STM publisher SAGE, US, has announced that 14 experts from across the world in social and behavioural research methods have joined the editorial board of SAGE Research Methods Online (SRMO). To be launched in 2011, SRMO is an online research tool that seeks to support researchers and students with their selection and understanding of research methods in the social and behavioural sciences. Providing global advisory support during development, the editorial board will engage with various aspects of the product’s design, functionality and content.
The board members are: Alan Bryman, University of Leicester; Arlene Fink, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Graham Crow, University of Southampton; Jason W. Osborne, North Carolina State University; Janet Salmons, Capella University; John Creswell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; John Scott, University of Plymouth; Jörg Blasius, Universität Bonn; Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa; Neil Salkind, University of Kansas; Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey; Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey; Paul Atkinson, Cardiff University; and Stewart Donaldson, Claremont Graduate University.
At launch SRMO will contain over 100,000 pages of Sage’s book and reference material on research methods, enhanced with editorially selected material from Sage journals. Delivered to its users through a semantic search tool, content within SRMO will be discovered at the chapter level or reference entry. It will be supported with a browsing tool to allow its users to explore related material hosted within the product.
Other core features within the product will include a visual ‘methods map’ exploring connections between more than 2,000 methods, theories and terms; and a ‘methods lists’ function, which will enable users to store and share selected content.
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