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There are 14 class sessions. The table below displays the course
schedule by Date, Session Number and Topics, Readings, and
Assignments.
Here is a list
of important dates and no-class dates:
1/28: First
meeting of class
2/11: Talk by Dr.
Tefko Saracevic, Professor
II, School of Communication & Information, on Information Science Theories
and Research
2/18: Guest Lecture by Dr. Peter Hernon
on Reflective Inquiry and Problem Statement
3/4:
Guest Lecture by Dr. Sanda Erdelez on the Science and Art of Literature
Reviews
3/11: No class: Spring Break
3/25: "Successful Research Grant
Writing" Panel -- Campus-Wide Program. No Lecture. The event starts at 2pm
and ends at 4:30. Location: Kotzen Room. Sponsored by Simmons Provost
Office. Organized by Rong Tang and Jon Kimball (Sponsored Program)
4/1: Guest lecture by Dr.
Barbara Wildemuth,
Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill on experimental
studies design
4/8: Talk by Mary Wilkin Jordan on Survey research
4/22: The second part of the class
session will feature one-on-one consultation for individual research
projects.
4/29:
Both the segment of Data Collection, Data Analysis, and Results and the
final research paper are due
5/6: Research project
presentation
-- Click the buttons below to go to each month of the semester--
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Readings
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1/28
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Session 1:
Introduction to Research; Scientific Methods of Inquiry
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Course Web
Resource Section
- Johnson & Christensen, Chapter 1
- King, Keohane, & Verba.
(1994). Chapter 1
- Michael,
R. (2002). Inquiry and Scientific method
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2/4 |
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- Creswell, Chapter 1
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Johnson & Christenson, Chapter 2, Chapter 5
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Trochim, Chapter 1_1, 1_2
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Sieber, Parts I-II, Scan Parts
III-V
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Wildemuth, Part I
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Simmons IRB Website
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2/11 |
Session 3: Research Process; Library &
Information Science Research Realm
Talk by
Tefko Saracevic on Information Science
Theory and Research |
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Johnson & Christensen, Chapter 3
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Trochim, Chapter 1_3
- Hernon, P.
(2001). Editorial: Components of the research process: Where do we need to focus
attention?
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Research flowcharts on the Web:
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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.
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Due:
Research
Scenario
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2/18 |
Session 4:
Reflective Inquiry; Developing Problem Statement, Research Questions and
Hypotheses
Talk by Peter Hernon, on reflective inquiry and developing problem
statement
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Hernon, P. & Schwartz, C. (2007).
Editorial: What is a problem statement? Library & Information
Science Research, 29, 307-309.
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Hernon, P. & Schwartz, C. (2008).
A research study's reflective inquiry.
Library & Information Science
Research, 30(3), 163-164.
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Trochim, Chapter
1_4
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Wildemuth,
Part II
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Creswell,
Chapters 3, 6-7
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Additional
Readings:
- Hernon, P., & Metoyer-Duran, C. (1993). Problem
statements: An exploratory study of their function, significance, and form.
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Metoyer-Duran
& Hernon. (1994). Problem statements in research proposals and published
research: A case study of researchers' viewpoints.
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2/25 |
Session 5: LIS Conceptual Frameworks and Representative Research
Projects
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Lead Discussion Session |
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3/4 |
Session 6:
Literature Review
Talk by
Sanda
Erdelez, on The Science and Art of Literature Reviews: An Information
Behavior Perspective
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Johnson & Christenson, p. 65-73
- Creswell, Chapter 2
- Pan, Chapters 1-10 (book on
reserve in library)
- Webster,
J., & Watson, R. (2002). Analyzing the past to prepare for the
future: Writing a literature review.
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Due:
Reflective Inquiry |
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3/11 |
No class:
Spring Break |
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3/18 |
Session 7: Sampling & Measurement;
Reliability & Validity
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- Trochim, Chapters 2-3
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Johnson & Christensen, Chapters 6,
9-10
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Wildemuth, Chapters 13-14, 27-28
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Due:
Literature Review |
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3/25 |
Session 8: Research Proposal Writing;
Successful Grant Writing
Campus-wide program on
Successful Research Grant Writing; A panel speaks on strategies
for obtaining grants from federal agencies such as NIH, NSF, NEH, and
IMLS
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Session starts at 2pm and
in Kotzen Room
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4/1 |
Session 9: Experimental Design
Talk by
Barbara
Wildemuth on Experimental Studies |
- Johnson & Christensen, Chapters
11-12
- Trochim, Chapters 9-10
- Creswell, p. 155-169
- Wildemuth, Chapters 11-12
- Tang, R., Vevea, J., & Shaw, W., jr. (1999). Towards the identification of the optimal number of
relevance categories.
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Due:
Research Protocol |
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4/8 |
Session 10: Survey Research
Talk by Mary Wilkins Jordan on Writing the
Chapter on Survey Research
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Johnson & Christensen, Chapters 7, 13
- Trochim, Chapters 4-5
- Creswell, p. 145-155
- Wildemuth, Chapter 26
- Tang, R., & Safer, M. (2008).
Author-rated importance of cited References in biology and
psychology publications.
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4/15 |
Session 11:
Qualitative Research Methods
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Johnson & Christensen, Chapters 14-15
- Trochim, Chapter 6, 8
- Creswell, Chapter 9
- Creswell (1998), Chapter 4,
Chapter 8
- Bradley, J. (1993). Methodological issues and practices in qualitative research.
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4/22 |
Session 12: Data Analysis and Coding; Individual Consultation of
Research Projects
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Trochim, Chapter 12, 13 (skip
13_4), 14
- Johnson & Christensen, Part V
- Creswell, Chapter 11
- Wildemuth, Part V
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The lecture on Data Analysis and Coding will take
the first 45 minutes, with the remaining class time for individual consultation
(20 minutes each student) |
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4/29 |
Session 13:
Mixed Method Design; Presenting Your Research
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- Creswell & Clark, Chapter 1
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Teddlie & Tashakkori, Chapter 2
- Johnson & Christensen, Chapter
16
- Creswell, Chapter 10
- Trochim, Chapter 13_4
- Wildemuth, B. (1993).
Post-positivist research: Two examples of methodological pluralism.
Library Quarterly, 63(4), 450-468.
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Due:
Data Collection, Analysis & Results
 Due:
Written Research Project |
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5/6 |
Session 14: Research Project Presentation
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