research resources

This part of the website is designed to help you find and evaluate research and contains the following sections:

finding research

• an introductory guide to finding research
• key resources
• broadening your search
• guidelines on how to conduct a literature search
• frequesntly asked research questions

accessing research

suggestions on where to locate research materials

evaluating research

• an introductory guide to evaluating research
• a framework for evaluating qualitative research
• a framework for evaluating a systematic review or meta-analysis

research governance

• research governance in the context of the new children's services
• key aspects of research governance procedures
• issues of child involvement in research

glossary of research terms

links you to a list of key research terms

key journals

learning links

links to other websites concerned with learning and development for evidence-informed practice

If you are part of the research in practice network and if there are other research resources that you would like to suggest please e-mail susannah@rip.org.uk