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SAGE Introduces SAGE Research Methods Online

The launch this month follows a beta period, allowing 3 months of free access to a test version of the product for potential subscribers. During the beta more than 19,000 individuals and more than 550 institutions registered for access, with several sales made globally prerelease.

“SRMO takes SAGE’s legacy of Research Methods publishing into the future, using new technology to provide a tool to support the research process on a global scale,” said Ziyad Marar, global publishing director, SAGE. “Onto a core base of content, SAGE has developed new, innovative functionality to support students and scholars as they tackle questions around methods concepts, research design and the use and application of methods in their research.”

More than 120,000 pages of SAGE’s book and reference material on research methods are available through SRMO. Key tools include a visual ‘methods map’, enabling exploration of the connections between more than 1,400 unique methods, theories, and terms; and the SRMO List function which enables users to store and share selected content.

Feedback during the beta period has been incorporated into the final product, including improved search results display; an enhanced Methods Map design; and simplified registration.

Source: SAGE