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Welcome
Welcome! This guide is intended to help you navigate the world of social science literature so that you can join the scholarly conversation with your own original research. Your research will "speak" to the current literature (for example, by offering a new example of a trend or idea or attempting to refute current assumptions), and you will need to be selective about which literature you choose for that conversation. After all, you can't talk to everyone!
This LibGuide is definitely a work in progress, so if you find that you need something that is not here, please don't hesitate to inquire. I will be happy to add your suggestions!
Research is messy, and you will have many false starts. But I am confident you can do this. Please remember to use me as a resource. Contact me to set up an appointment or we can chat over email, Gchat (now Google Hangouts), or Zoom. Be in touch.
Links to Tools
- QualtricsAvailable to Trinity faculty, staff, and students. Qualtrics is a respected and powerful web-based survey system for building and distributing surveys for research. It also includes sophisticated data analysis tools for sifting through survey results. To use Qualtrics, you will need to register for an account through Trinity's subscription. Click the link to start.
- NVivo [currently NVivo 11 Pro]NVivo is qualitative data analysis software produced by QSR International and designed for qualitative researchers working with rich text-based and/or multimedia information for which deep levels of analysis on volumes of data are required. This software will allow individuals to import and analyze images, video, emails, spreadsheets, online surveys, web data, and information from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as imported survey data from Qualtrics.
This software can be installed on personal or Trinity-owned devices.
*Current Trinity students can visit the Student Computer Service Center (3rd floor of Coates Library) to have NVivo installed on their computer.
*Faculty and staff can contact the ITS HelpDesk at x7409 to request installation on your Trinity-owned or personal computer.