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Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook.(Brief article)(Book review)

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| December 01, 2005 | Weibrands, Constance | COPYRIGHT 2007 Australian Library and Information Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Qualitative Research for the Information Professional: A Practical Handbook 2nd ed by G E Gorman and Peter Clayton, with contributions from Sydney J Shep and Adela Clayton. London Facet Publishing 2005 282pp ISBN 1-85604-472-6

This book succeeds in its aim as a 'how-to-do-it' manual of qualitative research methodologies for 'researchers and practitioners in information organizations', including students. Clearly structured, each chapter begins with focus questions, and contains numerous 'research scenarios', some of which read like case studies, which are very useful to the practitioner as a means of contextualising research within our organisations. The book is also…

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