Qualitative Research Analysis in the area of Library and Information Science: (1981-2010)

  • Beatriz Morena de Diago Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias de la Documentación
Keywords: Qualitative Research, Library and Information Studies, Scientific Production, Data Collection, Qualitative Techniques.

Abstract

The results of a study of production of Qualitative Research in the area of Library and Information Science are presented. It analyses the sources of publications that concentrate more contributions, the years and the language of this contributions and the geographical and institutional affiliation of the authors of the research articles retrieved in the databases Lisa (Library and Information Science Abstracts) and Lista (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts), with special emphasis on the particular analysis of the Spanish case. It includes a proposal for systematization of qualitative data collection techniques more recurrent in the literature: conversational techniques, documentation techniques and observational techniques.

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Published
2013-04-09
How to Cite
Morena de Diago B. (2013). Qualitative Research Analysis in the area of Library and Information Science: (1981-2010). Revista General de Información y Documentación, 23(1), 43-64. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RGID.2013.v23.n1.41693
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