Most of the projects and online methodological resources produced under the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Researcher Development Initiative (RDI) are a great asset for social scientists, particularly those who are interested in e-research.
One of recently made available resources includes self-learning materials for those UK researchers who want to use international databases “The Linking International Macro and Micro Data”. Some of these materials are accessible for everyone (not databases however).
Other RDI projects and resources include:
- Training Researchers in Online Research Methods (TRI-ORM)
- Sociolinguistic Ethnography in a Changing Society
- Building Research Capacity in Social Work
- Writing Across Boundaries: Explorations in Research, Writing and Rhetoric in Qualitative Research
- Building Capacity in Visual Methods
- Geo-refer: Georeferencing Resources for Social Scientists
- Linking International Macro and Micro Data
- Live Sociology: Practising Social Research with New Media
- Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Science Researchers
- Managing Research Projects: Supporting Researchers in Collaborative Project Management
- Qualitative Data Analysis Skills for Social Researchers
- Tools and Training for Analysis of Multilevel Data with Missing Observations
- Training in Pragmatic Social Interventions: Problems, Promises and Protocols
Access to resources at: http://www.rdi.ac.uk