This unique new handbook guides those in the library, information, and communications fields through the options and possibilities open to them under the heading "research" - everything from discovering and reporting the use and value of a particular service to designing a project to secure tenure, or even embarking on a dissertation. Coverage includes developing and justifying research questions, establishing aims and objectives, creating a proposal, determining methods and strategies, data collection, analysis, presenting results, and more. Each chapter features examples and exercises that reinforce the text and guidelines that keep readers on track.
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Pickard provides a diverse and methodologically balanced entry point for students. --Journal of the Medical Library Association, January 2008
A welcome addition to the genre of research manuals...provides an accessible and practical manual for students... --JASIST, January 1, 2008
A welcome addition to the genre of research manuals...provides an accessible and practical manual for students... --JASIST, January 1, 2008
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Dr Alison Jane Pickard is course leader for BSc(Hons) Information and Communications Management, BSc(Hons) Information Science and BSc(Hons) Librarianship at the University of Northumbria, where she is also ICM dissertation coordinator. She teaches Research Methods in ICM as well as other subject areas, and has project managed a number of JISC and AHRB research projects.
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I have a number of research methods texts. This handbook by Jane is very well written and very easy reading. Text communicates research methods very clearly. Great for beginners and advanced users
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