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Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts de Kirsty Williamson

Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts

Editat de Kirsty Williamson, Graeme Johanson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2017
Research Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts, Second Edition, presents up-to-date guidance on how to teach research methods to graduate students and professionals working in information management, information science, librarianship, archives, and records and information systems. It provides a coherent and precise account of current research themes and structures, giving students guidance, appreciation of the scope of research paradigms, and the consequences of specific courses of action. Each of these valuable sections will help users determine the relevance of particular approaches to their own questions. The book presents academics who teach research and information professionals who carry out research with new resources and guidance on lesser-known research paradigms.


  • Provides up-to-date knowledge of research methods and their applications
  • Provides a coherent and precise account of current research themes and structures through chapters written by authors who are experts in their fields
  • Helps students and researchers understand the range of quantitative and qualitative approaches available for research, as well as how to make practical use of them
  • Provides many illustrations from projects in which authors have been involved, to enhance understanding
  • Emphasises the nexus between formulation of research question and choice of research methodology
  • Enables new researchers to understand the implications of their planning decisions
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780081022207
ISBN-10: 0081022204
Pagini: 622
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 38 mm
Greutate: 1.42 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

Research students, researchers, academics involved in teaching research, information professionals in higher education, research, and corporate libraries working alongside researchers, or carrying out independent research

Cuprins

Section I Foundations and Framing
1. Research concepts
2. The fundamentals of research planning
3. Information research: Patterns and practice
4. Archival and recordkeeping research: Past, present and future
5. The methodological landscape: Information systems and knowledge management
Section II Research Methods
6. Survey designs
7. Case study research in information systems
8. Action research: Theory and practice
9. Constructivist grounded theory: A 21st century research methodology
10. Bibliometric research
11. Design-science research
12. Researching history
13. Ethnographic research
14. Experimental research
Section III Research Techniques
15. Populations and samples
16. Questionnaires, individual interviews and focus group interviews
17. Observation
18. Quantitative data analysis
19. Qualitative data analysis
Section IV Research Practice and Communication
20. Ethical research practices
21. Managing research data
22. Research writing and dissemination
Section V Information Research: Reflections on Past and Future
23. The future of information research

Recenzii

"In their second edition of Research Methods: Information, Systems and Contexts, Williamson and Johanson (2018) have tackled these tensions well, both in their inclusive approach to the book as well as by introducing diverse contexts while keeping to the deep and the oretical roots of the discipline. ...Research Methods is a substantial review and critique of research methods in the discipline, accompanied by useful and interesting reflections." --Library and Information Science Research
"The book that you are about to read provides a fresh perspective on research in information science. There is something for everyone here – whether you are new to research in the discipline, or whether you are a seasoned scholar looking for new and inspiring ideas." --Professor Lisa Given. Associate Dean, Research and Development, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology and President, Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 2018.
"It is not easy to find anything that addresses both qualitative and quantitative paradigms in library and information studies in detail. Williamson and Johanson’s book thoroughly satisfies these criteria, and is an engaging discussion of fundamental concepts, as well as of the wider research landscape. ...Each chapter has its own extensive references which is more helpful than a single end-of-the-book reference list because it clusters and contextualises the publications. Chapters stand alone as well as contributing to the whole; the book can be dipped into as well as read more comprehensively." -Information Research
"Research Methods is a substantial review and critique of research methods in the discipline, accompanied by useful and interesting reflections. The attention to theory as well as the practical toolkits, resources and cases make the text accessible and relevant to researchers and practitioners at different stages in their research careers." -Information Research