REFERENCES

  I.  Readings from the class schedule and assignments

 CD =  course documents in BlackBoard

Babbie, Earl.  (2007).  The practice of social research (11th ed.).  Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth.

Bartz, Albert E.  (1988).  Basic statistical concepts (3rd ed.).  New York:  Macmillan.

Bazerman, Charles.  (1987).  Codifying the social scientific style:  The APA Publication Manual as a behaviorist rhetoric.  In John S. Nelson, Allan Megill, & Donald N. McCloskey (Eds.), The rhetoric of the human sciences: Language and argument in scholarship and public affairs (pp. 125-144).  Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin. CD

Berg, Bruce L.  (1998).  Writing research papers:  Sorting the noodles from the soup.  In Qualitative research methods for the social sciences (pp. 253-272).  Boston:  Allyn and Bacon. CD

Best, Joel.  (2001a).  Thinking about social statistics:  The critical approach.  In Damned lies and statistics:  Untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists (pp. 160-171).  Berkeley, CA:  University of California. CD

Bookstein, Abraham.  (1985).  Questionnaire research in a library setting.  Journal of Academic Librarianship, 11(1), 24-28.  Also available at http://weblinks3.epnet.com/authhjafdetail.asp?tb=1&_ua=bo+B%5F+shn+1+db+aphjnh+bt+ID++%22ALN%22+D5C7&_ug=sid+845F53BC%2D7E93%2D4BD8%2DAC61%2D7BC7839459CF%40sessionmgr2+dbs+aph+cp+1+5255&_us=dstb+ES+sm+ES+mdbs+aph+69C8&_uh=btn+N+6C9C&_uso=st%5B0+%2DID++ALN+tg%5B0+%2D+db%5B0+%2Daph+hd+False+op%5B0+%2D+mdb%5B0+%2Dimh+77AA&vw=&st=Journal+of+Academic+Librarianship&rn=1&vm=open&ths=0&vs=22#22 CD

Busha, Charles H., & Harter, Stephen P.  (1980).  Research methods in librarianship:  Techniques and interpretation.  New York:  Academic Press.

Cooper, Harris M.  (1984).  The integrative research review:  A systematic approach.  Beverly Hills, CA:  Sage.

Creswell, John W.  (2003).  Research design: Qualitative,  quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Cronin, Blaise.  (1992).  When is a problem a research problem?  In Leigh Stewart Estabrook (Ed.), Applying research to practice:  How to use data collection and research to improve library management decision making (pp. 117-132).  Urbana-Champaign, IL:  University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. CD

Dervin, Brenda.  (1977).  Useful theory for librarianship:  Communication, not information.  Drexel Library Quarterly, 13(3), 16-32. CD

Ellsworth, Blanche.  (1990).  English simplified (6th ed.).  New York:  Harper & Row.

Gorman, G.E., & Clayton, Peter.  (1997).  Writing qualitative research reports.  In Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical handbook (pp. 222-239).  London: Library Association. CD

Harris, Michael H.  (1986).  The dialectic of defeat:  Antimonies in research in library and information science.  In Donald G. Davis & Phyllis Dain (Eds.), History of library and information science education [Special issue] (pp. 515-531).  Library Trends, 34(3). CD

Hernon, Peter.  (1991b).  Access to the research literature of library and information science.  In Statistics:  A component of the research process (pp. 31-38).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex. CD

Katzer, Jeffrey, Cook, Kenneth H., & Crouch, Wayne W.  (1998).  Evaluating information:  A guide for users of social science research (4th ed.).  Boston:  McGraw-Hill.

Krueger, Richard A.  (1994a). Preface.  In Focus groups:  A practical guide for applied research (2nd ed., vii-xi).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage. CD

Krueger, Richard A.  (1994b).  Groups. In Focus groups:  A practical guide for applied research (2nd ed., pp. 5-15).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage. CD

Krueger, Richard A.  (1994c).  Focus Groups. In Focus groups:  A practical guide for applied research (2nd ed., pp. 16-38).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage. CD

Krueger, Richard A.  (1994d). Postscript. In Focus groups:  A practical guide for applied research (2nd ed., pp. 238-239).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage. CD

Losee, Robert M., & Worley, Karen A.  (1993).  Research and evaluation for information professionals.  San Diego, CA:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Mayer, Jennifer, & Terrill, Lori J.  (2005).  Academic librarians’ attitudes about advanced-subject degrees.  College & Research Libraries, 66(1).  Also available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/backissues2005a/crljan05/crljan05.htm

McClure, Charles R.  (1991).  Communicating applied library/information science research to decision makers:  Some methodological considerations.  In Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 253-266).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex. CD

Milgram, Stanley.  (1963).  A behavioral study of obedience.  Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371-378. CD

Olson, David R.  (1996).  The world on paper:  The conceptual and cognitive implications of writing and reading.  Cambridge, UK:  Cambridge University.

Plato.  (1945).  The allegory of the cave.  The Republic of Plato (F.M. Cornford, Trans.) (pp. 227-235).  New York:  Oxford Press. CD

Rice-Lively, Mary Lynn.  (1997a).  Analyzing qualitative data in information organizations.  In G.E. Gorman & Peter Clayton, Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical handbook (pp. 198-221).  London: Library Association. CD

Rice-Lively, Mary Lynn.  (1997b).  Recording fieldwork data in information organizations  In G.E. Gorman & Peter Clayton, Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical handbook (pp. 177-197).  London: Library Association. CD

Robbins, Jane B.  (1992).  Affecting librarianship in action:  The dissemination and communication of research findings.  In Leigh Stewart Estabrook (Ed.), Applying research to practice:  How to use data collection and research to improve library management decision making (pp. 78-88).  Urbana-Champaign, IL:  University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. CD

Roscoe,  John T.  (1975). Percentile ranks.  In Fundamental research statistics for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed., pp. 34-38).  New York:  Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. CD

Rowntree, Derek.  (1981).  Statistics without tears:  A primer for non-mathematicians.  New York:  Scribner.

Spatz, Chris.  (2007).  Basic statistics:  Tales of distributions (9th ed.).  Pacific Grove, CA:  Brooks/Cole.

Spatz, Chris.  (2005).  Basic statistics:  Tales of distributions (8th ed.).  Pacific Grove, CA:  Brooks/Cole.

Stenstrom, Patricia E.  (1994).  Library literature.  In Wayne A. Wiegand & Donald G. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library history (pp. 368-373).  New York:  Garland.

Trochim, William K., & Donnelly, James P.  (2007).  The research methods knowledge base (3rd ed.).  Mason, OH:  Thomson.  See http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/

Vaughn, Liwen. (2001). Statistical methods for the information professional:  A practically painless approach to understanding, using, and interpreting statistics.  Medford, NJ:  Information Today.

II.  Research and research methods in information studies

Advances in computers.  (1960-present).  New York:  Academic Press.

Advances in information systems.  (1969-present).  New York:  Plenum Press.

Advances in librarianship.  (1970-present).  New York:  Academic Press.

Annual review of information science and technology.  (1966-present).  Medford, NJ:  Learned Information.

Bates, Marcia.  (1999).  The invisible substrate of information science.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(12), 1043-1050.

Biggs, Mary.  (1991).  The role of research in the development of a profession or a discipline.  In Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 72-84).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.

Borgman, Christine L.  (Ed.).  (1990).  Scholarly communication and bibliometrics.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage.

Borgman, Christine, & Furner, Jonathan.  (2002).  Scholarly communication and bibliometrics.  In Blaise Cronin (Ed.), Annual review of information science and technology (vol. 36, pp. 3-72).  Medford, NJ:  Information Today.

Bowker, Geoffrey, & Star, Susan Leigh.  (1998).  Sorting things out:  Classification and its consequences.  Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press.

Boyce, Bert R., Meadow, Charles T., & Kraft, Donald H.  (1994).  Measurement in information science.  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Encyclopedia of library and information science.  (1968-2003).  Allen Kent & Harold Lancour (Eds.).  (1st ed.).  (Vols. 1-73).  New York:  Marcel Dekker.

Encyclopedia of library and information science.  (2003).  Miriam Drake (Ed.).  (2nd ed.).  New York:  Marcel Dekker.

Estabrook, Leigh Stewart.  (Ed.).  (1992).  Applying research to practice:  How to use data collection and research to improve library management decision making.  Urbana-Champaign, IL:  University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Glazier, Jack D., & Powell, Ronald R.  (Eds.).  (1992).  Qualitative research in information management.  Englewood, CA:  Libraries Unlimited.

Gorman, G.E., & Clayton, Peter.  (1997).  Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical handbook.  London: Library Association.

Haddow, Gaby, & Klobas, Jane E.  (1994).  Communication of research to practice in library and information science:  Closing the gap.  Library & Information Science Research, 26(1), 29-43.

Hafner, Arthur W.  (1989).  Descriptive statistical techniques for librarians.  Chicago:  American Library Association.

Harmon, E. Glynn.  (1987).  The interdisciplinary study of information:  A review essay.  The Journal of Library History, 22(2), 206-227.

Hernon, Peter.  (1991a).  The elusive nature of research in LIS.  In Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 3-14).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.

Hernon, Peter.  (2001).  Components of the research process:  Where do we need to focus attention?  Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27(2), 81-89.

Hernon, Peter, & Schwartz, Candy.  (2002).  The word “research”:  Having to live with a misunderstanding.  Library and Information Science Research, 24(3), 207-208.

Hertzel, Dorothy H.  (1987).  History of the development of ideas in bibliometrics.  Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 42, 144-219.

Hoadley, Irene B.  (1991).  The role of practicing LIS professionals.  In Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 179-188).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.

Koufogiannakis, Denise, & Crumley, Ellen.  (2006).  Research in librarianship:  Issues to consider.  Library Hi Tech, 24(3), 324-340.

McClure, Charles R., & Bishop, Ann.  (1989).  The status of research in library/information science:  Guarded optimism.  College & Research Libraries, 50(2), 127-143.

McClure, Charles R., & Hernon, Peter.  (Eds.).  (1991).  Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement.  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.

McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.), & Pettigrew, Karen E.  (2002).  Surveying the use of theory in library and information science research:  A disciplinary perspective.  Library Trends, 50(3), 406-417.  Available at http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?db=aph&jn=%22LIT%22&scope=site

Mellon, Constance Ann.  (1990).  Naturalistic inquiry for library science:  Methods and applications for research, evaluation, and teaching.  New York:  Greenwood Press.

Nicholas, David, & Ritchie, Maureen.  (1978).  Literature and bibliometrics.  London:  Linnet Books.

Pettigrew, Karen E., & McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.).  (2001).  The use of theory in information science research.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52(1), 62-73.

Powell, Ronald R., & Connaway, Lynn Silipigni.  (2004).  Basic research methods for librarians (4th ed.).  Greenwich, CT:  Ablex.

Powell, Ronald R., Baker, Lynda M., & Mika, Joseph J.  (2002).  Library and information science practitioners and research.  Library and Information Science Research, 24(1), 49-72.

Tague-Sutcliffe, Jean.  (1995).  Measuring information:  An information services perspective.  San Diego, CA:  Academic Press.

Van House, Nancy.  (1991).  Assessing the quantity, quality, and impact of LIS research.  In Charles R. McClure and Peter Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research:  Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 85-100).  Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.

Westbrook, Lynn.  (1994).  Qualitative research methods:  A review of major stages, data analysis techniques, and quality controls.  Library and Information Science Research, 16(3), 241-254.

 

III.  Research methods

Babbie, Earl.  (1990).  Survey research methods (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA:  Wadsworth Publishing.

Best, Joel.  (2001b).  Damned lies and statistics:  Untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists.  Berkeley, CA:  University of California.

Creswell, John W.  (1998).  Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions.   Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Denzin, Norman K., & Lincoln, Yvonna S.  (Eds.).  (2000).  Handbook of qualitative research (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Denzin, Norman K., & Lincoln, Yvonna S.  (Eds.).  (2005).  Handbook of qualitative research (3rd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Freedman, David, Pisani, Robert, & Purves, Roger.  (1980).  Statistics.  New York:  W.W. Norton.

Hamel, Jacques.  (1993).  Case study methods.  With Stéphane Dufour & Dominic Fortin (Maureen Nicholson, Trans.).  Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Holsti, Ole R.  (1969).  Content analysis for the social sciences and humanities.  Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley.

Human subjects [sic] policies and documents.  (2004).  Office of Sponsored Projects, The University of Texas at Austin.  Available http://www.utexas.edu/research/rsc/humanresearch/

Institutional review board procedures manual for faculty, staff, and student researchers with human participants.  (2005).  Office of Research Support and Compliance, The University of Texas at Austin.  Available http://www.utexas.edu/research/rsc/humanresearch/manual/

Kerlinger, Fred N.  (1986).  Foundations of behavioral research (3rd ed.).  New York:  Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Krueger, Joachim.  (2001).  Null hypothesis significance testing:  On the survival of a flawed method.  American Psychologist, 56(1), 16-26.

Lewis-Beck, Michael S., Bryman, Alan, & Liao, Tim Futing.  (Eds.).  (2004).  The Sage encyclopedia of social science research methods (3 vols.).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Lincoln, Yvonna, & Guba, Egon.  (1985).  Naturalistic inquiry.  Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Miles, Matthew B., & Huberman, A. Michael.  (1994).  Qualitative data analysis:  An expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Miller, Jane E.  (2004).  The Chicago guide to writing about numbers.  Chicago:  University of Chicago.

Mohr, Lawrence B.  (1990).  Understanding significance testing.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage.

Morgan, David L.  (1988).  Focus groups as qualitative research.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage Publications.

Patton, Michael Quinn.  (2002).  Qualitative evaluation and research methods (3rd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Paulos, John Allen.  (1990).  Innumeracy:  Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences.  New York:  Vintage.

Paulos, John Allen.  (1992).  Beyond numeracy:  Ruminations of a numbers man.  New York:  Vintage.

Paulos, John Allen.  (1995).  A mathematician reads the newspaper.  New York:  BasicBooks.

Salsburg, David.  (2001).  The lady tasting tea:  How statistics revolutionized science in the twentieth century.  New York:  W.H. Freeman.

Schwandt, Thomas A.  (2001).  Dictionary of qualitative inquiry (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.

Stewart, David W., & Shamdasani, Prem N.  (1990).  Focus groups:  Theory and practice.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage.

Strauss, Anselm, & Corbin, Juliet.  (1998).  Basics of qualitative research: Techniques and procedures for developing grounded theory.  (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Tomm, Winnie.  (Ed.).  (1987).  The effects of feminist approaches on research methodologies.  Calgary:  Wilfrid Laurier University.

Tufte, Edward R.  (1983).  The visual display of quantitative information.  Cheshire, CT:  Graphics Press.

Tufte, Edward R.  (1990).  Envisioning information.  Cheshire, CT:  Graphics Press.

Tufte, Edward R.  (1997).  Visual explanations:  Images, evidence and narrative.  Cheshire, CT:  Graphics Press.

Vogt, W. Paul.  (2005).  Dictionary of statistics and methodology:  A nontechnical guide for the social sciences (3rd ed.).  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage.

Webb, Eugene J., Campbell, Donald T., Schwartz, Richard D., & Sechrest, Lee.  (1969).  Unobtrusive measures:  Nonreactive research in the social sciences.  Chicago:  Rand McNally.

Wolcott, Harry F..  (2001). Writing up qualitative research (2nd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage.

Weisberg, Herbert F.  (1992).  Central tendency and variability.  Newbury Park, CA:  Sage.

Weiss, Robert S.  (1994).  Learning from strangers:  The art and method of qualitative interview studies.  New York:  The Free Press.

Williams, Frederick, & Monge, Peter.  (2001).  Reasoning with statistics:  How to read quantitative research (5th ed.).  Orlando, FL:  Harcourt.

Yin, Robert K.  (2003).  Case study research:  Design and methods (3rd ed.).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

 IV.  Nature of science and systematic inquiry

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Garratt, Dean, & Hodkinson, Phil.  (1998).  Can there be criteria for selecting research criteria? – A hermeneutical analysis of an inescapable dilemma.  Qualitative Inquiry, 4(4), 515-539.

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