Boot Camp Program Digital Library

Recommended Reading/Reference List Resources

APA Journals and Book References:
  • Anderson, PV. (2018). Technical communcation: A reader centered approach. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
  • Silvia, PJ. (2007). How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Sword, H (2012). Stylish Acadeic Writing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univesity Press.
  • Murray, R and Moore, S (2006).The Handbook of Academic Writing: A Fresh Approach. New York.
  • Oppenheimer, D. M. (2006). Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity: Problems with using long words needlessly. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(2), 139–156.
  • Candlin, C (2016).Academic WritingStep-By-Step: A Research-based Approach. Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing Ltd.
Qualitative/ Mixed-Method Research Journals and Book References:
  • Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2018). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks,CA: SAGE Publications.
  • Creswell, J.W. & Poth, C.N. (2016). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
  • Durdella. N. (2019). Qualitative Dissertation Methodology: A Guide for Research Design and Methods. SAGE Publications.
  • Elliott, V. (2018). Thinking about the Coding Process in Qualitative Data Anyalsis. The Qualitative Report, 23(11), 2850-2861.
  • Raskind, I. G., Shelton, R. C., Comeau, D.L., Cooper, H. L. F., Griffith, D. M.,& Kegler, M. C. (2019). A Review of Qualitative Data Analysis Practices in Health Education and Health Behavior.
  • Research. Health Education & Behavior, 46(1), 32–39.
  • Leung L. (2015). Validity, reliability, and generalizability in qualitative research. Journal of family medicine and primary care, 4(3), 324–327. 
  • Maher, C., Hadfield, M., Hutchings, M., & de Eyto, A. (2018). Ensuring Rigor in Qualitative Data Analysis: A Design Researh Approach to Coding Combining NVivo With Traditional Material Methods. International Journal of QualitativeMethods.
  • Mihas, P. (2019). Qualitative Data Analysis. Oxford Research Encyclopedia.
  • Watkins, D. C. (2017). Rapid and Rigorous 
    Qualitative Data Analysis: The “RADaR” Technique for Applied Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 
Quantitative Research Journals and Books References:
  • Albers, M.J. (2017). Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis in the Behavioral and Social Sciences. John Wiley & Sons
  • Brenner, P.S. (2020). Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications. Springer Publications.
  • Machi, L.A. & McEvoy, B.T. (2016). The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success. SAGE Publications. 
  • Martinson, D. G. (2018). Quantitative Methods of Data Analysis for the Physical Sciences and Engineering. Columbia University Press.
  • Snyder, H. (2019). Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines. Journal of Business Research, 104, 333-339.
  • Xiao, Y., & Watson, M. (2017). Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39, 0739456X1772397.