LIS 2110 Research Methods in Library and Information Science Module 2: Philosophical Assumptions and Methodological Approaches Reading List

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1 1 LIS 2110 Research Methods in Library and Information Science Module 2: Philosophical Assumptions and Methodological Approaches Reading List Key readings for Module 2 Please read before attending the lecture Creswell, J. W. (2014). Chapter 1: The selection of a research approach. In Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.) (pp. 3-23). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Available as sample chapter from Pickard, A. J. (2013). Chapter 1: Major research paradigms. In Research methods in information (2nd ed.) (pp. 5-24). London: Facet; Chicago, IL: ALA Neal-Schuman. Available as sample chapter from or Research paradigms Blaikie, N. (2007). Approaches to social enquiry (2nd ed.). Cambridge, England: Polity Press. Cibangu, S. K. (2010). Paradigms, methodologies, and methods. Library & Information Science Research, 32(3), doi: /j.lisr Denscombe, M. (2010). Philosophy. In M. Denscombe, Ground rules for social research: Guidelines for good practice (2nd ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open Gunzenhauser, M. G., & Gerstl-Pepin, C. I. (2006). Engaging graduate education: A pedagogy for epistemological and theoretical diversity. Review of Higher Education, 29(3), doi: /rhe Jehangir, R. (2003). Quantitative and qualitative paradigm assumptions [Handout]. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, College of Education and Human Development. Retrieved from Kezar, A. (2004). Wrestling with philosophy: Improving scholarship in higher education. Journal of Higher Education, 75(1), doi: /jhe Krauss, S. E. (2005). Research paradigms and meaning making: A primer. The Qualitative Report, 10(4), Retrieved from Lather, P. (2006). Paradigm proliferation as a good thing to think with: Teaching research in education as a wild profusion. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19(1), doi: / Mackenzie, N., & Knipe, S. (2006). Research dilemmas: Paradigms, methods and methodology. Issues In Educational Research, 16(2), Retrieved from Olson, H. A. (1995). Qualitative versus quantitative research: The wrong question. In H. A. Olson & D. B. Ward (Eds.), Connectedness: Information, systems, people, organizations; Canadian Association for Information Science, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference (pp ). Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta, School of Library and Information Studies. Retrieved from

2 2 Ponterotto, J. G. (2005). Qualitative research in counseling psychology: A primer on research paradigms and philosophy of science. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), doi: / Williamson, K., Burstein, F., & McKemmish, S. (2002). The two major traditions of research. In K. Williamson (Ed.), Research methods for students, academics and professionals: Information management and systems (2nd ed.) (pp Wagga Wagga, Australia: Charles Sturt University, Centre for Information Studies. [Available as ebook from ULS] Particular approaches Bradley, J. (1993). Methodological issues and practices in qualitative research. Library Quarterly, 63(4), doi: / Crystal, A. J., & Wildemuth, B. M. (2017). Naturalistic research. In B. M. Wildemuth (Ed.), Applications of social research methods to questions in information and library science (2nd ed.) (pp ). Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. [Available as ebook from ULS] Denscombe, M. (2008). Communities of practice: A research paradigm for the mixed methods approach. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2(3), doi: / Edley, N. (2001). Unravelling social constructionism. Theory & Psychology, 11(3), doi: / Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1982). Epistemological and methodological bases of naturalistic inquiry. Educational Communication and Technology, 30(4), doi: /bf Leckie, G. J., Given, L., & Buschman, J. E. (Eds.) (2010). Critical theory for library and information science: Exploring the social from across the disciplines. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited. Ma, L. (2012). Some philosophical considerations in using mixed methods in library and information science research. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(9), doi: /asi Morgan, D. L. (2007). Paradigms lost and pragmatism regained: Methodological implications of combining qualitative and quantitative methods. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1(1), doi: / Morgan, D. L. (2014). Research design and research methods. In D. L. Morgan, Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods: A pragmatic approach (pp ). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Available as sample chapter from s_2.pdf. Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Leech, N. L. (2005). On becoming a pragmatic researcher: The importance of combining quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(5), doi: /

3 3 Research design Blaikie, N. (2010). Designing social research: The logic of anticipation (2nd ed.). Cambridge, England: Polity Press. Cheek, J. (2008). Research design. In L. Given (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods (pp ). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. [Available as ebook from ULS] de Vaus, D. A. (2001). Research design in social research. London: Thousand Oaks, CA:SAGE. Denscombe, M. (2010). Design. In M. Denscombe, Ground rules for social research: Guidelines for good practice (2nd ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Hernon, P. (2001). Components of the research process: Where do we need to focus attention? [Editorial] Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27(2), doi : /S (00) Retrieved from Hernon, P., & Schwartz, C. (2009). Procedures: Research design [Editorial]. Library & Information Science Research, 31(1), 1-2. doi: /j.lisr Houston, R. (2011). The retroductive recognition of absence (RRA) methodology. Journal of Documentation, 67(3), doi: / Maxwell, J. A. (2013). A model for qualitative research design. In J. A. Maxwell, Qualitative research design: An interactive approach (3rd ed.) (pp. 1-21). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Available as sample chapter from Wahyuni, D. (2012). The research design maze: Understanding paradigms, cases, methods and methodologies. Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research, 10(1), Retrieved from 1_Research_Note_on_Research_Methods.pdf. Quality criteria Bryman, A., Becker, S., & Sempik, J. (2008). Quality criteria for quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research: A view from social policy. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 11(4), doi: / Burkell, J. (2003). The dilemma of survey nonresponse. Library & Information Science Research, 25(3), doi: /s (03)00029-x. Denscombe, M. (2010). Accuracy. In M. Denscombe, Ground rules for social research: Guidelines for good practice (2nd ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Denscombe, M. (2010). Generalizations. In M. Denscombe, Ground rules for social research: Guidelines for good practice (2nd ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open Denscombe, M. (2010). Objectivity. In M. Denscombe, Ground rules for social research: Guidelines for good practice (2nd ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open

4 4 Denscombe, M. (2014). Reliability and validity: Quantitative research. In M. Denscombe, The good research guide: For small-scale social research projects (5th ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [Available as ebook from ULS; page numbers vary in ebook] Howe, K., & Eisenhart, M. (1990). Standards for qualitative (and quantitative) research: A prolegomenon. Educational Researcher, 19(4), 2-9. doi: / Jacobson, W. (1998). Defining the quality of practitioner research. Adult Education Quarterly, 48(3), doi: / Terrell, S. R. (2016). Reliability and validity. In S. R. Terrell, Writing a proposal for your dissertation: Guidelines and examples (pp ). New York: Guilford Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Trochim, W. M. K. (2006). Construct validity. In W. M. K. Trochim, The research methods knowledge base (2nd ed.). Retrieved from Trochim, W. M. K. (2006). Reliability. In W. M. K. Trochim, The research methods knowledge base (2nd ed.). Retrieved from Quality criteria for QUALitative research Denscombe, M. (2014). Reliability and validity: Qualitative research. In M. Denscombe, The good research guide: For small-scale social research projects (5th ed.) (pp ). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press. [Available as ebook from ULS; page numbers vary in ebook] Golafshani, N. (2003). Understanding reliability and validity in qualitative research. The Qualitative Report, 8(4), Retrieved from Guba, E. G. (1981). Criteria for assessing the trustworthiness of naturalistic inquiries. Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 29(2), doi: /bf Lincoln, Y. S. (1995). Emerging criteria for quality in qualitative and interpretive research. Qualitative Inquiry, 1(3), doi: / Maxwell, J. A. (1992). Understanding and validity in qualitative research. Harvard Educational Review, 62(3), Roller, M. R., & Lavrakas, P. J. (2015). The total quality framework. In M. Roller & P. Lavrakas, Applied qualitative research design: A total quality framework approach (pp ). New York: Guilford Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Sandelowski, M. (1993). Rigor or rigor mortis: The problem of rigor in qualitative research revisited. Advances in Nursing Science, 16(2), 1-8. Seale, C. (1999). Quality in qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 5(4), doi: / Shenton, A. K. (2004). Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Education for Information, 22(2), Retrieved from

5 5 Terrell, S. R. (2016). The validity and reliability of a qualitative study. In S. R. Terrell, Writing a proposal for your dissertation: Guidelines and examples (pp ). New York: Guilford Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Tracy, S. J. (2010). Qualitative quality: Eight big tent criteria for excellent qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 16(10), doi: / Vainio, A. (2013). Beyond research ethics: Anonymity as ontology, analysis and independence. Qualitative Research, 13(6), doi:0.1177/ Lecture references Anderson, G. L., & Herr, K. (1999). The new paradigm wars: Is there room for rigorous practitioner knowledge in schools and universities? Educational Researcher, 28(5), 12-21, 40. doi: / Arthur, A., & Hancock, B. (2009). Introduction to the research process (rev. ed.). Sheffield, England: NHS National Institute for Heath Research, NIHR Research Design Service for the East Midlands/Yorkshire and the Humber. Retrieved from evision_20091.pdf. Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2011). Research methods in education (7th ed.). New York: Routledge. Denscombe, M. (2010). The good research guide: For small-scale social research projects (4th ed.). Maidenhead, England: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press. [Available as ebook from ULS] Gorman, G. E., & Clayton, P. (2005). Qualitative research for the information professional: A practical handbook (2nd ed.). London: Facet. Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2013). Practical research: Planning and design (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson. Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive approach (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Patton, M. Q. (2002). Variety in qualitative inquiry: Theoretical orientations. In M. Q. Patton, Qualitative research & evaluation methods (3rd ed.) (pp ). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. Pickard, A. J. (2013a). Introduction. In A. J. Pickard, Research methods in information (2nd ed.) (pp. xv-xxii). London: Facet; Chicago, IL: ALA Neal-Schuman. Seale, C. (1999). The quality of qualitative research. London: SAGE.