A practical guide to a range of methods that can supplement and, at times, even replace conventional social research.

Allan Kellehear is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Preface
1 Unobtrusive methods: an introduction
2 Principles of research design
3 Principles of pattern recognition
4 The written record
5 The audio-visual record
6 Material culture
7 Simple observation
8 Hardware and software
A parting note
Bibliography
Index