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Naturalistic Inquiry 3 reviews
Yvonna Lincoln, Egon G. Guba
Sage Publications, Inc, 1985
Naturalistic Inquiry
+ 5 stars
Lincoln and Guba have written three previous books dealing with research and evaluation in education and the social sciences. This book discusses and explores a paradigm in naturalistic research and evaluation that is not rigid in structure. Lincoln and Guba provide detailed suggestions and a ...
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Naturalistic Inquiry for Library Science: Methods and Applications for Research, Evaluation, and Teaching ...
Constance Ann Mellon
Greenwood Press, 1990
Research does not have to mean getting buried in statistics, claims Constance Mellon, and in this unique study she describes an approach to applying the naturalistic inquiry of anthropology and sociology to the field of information science. Drawing on the author's experience in the design of instruction, the book outlines a humanistic and relevant method of naturalistic research whose aim is ...
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Research Method in the Postmodern (Qualitative Studies Series, No 3) 1 review
J. Scheurich
Routledge, 1997
A fasinating examination of research from a pomo perspective
This book is both challenging and encouraging as it forces you to re-examine the basis for your beliefs about research and the effect of the postmodern understanding of research. The chapters on racism in research are of particular interest as they move a long way from the understanding that ...
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Pocket Guide to APA Style 27 reviews
Robert Perrin
Heinle, 2006
Learnng APA style
+ Can't Do Without It
+ Grad School Life Support
+ Convenient size but limited information
+ It helps!
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions118 reviews
Thomas S. Kuhn
University Of Chicago Press, 1996
Not Just for Those Interested in Science
+ Scientific Revolutions
+ Review of Kuhn
+ Exciting, elevated, and encouraging (to would be researchers)
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research6 reviews
Barney G. Glaser, Anselm Strauss
Aldine Transaction, 1967
Seminal Work in Grounded Theory
+ Theory Development any1 can understand
+ Grounded Theory
+ Grounded Theory Rocks
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Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory After the Postmodern Turn1 review
Adele E. Clarke
Sage Publications, Inc, 2005
Useful for Dissertations
For the graphically-oriented person interested in grounded theory (or to some extent, Actor-Network-Theory ANT), this book offers a solid guide to the necessary mechanics for a dissertation. On the other hand, it's not a manual. There are no A-B-C or 1-2-3 steps for doing situational analysis a ...
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Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory (Clarendon Lectures in Management Studies)5 reviews
Bruno Latour
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
The Clearest ANT
+ another model for a non-Durkheimeian sociology
+ A decent book introducing ANT
+ A Latour de force
+ An Existential view toward sociology
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Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2nd Edition)27 reviews
John W. Creswell
Sage Publications, Inc, 2002
great textbook
+ Reviewing Service
+ good methods overview
+ Excelent book!
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Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Third Edition, Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol 515 reviews
Robert K. Yin
Sage Publications, Inc, 2002
Case Study
+ Helpful for such a small book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
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Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Traditions13 reviews
John W. Creswell
Sage Publications, Inc, 1997
basic foundation for beginning research students
+ Creswell: Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design
+ Excellent "how to" book for qualitative research
+ Look for the new edition
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Information Theory and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)4 reviews
Solomon Kullback
Dover Publications, 1997
the classic text on information theory
+ Excellent Summary in information and statistics
+ classic text on information theory approach to statistics
+ A statistical perspective of Information Theory
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Basic Research Methods for Librarians Fourth Edition (Library and Information Science Text Series) 6 reviews
Ronald R. Powell, Lynn Silipigni Connaway
Libraries Unlimited, 2004
I found this text very helpful
+ Excellent resource for research basics
+ Important value
+ Great reference tool
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The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge20 reviews
Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann
Anchor, 1967
An important work on how people come to know
+ Profound but sobering impact
+ The most important book ever written.
+ Social Construction: a concept who's time has come
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Research methods for students and professionals: information management and systems (Topies in Australasian ...
Kirsty Williamson, Amanda Bow, ...
Centre for Information Studies, 2000
This is not just another book on research methods. It is unique in including information systems research, usually ignored in books on research in librarianship and information management. In some respects this is a traditional research methods textbook but the examples and cases included are drawn from the disciplines of the title, including archives and records. Both quantitative and ...
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Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Third Edition, Applied Social Research Methods Series, Vol 515 reviews
Robert K. Yin
Sage Publications, Inc, 2002
Case Study
+ Helpful for such a small book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
+ Great advice, even for a non fiction book
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Naturalistic Inquiry3 reviews
Yvonna Lincoln, Egon G. Guba
Sage Publications, Inc, 1985
Naturalistic Inquiry
+ 5 stars
Lincoln and Guba have written three previous books dealing with research and evaluation in education and the social sciences. This book discusses and explores a paradigm in naturalistic research and evaluation that is not rigid in structure. Lincoln and Guba provide detailed suggestions and a ...
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions118 reviews
Thomas S. Kuhn
University Of Chicago Press, 1996
Not Just for Those Interested in Science
+ Scientific Revolutions
+ Review of Kuhn
+ Exciting, elevated, and encouraging (to would be researchers)
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Research Method in the Postmodern (Qualitative Studies Series, No 3)1 review
J. Scheurich
Routledge, 1997
A fasinating examination of research from a pomo perspective
This book is both challenging and encouraging as it forces you to re-examine the basis for your beliefs about research and the effect of the postmodern understanding of research. The chapters on racism in research are of particular interest as they move a long way from the understanding that ...
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The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research6 reviews
Barney G. Glaser, Anselm Strauss
Aldine Transaction, 1967
Seminal Work in Grounded Theory
+ Theory Development any1 can understand
+ Grounded Theory
+ Grounded Theory Rocks
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