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LIS621 Course Materials

Course materials range from required textbooks, useful books, journal articles, to Web resources on research methods and design. All the books are on reserve at the library, and most of the articles are in electronic format and available on the Moodle site, or will be brought to the class prior to the week it is due to read (as listed on the schedule page). Lecture notes/presentations are posted through Simmons e-learning prior to the corresponding class session.

| Required Readings | Web Resources | Lecture Notes and More |

I. REQUIRED READINGS:

Textbooks:

Creswell, J. W. (2013). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage. ISBN: 9781452226101
Johnson, B., & Christensen, L. (2017). Educational Research: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 9781483391601
Wildemuth, B. M. (2016). Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 9781440839047

Other Major Books/Chapters/Articles Used in the Reading:

Creswell, J. W. (2012). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0-7619-0144-2
Creswell, J. W., & Clark, V. L. P. (2012). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. (2nd ed.).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-2792-5
King, G., Keohane, R. O., & Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific inference in qualitative research. ISBN: 978-0-6910-3471-3
Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2012). Practical research: Planning and design (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Pretence Hall. ISBN: 978-0132693240
Pan, M. L. (2004). Preparing literature reviews: Qualitative and quantitative approaches (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Pyrczak Publishing. ISBN: 1-884585-56-6
Connaway, L. S., & Powell, R. R. (2010). Basic research methods for librarians (5th ed.). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 978-59158-863-4
Sieber, J. E. (1992). Planning ethically responsible research: A guide for students and Internal Review Boards. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. ISBN: 0-8039-3964-7
Teddlie, C., & Tashakkori, A. (2009). Foundations of mixed methods research: Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 978-0-7619-3012-9

Articles:

Scientific Method of Inquiry:

King, G., Keohane, R. O., & Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific inference in qualitative research. Chapter 1 The Science in Social Science.
Michael, R. (2002). Inquiry & Scientific Method.

Reflective Inquiry and Developing Problem Statement:

Hernon, P. (2001). Editorial: Components of the research process: Where do we need to focus attention? Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27, 81-89.
Hernon, P. & Schwartz, C. (2007). Editorial: What is a problem statement? Library & Information Science Research, 29, 307-309.
Hernon, P. & Schwartz, C. (2008). A research study’s reflective inquiry. Library & Information Science Research, 30(3), 163-164.
Hernon, P., & Metoyer-Duran, C. (1993). Problem statements: An exploratory study of their function, significance, and form. Library & Information Science Research, 15(1), 71-92.
Metoyer-Duran, C., & Hernon, P. (1994). Problem statements in research proposals and published research: A case study of researchers’ viewpoints. Library & Information Science Research, 16(2), 105-118.

Literature Review and Research Authorship:

Syrett, K.L., & Rudner, L.M. (1996). Authorship ethics. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 5(1). http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=5&n=1
Webster, J., & Watson, R. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature review. MIS Quarterly, 26(2), xiii-xxiii.

LIS Key Articles I:

LIS Conceptual Frameworks & Information behavior models:

Agarwal, N.K. (2015). Towards a Definition of Serendipity in Information Behaviour. Information Research. http://www.informationr.net/ir/20-3/paper675.html#.Vg3ZXOxViko
Bawden, D., & Robinson, L. (2005). The dark side of information: Overload, anxiety and other paradoxes and pathologies. Journal of Information Science, 35(2), 180-191
Belkin, N. J. (1980). Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. Canadian Journal of Information Science, 5, 133-145.
Ellis, D. (1989). A behavioral approach to information retrieval system design. Journal of Documentation, 45(3), 171-212.
Ellis, D. (2011). The emergence of conceptual modeling in information behaviour research. In A. Spink & J. Heinstrom. (Eds). New directions in information behaviour (pp. 17-35).
Courtright, C. (2007). Context in Information Behavior Research. Annual Review of Information Science & Technology, 41, 273-306.
Ingwersen, P. (1996). Cognitive perspective of information retrieval interaction: Elements of a cognitive IR theory. Journal of Documentation, 52(1), 3-50.
Kuhlthau, C. C. (1993). A principle of uncertainty for information seeking. Journal of documentation, 49(4), 339-355.
Marchionini, G. (1993). Information seeking in electronic environments. [selected pages]. London, UK: Cambridge University Press.
O’Brien, H.L., & Toms, E.G. (2008). What is user engagement? A conceptual framework for defining user engagement with technology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59(6), 938-955.
Saracevic, T. (2009). Information science. In: Marcia J. Bates and Mary Niles Maack (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 2570-2586.
Saracevic, T. (2007a). Relevance: A review of the literature and a framework for thinking on the notion in information science. Part II: Nature and manifestations of relevance. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(13), 1915-1933.
Saracevic, T. (2007b). Relevance: A review of the literature and a framework for thinking on the notion in information science. Part III: Behavior and effects of relevance. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 58(13), 2126-2144.
Savolainen, R. (1993). The sense-making theory: Reviewing the interests of a user-centered approach to information seeking and use. Information Processing & Management, 29(1), 13-28.
Savolainen, R. (1995). Everyday life information seeking: Approaching information seeking in the context of “way of life”. Library & Information Science Research, 17(3), 259-294.
Savolainen, R. (2007). Information behavior and information practice: reviewing the “umbrella concepts” of information-seeking studies. Library Quarterly, 77 (2): 109-132.
Taylor, R. S. (1968). Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. College & Research Libraries, 29(3), 178-194.
Taylor, R.S. (1991). Information use environments. In Dervin, B., & Voigt, M.J. (eds.), Progress in Communication Sciences, Vol X. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 217-255.
Wilson, T. D. (1999). Models of information behaviour research. Journal of Documentation, 55(3), 249-270.
Whittaker, S. (2011). Personal information management: From information consumption to curation. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 45, 3-62.

LIS Key Articles II:

LIS representative research projects with interesting research design/approaches:

Chatman, E. (1999). A theory of life in the round. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(3), 207-217.
Chatman, E. (1996). The impoverished life-world of outsiders. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 47(3), 193-206.
Choo, C. W., Detlor, B., & Turnbull, D. (1999). Information seeking on the Web – an integrated model of browsing and searching. Proceedings of ASIST, 3-16. [http://choo.fis.utoronto.ca/fis/respub/asis99/]
Ellis, D. (1993). Modeling the information-seeking patterns of academic researchers: a grounded theory approach. Library Quarterly, 63(4), 469-486.
Ellis, D., Allen, D., & Wilson, T. (1999). Information science and information systems: Conjunct subjects disjunct disciplines. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(12), 1095-1107.
Erdelez, S. (2004). Investigation of information encountering in the controlled research environment. Information Processing & Management, 40(6), 1013-1025.
Kuhlthau, C. C. (1993). Inside the search process: Information seeking from the user’s perspective. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 42(5), 361-371.
Meho, L.I, & Tibbo, H.R. (2003). Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis’s study revisited. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 54(6), 570-587.
McKechnie, E.F. et al. (2005). How human information behaviour researchers use each other’s work: a basic citation analysis study. Information Research, 10 (2) (http://InformationR.net/ir/10-2/paper220.html)
Vakkari, P., Pannanen, M., & Serola, S. (2003). Changes of search terms and tactics while writing a research proposal: a longitudinal case study. Information Processing & Management, 39(3), 445-464.
Zach, L. (2005). When is “enough” enough? Modeling the information-seeking and stopping behavior of senior arts administrators. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56 (1): 23-35.

Survey Research Example:

Tang, R., & Safer, M. (2008). Author-rated importance of cited References in biology and psychology publications. Journal of Documentation, 64(2).

Experimental Research Example:

Jarvenpaa, S.L., Dickson, G. W., & DeSanctis, G. (1985). Methodological issues in experimental IS research: Experiences and recommendations. MIS Quarterly, 141-156.
Tang, R., Vevea, J., & Shaw, W., jr. (1999). Towards the identification of the optimal number of relevance categories. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 50(3), 254-264.

Qualitative Research Methods

Bradley, J. (1993). Methodological issues and practices in qualitative research. Library Quarterly, 63(4), 431-449.

Mixed Methods Procedures:

Wildemuth, B. (1993). Post-positivist research: Two examples of methodological pluralism. Library Quarterly, 63(4), 450-468.

Writing and Reporting:

Bem, D. J. (2003). Writing the empirical journal article.

II. WEB RESOURCES

Comprehensive Web Collections on Research Methods:

Writing Guide, Colorado state University
Center for Social Science Research Methods, by William M. Trochim at Cornell University
The Researching Librarian by Beth Ashmore.

Glossary:

LIS 504 – Research Methods and Statistics by Prof. Tim Craven , University of Western Ontario
Hyperstat Glossary

Research Process Flowcharts:

From UK RDDirect, research project flowchart
From Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Oklahoma
Research flowchart

Statistics Tools:

Statistics Glossary, by V. J. Easton and J. H. McColl. A Glaswegian resource dealing with most statistical concepts and operations.
Interactive Statistical Calculation Pages, by John C. Pezzullo, Georgetown University

The Ethics of Research:

On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research, a Web book of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, copyright 1994
The IRB Process, by Simmons Office of Sponsored Program

Quantitative Tools:

Designing Surveys and Questionnaires, by Statpac, inc.
Online Sample Size Calculation Program, by David A. Schoenfeld, Harvard University
Statistics Selector Program, by Bill Trochim, Cornell University.
Research Randomizer: Instant Random Sampling and Random Assignment, by Geoffrey C. Urbaniak and Scott Plous, Wesleyan University.
Random Integer Generator, from random.org

Qualitative Research Methods:

QualPage, by Judy Norris and many other contributors at University of Georgia
The Qualitative Reporter, by Dr. Ronald J. Chenail at Nova Southeastern University
Qualitative Research in Information Systems, by Michael D. Myers, University of Auckland.

Writing Research Articles:

Writing Empirical Journal Article, by Daryl J. Bem. Cornell University.
Examples for APA citing styles is at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

III. LECTURES, THE MOODLE COURSE SITE, AND SURVEY MONKEY ACCOUNT

For each class session, the lecture notes or presentations (produced in PowerPoint format) will be made available for your review. All the lecture notes are stored in the Simmons Moodle course site and in folders identified by the session headings and content titles. Students will be able to use the course survey monkey account to implement the survey online, when it is appropriate for the research project. Information about the survey monkey account will be given in the class.