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 ...             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             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             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             Pocket Guide to APA Style27 reviews Robert Perrin Heinle, 2006 Learnng APA style + Can't Do Without It + Grad School Life Support + Convenient size but limited information + It helps!             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             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             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)             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 ...             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 ...             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 ...             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             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             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!             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 ...             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             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             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 ...             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             Pocket Guide to APA Style27 reviews Robert Perrin Heinle, 2006 Learnng APA style + Can't Do Without It + Grad School Life Support + Convenient size but limited information + It helps!