Part 1 From ‘An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research’
1 Introduction
2 What is science? A brief philosophy of science
2.1 What is science?
2.2 Moving through the Science Cycle
4 Interdisciplinarity
7 The interdisciplinary research process
7.1 The IIS model of interdisciplinary research
7.2 Planning your research project
8 The problem
Step 1 Identify problem or topic
Step 2 Formulate preliminary research question
9 Theoretical framework and research question
Step 3 Develop theoretical framework
Step 4 Finalize research question
Step 5 Formulate sub-questions
10 How to collect and analyze your data
Step 6 Develop research methods and design
Step 7 Data collection and analysis
11 Discussion and conclusion(s)
Step 8 Interpret results, discuss research & draw conclusion(s)
References

Part 2 From ‘Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies’
1 Preparatory reading and searching
2 Gathering and organizing key information
3 Studying thoroughly and critically
4 From your topic to your question
5 Formulating a good question
6 A testable concept
7 Making a research instrument
8 Research practice
9 The structure of your article
10 Finishing your article: academic writing, titles, and abstracts
11 Citing sources and the bibliography
12 Preventing fraud and plagiarism

Appendices
Appendix A Sample literature review
Appendix B Sample research article