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Books and book chapters
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Bagnoli, A. (2008) 'Researching Identities with Multi-method Autobiographies' in B. Harrison (ed) Life Story Research, Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods, Vol. 3, pp. 422-443, London: Sage.
Clark, A (ed) (2007) Making Observations: Observation Methods for Gerontology. Centre for Policy on Ageing / The Open University, London.
Emmel ND and Hughes K (2009) 'Small –N access cases to refine theories of social exclusion and access to socially excluded individuals and groups' in Byrne D and Ragin C (eds) Sage handbook of Case-Centred Methods, London:Sage (forthcoming)
Irwin, S (2008) 'Data analysis and interpretation: emergent issues in linking qualitative and quantitative evidence' in Hesse-Biber, S. and Leavy, P. (eds) Handbook of Emergent Methods in Social Research, New York: Guilford Publications.
Mason, J. (2007) 'Mixing Methods in a qualitatively-driven way' in A. Bryman (ed) Qualitative Research 2, London: Sage.
Prosser, J, and Burke, C (2007) 'Childlike perspectives through image-based educational research' in: J. G. Knowles, A. Cole (eds) Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research: Perspectives, Methodologies, Examples and Issues. Oxford University Press, pp 407-421
Prosser, J (2006) 'What Constitutes an Image-based Methodology?' Hamilton, P. (ed) Visual Research Methods. Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series. Sage. London.
Prosser, J. and Schwartz, D. (2006) Photographs and Sociological Research. Hamilton, P (ed), Visual Research Methods. Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series. London: Sage, pp 133-154.
