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Learn how to design, conduct, and report research using a variety of methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, surveys, interviews, etc.)

The Political Science Student Writer's Manual by Gregory M. Scott
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2017 (8th edition)
"...includes effective style and grammar guides alongside clear coverage of argumentation, research, and citation to explain and illustrate the purpose and characteristics of papers across political science subfields."
For how to write a literature review, see Section 6.4 page 120+
Research Methods for Political Science by David E. McNabb
Call Number: Davis Family Library JA71.5 .M34 2010
Publication Date: 2010
Political Science Research Methods by Janet Buttolph Johnson; H. T. Reynolds
Call Number: Davis Family Library JA71 .J55 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Includes: case studies; guidance on how to develop research questions; steps for doing a literature review; how to do content analysis; descriptive and inferential statistics; an annotated research article; and much more.
The Craft of Political Research by W. Phillips Shively
Call Number: Davis Family Library JA71 .S45 2005
Publication Date: 2005
Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science by Stephen Van Evera
Call Number: Davis Family Library JA71 .V3 1997
Specifically recommended by the IPE program for its thesis writers.