Research
This section of the guide contains OER for research.
These resources cover a range of areas including research methodologies, statistics and data analysis, research skills and supervision.
Research methods and skills
- Qualitative Research – a practical guide for health and social care researchers and practitioners by Darshini Ayton, Tess Tsindos and Danielle Berkovic (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices by Samara Rowling (2019) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Research Methods, Data Collection and Ethics by Valerie Sheppard (2020) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Action Research Handbook by Zabedia Nazim and Sowmya Venkat-Kishore is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Graduate Research Project Guide: Secondary Data Analysis by Sei-Young Lee and Siyon Rhee (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Searching for information
- From Search to Source: Finding Reliable Information by Southern Cross University Library (2025) is licensed under CC BY SA
Systematic searching
- Introducing scoping and systematic reviews by Erin Roga and Dr Karen Pruis (2025), Federation University Australia, is licensed under CC BY NC
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Research Skills for Postgraduate Study: A Library Primer by Catherine Doughty; Marcus Harvey; Peter Quin; and Philip Worthington (2025), Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, is licensed under CC BY NC
Statistics and data
- Statistics: Meaning from data by Nazim Khan (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- A Contemporary Approach to Research and Statistics in Psychology by Klaire Somoray (2024) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Statistics for Research Students by Erich Fein et al. (2022) is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Data Analysis in Medicine and Health using R by Kamarul Imran et al, (2022) is licensed under CC0 1.0
- Principles of Data Science (Multiple academic authors) (2024) licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Introduction to Python Programming (Multiple academic authors) (2024) licensed under CC BY 4.0
- The Most EXCELlent OER Spreadsheets Textbook Published (in 2025) by Marcus Lacher (2025), is licensed under CC BY NC SA
Teaching, learning and supervision
- Research and Writing Skills for Academic and Graduate Researchers by RMIT University Library (2022) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Confident Supervisors: Creating Independent Researchers by Susan Gasson, Jillian Blacker, Ian Stoodley, Abbe Winter and Christine Bruce (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning guide by Deakin Learning Futures and Deakin Library (2023) is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Graduate Research Project Guide by Dr. Sei-Young Lee and Dr. Siyon Rhee (2023) Rod Library University of Northern Iowa, is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0