Applications of Social Research Methods to Questions in Information and Library Science

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The second edition of this innovative textbook illustrates research methods for library and information science, describing the most appropriate approaches to a question—and showing you what makes research successful.Written for the serious practicing librarian researcher and the LIS student, this volume fills the need for a guide focused specifically on information and library science research methods. By critically assessing existing studies from within library and information science, this book helps you acquire a deeper understanding of research methods so you will be able to design more effective studies yourself. Section one considers research questions most often asked in information and library science and explains how they arise from practice or theory. Section two covers a variety of research designs and the sampling issues associated with them, while sections three and four look at methods for collecting and analyzing data. Each chapter introduces a particular research method, points out its relative strengths and weaknesses, and provides a critique of two or more exemplary studies. For this second edition, three new chapters have been added, covering mixed methods, visual data collection methods, and social network analysis. The chapters on research diaries and transaction log analysis have been updated, and updated examples are provided in more than a dozen other chapters as well.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-14
Mått:178 x 251 x 30 mm
Vikt:885 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781440839047

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Referensverk och tvärvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Barbara M. Wildemuth is professor and associate dean in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Recensioner i media

Serving as a how-to guide, this well-written book helps the reader understand research methods.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsPart I. Introduction1. Using Research Results to Improve Practice in the Information ProfessionsBarbara M. WildemuthPart II. Research Questions in Information and Library Science2. Developing a Research QuestionBarbara M. Wildemuth3. Questions Originating in Library and Information PracticeBarbara M. Wildemuth4. Descriptions of Phenomena or SettingsBarbara M. Wildemuth5. Testing HypothesesBarbara M. Wildemuth6. Questions Related to TheoryChad Morgan and Barbara M. WildemuthPart III. Research Designs and Sampling7. Case StudiesSongphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. Wildemuth8. Naturalistic ResearchAbe J. Crystal and Barbara M. Wildemuth9. Longitudinal StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth10. Delphi StudiesLili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth11. Quasi-experimental StudiesCarolyn Hank and Barbara M. Wildemuth12. Experimental StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao13. Mixed MethodsBarbara M. Wildemuth14. Sampling for Extensive StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth15. Sampling for Intensive StudiesBarbara M. Wildemuth and Leo L. Cao16. Studying Special PopulationsCarol L. Perryman and Barbara M. WildemuthPart IV. Methods for Data Collection17. Historical ResearchChad Morgan and Barbara M. Wildemuth18. Existing Documents and Artifacts as DataBarbara M. Wildemuth19. Visual Data Collection MethodsBarbara M. Wildemuth20. Transaction LogsLaura Sheble, Barbara M. Wildemuth, and Kathy Brennan21. Think-aloud ProtocolsSanghee Oh and Barbara M. Wildemuth22. Direct ObservationBarbara M. Wildemuth23. Participant ObservationBarbara M. Wildemuth24. Research DiariesLaura Sheble, Leslie Thomson, and Barbara M. Wildemuth25. Unstructured InterviewsYan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth26. Semistructured InterviewsLili Luo and Barbara M. Wildemuth27. Focus GroupsBarbara M. Wildemuth and Mary Wilkins Jordan28. Survey ResearchCarolyn Hank, Mary Wilkins Jordan, and Barbara M. Wildemuth29. Measuring Cognitive and Affective VariablesBarbara M. Wildemuth30. Developing New MeasuresSongphan Choemprayong and Barbara M. WildemuthPart V. Methods for Data Analysis31. Content AnalysisKristina M. Spurgin and Barbara M. Wildemuth32. Qualitative Analysis of ContentYan Zhang and Barbara M. Wildemuth33. Discourse AnalysisBarbara M. Wildemuth and Carol L. Perryman34. Social Network AnalysisLaura Sheble, Kathy Brennan, and Barbara M. Wildemuth35. Descriptive StatisticsBarbara M. Wildemuth36. Frequencies, Cross-tabulation, and the Chi-square StatisticBarbara M. Wildemuth37. Analyzing Sequences of EventsBarbara M. Wildemuth38. CorrelationBarbara M. Wildemuth39. Comparing Means: t Tests and Analysis of VarianceAbe J. Crystal and Barbara M. WildemuthPart VI. Conclusion40. Putting It All TogetherBarbara M. WildemuthIndex of Authors of Examples DiscussedSubject IndexAbout the Editor and Contributors