You are not signed in. Sign in.

List Books: Buy books on ListBooks.org

Research for School Library Media Specialists »

Book cover image of Research for School Library Media Specialists by Kent R. Gustafson

Authors: Kent R. Gustafson, Jane Bandy Smith
ISBN-13: 9781567500868, ISBN-10: 1567500862
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Find Best Prices for This Book »

Author Biography: Kent R. Gustafson

Book Synopsis

This book is directed toward graduate students who are preparing to become, or already serving as, school library media specialists. It reflects the rapidly changing questions being asked in school library media research, as well as the methods of addressing those questions. These changes are due to both the changing role of the school library media specialist, and the explosion of research methods available. The authors hope that this book will encourage its readers to pursue an active research agenda in their school library media center.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Ch. 1Research and its use by practitioners1
Ch. 2Identifying a researchable problem19
Ch. 3Finding information38
Ch. 4Evaluating the existing literature66
Ch. 5Selecting a research design83
Ch. 6Identifying data collection instruments106
Ch. 7Data collection and preparation124
Ch. 8Data analysis136
Ch. 9Reporting results162
Bibliography182
Appendix A187
Appendix B193
Appendix C200
Appendix D207
Author Index221
Subject Index223

Subjects