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The seventh edition of this frequently adopted textbook features new or expanded sections on social justice research, data analysis software, scholarly identity research, social networking, data science, and data visualization, among other topics. It continues to include discipline experts' voices.
The revised seventh edition of this popular text provides instruction and guidance for professionals and students in library and information science who want to conduct research and publish findings, as well as for practicing professionals who want a broad overview of the current literature.
Providing a broad introduction to research design, the authors include principles, data collection techniques, and analyses of quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as advantages and limitations of each method and updated bibliographies. Chapters cover the scientific method, sampling, validity, reliability, and ethical concerns along with quantitative and qualitative methods. LIS students and professionals will consult this text not only for instruction on conducting research but also for guidance in critically reading and evaluating research publications, proposals, and reports.
As in the previous edition, discipline experts provide advice, tips, and strategies for completing research projects, dissertations, and theses; writing grants; overcoming writer's block; collaborating with colleagues; and working with outside consultants. Journal and book editors discuss how to publish and identify best practices and understudied topics, as well as what they look for in submissions.
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Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the retired Executive Director, Research, OCLC, USA. She holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received the 2020 Distinguished Alumna Award from the Information School and a 2024 Distinguished Achievement Award from the School of Computer, Data, and Information Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the co-author of Research Methods in Library and Information Science with Marie L. Radford (2021) and the co-author of Basic Research Methods for Librarians with Ronald R. Powell (1997).
Marie L. Radford holds a PhD from Rutgers University, USA, where she is Professor Emerita in the Department of Library and Information Science. She received the 2010 ALA/RUSA Mudge Award for distinguished contributions to reference and the 2024 Chancellor Award for Excellence in Mentoring from Rutgers University. Her latest books are Research Methods in Library and Information Science, with Lynn Silipigni Connaway (2021) and Conducting the Reference Interview, with Catherine Sheldrick Ross and Kirsti Nilsen (2019).
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