This guide is meant to help seniors and rising juniors of any major through any stage of the thesis-writing process. Kate Barrett BC '20 shares tips for cultivating a successful and organized thesis throughout a semester or a year, from the initial generation of a topic to the final bibliography. Additionally, this guide provides insight into time management skills, research tools, and stress management strategies for alleviating stress and increasing clarity around the project.
Designed as a tool to support students of the humanities and social sciences, AM Research Methods introduces the key approaches to working with source materials and historical evidence. Nearly 200 hundred essays, videos, 'How to' guides and case studies by subject specialists which answer all of your questions about working with primary sources. From guidance on where you can find historical documents, to the questions you might want to pose and how best to approach analyzing the content they hold, this platform gathers together practical advice and instruction from experts working around the world.
Here are some of the modules you might find helpful.
SAGE Research Methods provides a comprehensive picture of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioral sciences. It includes more than 100,000 pages of SAGE book and reference material on research methods as well as selected material from SAGE journals.
Here are some of the modules you might find helpful.
The Project Planner (2023) is a modular tool developed to guide someone through various stages in social science research. It includes various content types, including definitions, questions for reflection, links to related resources, videos from research practitioners, checklists, etc. The Research Design and Research Ethics modules might be of particular interest.
The Craft of Research by 
Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-Glut by