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Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: Database Search & Evaluation

Learn how to effectively search and evaluate qualitative methods in social science databases like CSA Social Science, Scopus, and Web of Science. Discover features, tips, and examples for efficient searches.

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Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: Database Search & Evaluation

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  1. Programme DJF course:How to search and evaluate information on qualitative methods in selected social science databases Filip Krusesenior advisor, subject specialist social sciences

  2. Selected databases: • Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) - Social Science contents: bibliographies, collections of full-text journals, selected websites and more • Scopus – collection of full-text journals, abstracts and citations, selected websites and more • Web of Science (WoS) - Social Science Citation Index: bibliography of journal articles, founded on citation analyses

  3. The selected bases - some features of interest: • CSA-Social Science: thesaurus, sort options, mail, search alerts • Scopus: no thesaurus, but sort, mail and alert options • Web of Science: no thesaurus, but citation alert, advanced sort options, related articles

  4. Some examples: • How to do a broad search for a specific subject or topic: how are case studies, interviews and story telling related in qualitative methodology? • How to search for a specific journal article: Denzin or perhaps Densin and the title is something about an elephant… and it is about evidence-based research

  5. Other relevant databases… • International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences • Encyclopedia of Social Measurement • Some examples… • See also separate list

  6. To sum up: • Use the database’s tech-facilities, in combination with • Your professional knowledge of the subject • Check for related terms in the presentation of the document • If too few hits, try more general search terms • Use the personalization options

  7. And who was the teacher? • Education: cand. rer. soc. (economics and social science) cand. mag. (communication) • Lecturer • Gast-Dozent FHSS, Berlin • Social researcher, Aarhus Kommune, Aarhus Amt • Areas of research: welfare studies: the elderly, social psychiatry, user field studies, evaluation projects, usability studies etc. • Consultant • Senior Advisor, State and University Library

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