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020			_a9781856048132
082			_a020.72 _bP585R
100			_aPickard, Alison Jane _924924
245			_aResearch Methods in Information _c by Alison Jane Pickard
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLondon _bFacet Publishing _c2013
300			_axxii: 361p.
500			_aThe long-awaited 2nd edition of this best-selling research methods handbook is fully updated and includes brand new coverage of online research methods and techniques, mixed methodology and qualitative analysis. There is an entire chapter contributed by Professor Julie McLeod, Sue Childs and Elizabeth Lomas focusing on research data management, applying evidence from the recent JISC funded 'DATUM' project. The first to focus entirely on the needs of the information and communications community, it guides the would-be researcher through the variety of possibilities open to them under the heading "research" and provides students with the confidence to embark on their dissertations. The focus here is on the 'doing' and although the philosophy and theory of research is explored to provide context, this is essentially a practical exploration of the whole research process with each chapter fully supported by examples and exercises tried and tested over a whole teaching career. The book will take readers through each aspect of the research process including: the major research paradigms reviewing the literature defining the research the research proposal sampling research ethics methods including case studies, surveys, experimental research, ethnography, Delphi study, action research, historical research and grounded theory collection techniques including interviews, questionnaires, observation, diaries, focus groups, usability testing, qualitative and quantitative data analysis software for analysis virtual research presenting the research It is essential reading for students of information and communications studies and archives and records management, and will be an invaluable handbook for practitioners beginning a piece of research
650			_aForschung _aInformation science Research Methodology _aInformations- und Dokumentationswissenschaft _aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Library & Information Science _924925
700			_aChilds, Susan _924926
700			_aLomas, Elizabeth _924927
700			_aMcleod, Julie _924928
700			_aShenton, Andrew K. _924929
942			_cBK
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