Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research offers comprehensive treatment of the interdisciplinary research process commonly used by interdisciplinarians. This concise and guided resource on the most commonly accepted interdisciplinary studies principles as applied to the research process covers topics such as: deciding how to choose disciplines relevant to the problem or topic; dealing with disciplinary and ideological bias; and, making explicit the rationale for taking an interdisciplinary approach, and choosing research methods appropriate to the problem or topic.