A very useful website based on Clive Seale’s edited book Researching Society and Culture is: www.rscbook.co.uk

Social Theory Research Network (European Sociological Association)
www.social-theory.eu

Social Theory Pages
www.socialtheory.info

e-Source: Chapter 3 on ‘Theory development’ by Stephen Turner
www.esourceresearch.org

Social theory and the study of popular culture
www.theory.org.uk
www.groundedtheory.com/
http://sbs.ucsf.edu/medsoc/anselmstrauss

This link gives you a basic understanding of content analysis:
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=17

For a helpful discussion on the uses and limits of interview data, go to Sage Methodspace at:

http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/epoche-bracketing-and-mind?commentId=2289984%3AComment%3A104728

For a useful online discussion of appropriate sample size in studies using qualitative interviews, go to:

http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/sample-size-and-number-of

For a useful online discussion of appropriate sample size in studies using qualitative interviews, go to:

http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/sample-size-and-number-of

www.groundedtheory.com/
http://sbs.ucsf.edu/medsoc/anselmstrauss

In this podcast interview, we learn how one researcher has used narrative analysis
http://www.ipp-shr.cqu.edu.au/podcasts/?id=10&podcastType=1

For a useful set of introductory notes on the analysis of visual data presented by Dr. Christine Rivers, Surrey University, go to:

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology/research/researchcentres

This Sage Methodspace discussion is about how to assess quality in qualitative research:

http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/qualitative-research-vs

For online papers on reporting and evaluating qualitative research, go to:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/cree/resources/p59_s.pdf

and:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1089058/pdf/hsresearch00022-0076.pdf

In 2003, the UK government set up a working party to report on how to judge the quality of qualitative research. For its findings go to:
http://resources.civilservice.gov.uk

For a template for recording literature searches, go to:
http://www.scu.edu.au/omyr/

For some short tips on literature reviews go to:
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/psych/RTrek/study_notes/web/sn9.htm

For a helpful online forum on templates for writing literature reviews, visit:
http://www.methodspace.com/forum/topics/literature-review-1

This website gives you many links to tips on good social science writing

http://www.abacon.com/compsite/subjects/ssciences.html

These are short piece about presenting your research to different audiences:

http://www.vitae.ac.uk/researchers/1297/Presenting-your-research-.html

http://www.biad.bcu.ac.uk/research/rti/rtrc/pdfArchive/PRF01.PDF

http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~newhall/presentation.html

Below is a link to a short piece which offers tips on successful PhD vivas:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/studentships/633/ten-tips-for-getting-through-your-phd-viva

In the piece below, you can read stories of what happened to various students at their viva:

http://phd-viva.com/

These links give you guidance on how to prepare for your viva:

http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool/training/resources/viva

http://www.soas.ac.uk/research/rsp/resources/preparingviva/file45253.pdf