Designed for serious, practicing researchers in all of the disciplines that conduct empirical investigations into the human condition, this annotated guide to 2,259 journal articles and 401 books is devoted exclusively to the process of conducting scientific research. The purpose of this volume is to increase the methodological options available to these researchers. The book encompasses 78 discrete topics, covering every aspect of the research process, from problem formulation to publication. The articles and books selected come from a total of 224 different journals and 114 different publishers serving such disparate disciplines as psychology, medicine, education, sociology, nursing, political science, demography, economics, and market research.