Qualitative Research Home - Mega Sites

Compiled by Susan Hawes, PhD for the Clinical Psychology Department, Antioch New England. Last updated on 11/12/2006

Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet
Compiled by Ron Chenail at the site of The Qualitative Report (an online journal of qualitative research), this list is dedicated to providing researchers, clinicians, teachers, and students with on-line access to a collection of qualitative research sites and materials available through the World Wide Web. Papers, dissertations, and syllabi are just some of the useful materials that can be found in the Resources section.
The Qualitative Methods Workbook
“E-text” prepared for the college course, Qualitative Research Methods (PSY 405) at Shippensburg University. While the contents are copyrighted, they may be downloaded and hardcopied for educational and personal uses without permission, as long as the source is noted.
QualPage
Judy Norris: “QualPage was originally designed as a private repository of information for graduate students learning about qualitative data analysis software (QDAS). Originally a Gopher site, it evolved into a Web page around 1994. I had been giving guest lectures about QDAS in qualitative research courses at a time when the software developers began to develop Websites. Because the QDAS field was changing so rapidly, my class handout required constant revision. The advent of the Websites allowed me to simply link the sites along with other QDAS resources. QualPage could also serve as a future resource for the students; during their coursework few were at a stage in their thesis project to become serious about QDAS.”
Qualitative Research Resources by Don Ratcliff
This page includes: Notes for Five Part Seminar on Qualitative Research Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Sampling and Selection Part 3: Researcher Roles Part 4: Data Collection Part 5: Data Analysis; a Complete Text of Book Video and Audio Media in Qualitative Research; and the interesting, Additional Resources on Qualitative Research.
Social Sciences Virtual Library
This document keeps track of online information as part of The World-Wide Web Virtual Library. Sites are inspected and evaluated for their adequacy as information sources before they are linked from here.
Electronic Resources for Information on Research Methods
and on Qualitative Research Methods. A great deal of information is provided at these sites. Explore!

Last Updated: 4/10/09