This textbook seeks to provide essential guidance for librarians who need tobe able to read and evaluate research reports critically and assist others withtheir... » 

This textbook seeks to provide essential guidance for librarians who need tobe able to read and evaluate research reports critically and assist others withtheir research. The book almost exclusively considers basic research methodsas opposed to applied research methods. The perspective is that libraryrelatedresearch should be as sound as any scientific research and basic concepts arepresented accordingly. A second viewpoint is that the conceptual development ofa study is as crucial to its success as are the specific techniques employed inits conduct. «