Kurslitteratur
- Creswell, J.W. (2009). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rd ed. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Myers, M.D. & Avison, D. (2002). Qualitative Research in Information Systems. London: Sage Publications Ltd. (312 p) selected chapters.
Vetenskapsteoretisk grundsyn
- Creswell, J.W. (2009), Kapitel 1
- Myers, M.D. & Avison, D. (2002), Kapitel 1
- Nissen, H-E (1998). Quo vadis: Scandinavian Information Systems Development Research? (comment to Iivari, J. and Lyytinen, K. Research on Information Systems Development in Scandinavia – Unity in Plurality). Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, 10(1&2), 193-204.
- Orlikowski, W.J., and Baroudi, J.J. (1991). Studying Information Technology in Organizations: Research Approaches and Assumptions, Information Systems Research, 2(1), 1-28 (chapter 4 of Myers & Avison, 2002).
- Hirschheim, R. & Klein, H.K. (2010). A Short and Glorious History of the Information System Field.
- Mansour, O. & Ghazawneh, A. (2009). Research in Information Systems: Implications of the constant changing nature of IT in the social computing era.
- Haftor, D., Kajtazi, M. & Mirijamdotter, A. (2010). Research and Practice Agenda of Industrial e-Maintenance: Information Logistics as a Driver for Development.
Planera forskningsprojekt och skriva forskningsplan
- Creswell, J.W. (2009), Kapitel 2-7
- Webster & Watson (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: writing a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 26(2), xiii-xxiii.
- Mumford, E. (2006). Researching people problems: some advice to a student. Information Systems Journal, 16, 383–389.
- Sandberg, J. & Alvesson, M. (2010). Ways of constructing research questions: gap-spotting or problematization?
Referenshantering
- Guide to the Harvard Style of Referencing (2012). University Library, Anglia Ruskin University.
- Kock, N. & Davison, R. (2003). Dealing with Plagiarism in the Information Systems Research Community: A Look at Factors that drive Plagiarism and Ways to Address Them. MIS Quarterly, 27(4), 511-532.
- Collberg, C. & Kobourov, S. (2005). Self-plagiarism in Computer Science. Communications of the ACM, 48(4), 88-94.
- Saunders, C. (2006). When Is Enough, Enough? MIS Quarterly, 30(4), iii-vii.
Val av metodansatser
- Creswell, J.W. (2009), Kapitel 8-10
a) Fallstudier
- Benbasat, I., Goldstein, D.K., and Mead, M. (1987). The Case Research Strategy in Studies of Information Systems, MIS Quarterly, 11(3), 369-386 (chapter 5 of Myers & Avison, 2002).
- Walsham G. (1995). Interpretive case studies in IS research: nature and method. European Journal of Information Systems, 4, 74-81.
b) Aktionsforskning
- Baskerville, R., and Myers, M.D. (2004). Special Issue on Action Research in Information Systems: Making IS Research Relevant to Practice-Foreword. MIS Quarterly, 28(3), 329-335.
- Baskerville, R. and Wood-Harper, A.T. (1996). A critical perspective on action research as a method for information systems research. Journal of Information Technology, 11, 235-246.
- Checkland, P. B., and Holwell, S. (1998). Action research: Its nature and validity. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 11(1), 9-21
c) Design science
- Hevner, A.R., March, S.T., Park, J., and Ram, S. (2004). Design science in information systems research. MIS Quarterly, 28(1), 75-105.
- March, S. and Storey, V. (2008). Design science in Information Systems Discipline: an introduction to the special issue on design science research. MIS Quarterly, 32(4), 725-730.
- Winter, R. (2008). Design Science in Europe. European Journal of Information Systems, 17, 470-475
d) Fältstudier
- Klein, H. and Myers, M. (1999). A set of principles for conducting and evaluating interpretive field studies in Information Systems. MIS Quarterly, 23(1), 67-94.