Center for Work, Technology and Organization (WTO)
http://www.stanford.edu/group/WTO/overview/welcome.shtml
WTO is "committed to basic and applied research that will help us better understand how work is changing and, hence, design more effective organizations and technologies."
International Centre for Research on Organizational Discourse, Strategy and Change (ICRODSC)
http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/icrodsc/
An international research center that focuses on cross-disciplinary organizational studies.
Language in the Workplace Project (LWP)
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/research/lwp/
A research group that studies and identifies the sociolinguistic features of workplace talk by analyzing the interactions in the workplace.
Palo Alto Research Center: Community Research Program
http://www.parc.xerox.com/research/subtheme.php?subtheme=Community
A research group that organizes projects which "develop components and applications to amplify knowledge creation, discovery and sharing in organizations."
Research Center for Group Dynamics (RCGD)
http://www.rcgd.isr.umich.edu/
RCGD "focuses on the individual in society, with interest in group processes and social cognition."
Santa Fe Institute (SFI)
http://www.santafe.edu/
SFI "is devoted to creating a new kind of scientific research community, one emphasizing multidisciplinary collaboration in pursuit of understanding the common themes that arise in natural, artificial, and social systems."
Internet Resources for Research Methodology
Qualitative Research
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/pract_res.html
"This page contains links to resources that explain the art of qualitative educational research: critiques, literature reviews, research design methodologies and other articles."
Qualitative Research (Kerlins.net)
http://kerlins.net/bobbi/research/qualresearch/
Offers a wealth of information about qualitative research, including an extensive bibliography, a list of glossaries, and discussions of methodologies and research software.
Quantitative Methods
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/quanmeth.html
A comprehensive list of resources for quantitative research.
Selecting Statistics
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/selstat/ssstart.htm
"An online statistical advisor! Answer the questions and it will lead you to an appropriate statistical test for your data."
StatPages.net
http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html
An extensive list of Web sites devoted to statistical research methods.
Research Methods Knowledge Base
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm
An online textbook that addresses various topics about social research, such as formulating research questions, sampling, measurement, research design, data analysis, and writing the research paper. Also covers major theoretical underpinnings of social research, and discusses the validity, reliability, and ethics of conducting research.
Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
A list of free resources for evaluating research and its methods.
Library Research Help
Library Navigator for Communication Research
http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/douglass/192_201/
Created by an academic librarian, this online tutorial discusses skills for conducting library research, preparing a literature review, writing a research paper, and quoting information sources in the APA citation style. The first three sections on the left panel are especially useful.
Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog
http://www.acts.twu.ca/lbr/preface.htm
An online textbook that explains the steps involved in the research process, such as what resources to use, how to evaluate information, how to organize notes, and how to write a research essay.