Melissa Gross is an Associate Professor in the College of Information at the Florida State University. She received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and was voted Outstanding Faculty Member for 2002-2003.

Gross lays out her investigative processes and discusses the concerns that researchers have when studying children's queries and information-seeking behaviors. She also shares her research questions, methodological issues, and data gathering techniques.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Children and ResearchChapter 4 2. Children in the LibraryChapter 5 3. Studying Children's Questions at SchoolChapter 6 4. Understanding Children's Questions and Information-Seeking BehaviorChapter 7 5. Next StepsPart 8 Appendix A: Human Subject Forms FlyerPart 9 Appendix B: Coding Sheet for Self-Generated and Imposed QueriesPart 10 Appendix C: Interview Guides for Students, Teachers, and School Library Media SpecialistsPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author

Melissa Gross is an Associate Professor in the College of Information at the Florida State University. She received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and was voted Outstanding Faculty Member for 2002-2003.

Gross lays out her investigative processes and discusses the concerns that researchers have when studying children's queries and information-seeking behaviors. She also shares her research questions, methodological issues, and data gathering techniques.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Children and ResearchChapter 4 2. Children in the LibraryChapter 5 3. Studying Children's Questions at SchoolChapter 6 4. Understanding Children's Questions and Information-Seeking BehaviorChapter 7 5. Next StepsPart 8 Appendix A: Human Subject Forms FlyerPart 9 Appendix B: Coding Sheet for Self-Generated and Imposed QueriesPart 10 Appendix C: Interview Guides for Students, Teachers, and School Library Media SpecialistsPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author

Melissa Gross is an Associate Professor in the College of Information at the Florida State University. She received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and was voted Outstanding Faculty Member for 2002-2003.

Gross lays out her investigative processes and discusses the concerns that researchers have when studying children's queries and information-seeking behaviors. She also shares her research questions, methodological issues, and data gathering techniques.

• Part 1 AcknowledgmentsPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. Children and ResearchChapter 4 2. Children in the LibraryChapter 5 3. Studying Children's Questions at SchoolChapter 6 4. Understanding Children's Questions and Information-Seeking BehaviorChapter 7 5. Next StepsPart 8 Appendix A: Human Subject Forms FlyerPart 9 Appendix B: Coding Sheet for Self-Generated and Imposed QueriesPart 10 Appendix C: Interview Guides for Students, Teachers, and School Library Media SpecialistsPart 11 IndexPart 12 About the Author