Have a writing project that is languishing? Find practical tips for keeping it alive!

Find an 10-step process for using research cases to teach methods with learning activities for individual students, teams, or small groups. (Or use the approach yourself!)

Get ready for #AcWriMo! Find a checklist that will help you overcome obstacles that keep you from making progress with academic writing.

Ethnography involves the production of highly detailed accounts of how people in a social setting lead their lives, based on systematic and long-term observation of, and discussion with, those within the setting.

How can you create a culture of active learning and inquiry in your classroom?

Dr. Helen Kara and Dr. Janet Salmons discuss their experiences and strategies for planning and writing a new book edition.

Not all research involves words or numbers. Creative, visual, and arts-based methods are being used in new ways, in many fields of study. Find open-access examples in this post.

What is a “scholarly voice” and how do I develop it?

Organize your writing so reviewers understand what you are saying.

In this 2018 interview Dr. Benson Honig discusses ethical research conduct.

Learn how to find and and create reading lists in the SAGE Research Methods database.

Learn about the kinds of multidisciplinary and research-focused articles published in the Business & Society journal.

Qualitative online research methods continue to emerge and evolve. Learn more in this post.

In a new twist to diary and survey methods, researchers are using smartphone applications to collect data. Find an explanation and curated collection of open-access articles in this post.

Is it brilliant or crazy? It can be hard to know whether your new ideas make sense, so ask a trusted colleague for honest feedback. Find an example and tips in this post.

Find tips you can use to build a bridge between familiar methods and the new approaches you want to use in your study.

Tom Chatfield and Janet Salmons discuss critical and creative thinking in this updated post from the archives. Both kinds of thinking are crucial for research, especially when the study uses new methods.

Janet Salmons and Trena Paulus discuss trends in online qualitative research and their new books, Doing Qualitative Research Online and Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World.

Let’s define “emerging methods” and look at an example.

In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.