SOC 497: Sociology Senior Research Seminar

Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu with your research questions and/or to set up a meeting. During the semester I am available online from Monday through Friday. I do not engage in work emails outside of these days or holidays.

This guide will help you with your Research Seminar project:

1. Go to Online Library Access for help and instructions on accessing library databases, articles, and ebooks online

Literature Review & Proposal

• Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Subject Databases to find scholarly articles and ebooks
• Go to Find ebooks to find and browse scholarly ebooks
• Go to Find Datasets to identify datasets for your study (only if you want to use a dataset for your study design)
• Go to Analyze Your Articles to find key information in your scholarly articles
• ​Go to Use Your Sources for guidelines and instructions on using your sources to build your arguments and justifications for your study
• Go to Cite Your Sources for guidelines and templates on citing your sources
• Go to Write Your Literature Review & Proposal for guidelines on putting together each section of your literature review and proposal 

Research Paper

• Go to Start Finding Sources and Search Subject Databases to find scholarly articles and ebooks
• Go to Find ebooks to find and browse scholarly ebooks
• ​Go to Use Your Sources for guidelines and instructions on using your sources to build your arguments and conclusions about what your study findings mean
• Go to Cite Your Sources for guidelines and templates on citing your sources for your Bibliography
• Go to Write Your Research Paper for guidelines on putting together each section of your Research Paper

You cannot collect data or run analyses without Institutional Research Board (IRB) approval for any planned research involving human subjects. Go to the eResearch Regulatory Management Human Subjects application page and click on the Human Subjects Study Application button in the upper left margin to start a new application.

Office Of Research Help Guides

• Go to the Human Subjects Research page for more information about conducting human subjects research and the IRB application process
• Go to the PEERS Human Subjects module, required training for anyone doing human subject research
• Use the IRB Application Checklist and the Instructional and Step-by-Step Guides for IRB Applications to help you put together your IRB application

For questions regarding IRB application requirements (e.g., policy, procedure, science), contact IRB Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences, by email at irbhsbs@umich.edu or by phone at (734) 936-0933.