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

Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Part I. Introduction ; 1. Using Research Results to Improve Practice in the Information Professions ; Part II. Research Questions in Information and Library Science ; 2. Developing a Research Question ; 3. Questions Originating in Library and Information Practice ; 4. Descriptions of Phenomena or Settings ; 5. Testing Hypotheses ; 6. Questions Related to Theory ; Part III. Research Designs and Sampling ; 7. Case Studies ; 8. Naturalistic Research ; 9. Longitudinal Studies ; 10. Delphi Studies.