政大圖書資訊學研究所

Introduction to Research in Library and Information Science

Mei-hwa Yang

Syllabus

Course Objectives:

This course provides an introduction to procedure for preparing, designing, conducting, and evaluating scientific research in library and information science. It is designed to aid students in the identification of problems currently in need of investigation in the field, and to create an appreciation of research in general.

Textbook:

Charles H. Busha & Stephen P. Harter, Research Methods in Librarianship, Technique and Interpretation. New York: Academic Press,1980.

Requirement:

Each student will be required to prepare a term paper. The paper will be a proposal for the conduct of a piece of research.

Outline of Course Content:

Introduction

Basic concepts of research

Finding a Research Topic

Statement of the problem

Related research and Literature

Logical Structure- A perspective on the study

Objective and questions

Procedures

Survey Research

Historical Research

Core Study Method

Comparative Librarianship

Evaluation Research

The Application of Statistics

Writing the Research Proposal

Evaluation of Completed Research