., Dam, K. L., & Ludvigsen, M. S. (2022). Qualitative longitudinal research in health research: a method study. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22(1), NA. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A720529796/HRCA?u=nysl_me_sova&sid=bookmark-HRCA&xid=25490d54
Qualitative Research Methods I: Emotionally Engaged Approaches to Working with Vulnerable Participants
Butcher, M. (2022). Qualitative research methods I: Emotionally engaged approaches to working with vulnerable participants. Progress in Human Geography, 46(3), 907-914. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325221083212
Templates in Qualitative Research Methods: Origins, Limitations, and New Directions
Köhler Tine, Smith, A., & Vikram, B. (2022). Templates in qualitative research methods: Origins, limitations, and new directions. Organizational Research Methods, 25(2), 183-210. doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/10944281211060710

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