Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Context for Researching Health

National Research Register: The National Research Register provides records of ongoing or completed projects funded by, or of interest to, the UK's National Health Service.

http://www.nrr.nhs.uk/search.htm

Chapter 2 - Competing Paradigms and Health Research

Current Controlled Trials: The website allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials.

http://www.controlled-trials.com/

Research Methods Knowledge Base: This site provides an account of quasi-experimental methods, written by an expert in quasi-experimental research methods.

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/

Qualpage: This website contains many resources related to qualitative research and is regularly updated with the latest information. It has a broad range of news and links so that you can find a range of information related to qualitative research.

http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/

Chapter 3 - Doing a Literature Review in Health

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination: The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) undertakes reviews of reNational Research Register: The National Research Register provides records of ongoing or completed projects funded by, or of interest to, the UK's National Health Service. search about the effects of interventions used in health and social care and is a useful source of information.

http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/

The UK Cochrane Centre: The UK Cochrane Centre was established 'to facilitate and co-ordinate the preparation and maintenance of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health care' and has a searchable database of examples of reviews.

http://www.cochrane.co.uk/en/index.htm

COPAC: Copac provides free access to over 31 million records representing the merged holdings of 27 Consortium of Research Libraries member institutions. This includes the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru.

http:// www.copac.ac.uk

Chapter 4 - Using Documents in Health Research

Mass Observation Archive (University of Sussex Library). A collection of about 500 men and women’s personal diaries mainly written between 1939 and 1945. No special instructions were given to diarists, and consequently the diaries vary considerably in style and content.

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/massobs/diaries_1939-65.html

Finding Diaries (Penn Library). This subject guide assists with the finding of diaries in the US Penn Library collections, published and unpublished personal writings at other libraries and archives, and books about diaries and personal writings as a genre.

http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/general/diaries.html

DIPEx: DIPEx shows you a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness. You can watch, listen to or read their interviews, find reliable information on treatment choices and where to find support.

http://www.dipex.org

Chapter 5 - Unstructured Interviews and Health Research

Qualpage: This website contains many resources related to qualitative research and is regularly updated with the latest information. It has a broad range of news and links so that you can find a range of information related to qualitative research.

http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/

SOSIG Qualitative Methods Gateway: Intute: Research Tools and Methods provides free access to a range of high quality resources on the Internet.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/researchtools/

Chapter 6 - Participant Observation in Health Research

Qualpage: This website has many resources about qualitative research and is regularly updated with the newest information. It has broad range of news and links so that you can find any information you want related to qualitative research.

http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/

SOSIG Qualitative Methods Gateway: Intute: Research Tools and Methods provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/researchtools/

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI): The SSSI is an international social science professional organization of scholars interested in qualitative, especially interactionist, research. This links to its homepage.

http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/

Chapter 7 - The Use of Focus Groups in Research into Health

Ipsos-mori is a large private sector research agency. It makes wide use of focus groups in research and various studies are available on its website.

www.ipsos-mori.com/sri/index.shtml

Chapter 8 - Action Research and Health

Collaborative Action Research Network: CARN aims to encourage and support action research projects (personal, local, national and international), accessible accounts of action research projects, and contributions to the theory and methodology of action research. The website should be useful to obtain examples ‘real life’ action research projects.

http://www.did.stu.mmu.ac.uk/carn/

Action Research Resources (Southern Cross University): This is the “front page” of a substantial action research site. The links on the page take you to various resources which will assists with action research projects.

http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html

Chapter 9 - Health Research Sampling Methods

Sample Size and Confidence Indicator Calculator: This calculator from Pearson Education will help you answer two questions.

1. How many completed surveys do I need to have a reasonably accurate view of the entire population?

2. How confident can I be that the information I collected is representative?

http://survey.pearsonncs.com/sample-calc.htm

Chapter 10 - Quantitative Survey Methods in Health Research

Guide to Survey Design: This website features a tutorial that will teach you how to conduct a survey and design a questionnaire.

http://www.statpac.com/surveys/index.htm

Chapter 11 - Statistical Methods for Health Data Analysis

DASL (Data and Story Library): DASL (pronounced "dazzle") is an online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. It provides data from a wide variety of topics with real-world examples.

http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/DataArchive.html

DASL (Data and Story Library):

http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/DataArchive.html

For free textbook chapters and Flash animations discussing statistical methods and the use of SPSS:

http://ftp2.arts.unsw.edu.au/argyrous/

Data set for Chapter 11:

http://ftp2.arts.unsw.edu.au/argyrous/otherdatasets/chapter11.htm.

Statistical Programs:

http://statistics.com/content/commsoft/fulllist.php3
http://freestatistics.altervista.org/stat.php
http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javasta2.html
http://www.openepi.com

Chapter 12 - Randomized Controlled Trials

The UK Cochrane Centre: The UK Cochrane Centre was established 'to facilitate and co-ordinate the preparation and maintenance of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of health care'. The website provides access to examples of trials undertaken.

http://www.cochrane.co.uk/en/index.htm

Current Controlled Trials: The website allows users to search, register and share information about randomised controlled trials.

http://www.controlled-trials.com/

Chapter 13 - Experimental Methods in Health Research

Quasi-Experimental Research: This site provides an account of quasi-experimental methods, written by an expert in quasi-experimental research methods.

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/

Chapter 14 - The Use of Economics in Health Research

The Office of Health Economics: This website links to the Office of Health Economics' interactive e_source 'The Economics of Health Care'. It is aimed at post-16 students of economic courses, although it contains much that should also be of interest to anyone wishing to understand the basic principles of health care economics.

http://www.oheschools.org/

NICE: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence produces guidance on public health, health technologies and clinical practice. It aims to ensure that the promotion of good health and patient care in local health communities is in line with the best available evidence of effectiveness and cost effectiveness. This website gives examples of economic evaluation in the ‘real world’.

http://www.nice.org.uk

Chapter 15 - Governance and Ethics in Health Research

Central Office for Research Ethics Committees: The Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC) is part of the National Patient Safety Agency and provides help and leadership for NHS Research Ethics Committees and the REC system by co-ordinating the development of operational and infrastructure arrangements in support of their work. The website gives further details about the process of gaining ethical approval.

http://www.corec.org.uk/

Research Governance: This link to the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care, which sets out the broad principles of good research governance.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/

Consent in Research: The Department of Health set up the Good Practice in Consent initiative and enlisted an advisory group made up of patient representatives, carers, clinicians, academics and NHS managers. This link provides an overview of consent in NHS research.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/Consent/fs/en

Chapter 16 - Mixed Methods and Multidisciplinary Research in Health Care

National Research Register: The National Research Register provides records of ongoing or completed projects funded by, or of interest to, the UK's National Health Service.

http://www.nrr.nhs.uk/search.htm

Involve: INVOLVE is a national advisory Group, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, which aims to promote and support active public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. The website contains publications and a searchable database of research projects which have actively involved members of the public as partners in the research process.

http://www.invo.org.uk/

Chapter 17 - Researching Orthodox and Complementary and Alternative Medicine

National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the US Government's lead agency for scientific research on CAM. The website has information on clinical trials and research on CAM.

http://nccam.nih.gov/

Research Council for Complementary Medicine: The aim of the RCCM is to develop and extend the evidence base for CAM in order to provide practitioners and their patients with information about the effectiveness of individual therapies and the treatment of specific conditions.

http://www.rccm.org.uk

Chapter 18 - Researching the Health of Ethnic Minority Groups

Ethnicity and Health Specialist Library: The Library has attempted to select the best available evidence relevant to minority ethnic groups and cultures present in Britain in significant numbers in a searchable database.

http://www.library.nhs.uk/ethnicity/

Online Course: This a link to an educational resource about transcultural health care practice.

http://www.rcn.org.uk/Resources/Transcultural/Index.php

Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations: The link to the Resources Centre at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations provides access to a wealth of grey literature on the subject of ethnic relations including pamphlets and reports, periodicals such as New Community and Ethnic Minorities Health, newspaper titles such as The Voice, Caribbean Times and Q-News and press cuttings. It is open to the public for reference use. Many of the Resources Centre's holdings are indexed on a database which allows citations to be searched over the internet.

http://www.warwick.ac.uk/CRER/resources.html

Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity: The UK Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity (CEEHD) supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research in the field of ethnicity and health, working with Trusts, community groups and other academic centres. The website contains datasets and links to a number of ongoing and completed research projects in the field of minority ethnic health.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/csri/ethnicityhealth/

Chapter 19 - Involving the Consumer in Health Research

Involve: INVOLVE is a national advisory Group, funded by the National Institute for Health Research, which aims to promote and support active public involvement in NHS, public health and social care research. The website contains publications and a searchable database of research projects which have actively involved members of the public as partners in the research process.

http://www.invo.org.uk/

DIPEx: DIPEx shows you a wide variety of personal experiences of health and illness. You can watch, listen to or read their interviews, find reliable information on treatment choices and where to find support. The website is useful for gaining an insight into consumers of health.

http://www.dipex.org

Chapter 20 - Comparative Health Research

World Health Organization: The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations specialized agency for health. This website contains a link to research tools, which includes a library database of WHO publications.

http://www.who.int/en/

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development: The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries and economies, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.

http://www.oecd.org

International Health Research Group: This website contains information about international research projects.

http://www.liv.ac.uk/lstm/research/InternationalHealthResearch.htm

Chapter 21 - Writing Up Health Research and Getting Published

National Research Register: The National Research Register provides records of ongoing or completed projects funded by, or of interest to, the UK's National Health Service.

http://www.nrr.nhs.uk/search.htm

Economic and Social Research Council: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. It aims to provide high quality research on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government. This website provides information on research projects that have been, and are currently being, undertaken.

http://www.esrc.ac.uk

Getting dissertations published:

http://www.ethos.ac.uk;
http://www.dissertation.com