SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new windowDatabase provides research tools, books, and journals to help users learn research methods including how to plan and conduct a research project. This resource provides access to Little Green Books (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences - QASS) and Little Blue Books (Qualitative Research Methods). Topics include but are not limited to: statistical analysis, qualitative methods, text mining, data management, data visualization, and programming skills (python, R).