Research methods in library and information science /

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni,

Research methods in library and information science / Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Marie L. Radford. - Seventh edition. - xxii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. - Library and information science text series .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Research and librarianship -- Developing the research study -- Writing the research proposal -- Principles of quantitative methods -- Survey research and the questionnaire -- Sampling -- Experimental research -- Analysis of quantitative data -- Principles of qualitative methods -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Individual and focus group interviews -- Ethnographic approaches to qualitative research -- Historical research -- Applied and community-based research -- Presentation and dissemination of the research project.

"An essential guide to quantitative and qualitative research methods in library and information science"--

9781440878572

2020056679


Library science--Research--Methodology.
Information science--Research--Methodology.

Z669.7 / .P68 2021

020.721 / C762r