Research Methods in Information Science/Theoretical approaches

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Many papers in Library and Information Science take theoretical approaches that synthesizes prior research. Chu (2015) found that almost 40% of the articles published between 2001 and 2010 in the Journal of Documentation represented a theoretical, rather than an empirical method[1].

Conceptual analysis[edit | edit source]

Model building[edit | edit source]

Theory development[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Heting Chu (2015). "Research methods in library and information science: A content analysis". Library and Information Science Research. Elsevier. 37 (1).