R. Lyle Skains 
Designing and Conducting Practice-Based Research Projects [PDF ebook] 
A Practical Guide for Arts Student Researchers

This is a textbook aimed primarily at upper undergraduate and Master’s students undertaking practice-based research in the arts, and includes practical guidance, examples, exercises, and further resources.The book offers definitions and a brief background to practice-related research in the arts, contextualization of practice-based methods within that frame, a step-by-step approach to designing practice-based research projects, chapter summaries, examples of practice-related research, exercises for progressing methods design and evaluating research approach, and lists for further reading. This textbook can serve as the foundation for a wider, online living textbook for practice-related research in the arts.