Where are we now? / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- How did we get there? / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- Expectations of research / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- The research field / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- The continuum of research engagement / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- Selecting a topic / Nicola Evans and Linda Edmunds -- Negotiating a proposal through gate-keeping committees / Davina Allen and Ben Hannigan -- Data generation / Ben Hannigan -- Researching practice, service delivery, and organization / Lisa Franklin and Chris Martinsen -- Researching your own clients/students / Lesley Lowes and Keith Weeks -- Relationship with the data (analysis) / Davina Allen and Patricia Lyne -- Relationship with multidisciplinary research teams / Sally Rees and Sue Bale -- Disseminating your research findings / Philip Satherley and Patricia Lyne.