Abstract Research Methods: Information, Systems and Contexts is a wide-ranging guide to
theory and practice, aimed at researchers who need to pursue their own investigations …

This review of the literature shows that the number of research projects in information
retrieval (IR) that employ qualitative methods is on the rise. Although no agreed-upon …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to advocate for a clearer and less fragmentary use of
qualitative research in the increasingly interdisciplinary research setting of information …

This paper investigates the concept of data collection in information systems qualitative
research. In this text, I replace the term “data collection” with “data generation” to emphasize …

In recent years qualitative methodologies have been attracting significant and growing
interest as research tools. This text serves an integrated manual on how to conduct …

The starting point of a researcher's methodological choice within information systems is not
so much a problem of how many methods we employ or if those are of a quantitative or a …

Library and information science (LIS) is a very broad discipline, which uses a wide range of
constantly evolving research strategies and techniques. The aim of this chapter is to provide …

Analysis involves what is commonly termed coding, taking raw data and raising it to a
conceptual level. Coding is the verb and codes are the names given to the concepts derived …

Content analysis is a highly flexible research method that has been widely used in library
and information science (LIS) studies with varying research goals and objectives. The …

BACKGROUND All qualitative research studies are unique and thus demand unique
strategies for analysis. Qualitative data analysis consists of identifying, coding, and …