10 Qualitative research Chapter Contents Introduction Research problems and questions Approaches to qualitative research What defines qualitative research? An example of qualitative research Summary Introduction Qualitative (interpretive) research aims to…
2 Quantitative and qualitative methods Chapter Contents Introduction The social construction of reality Contrasting qualitative and quantitative methods Perception of subject matter Positioning of researcher Data and evidence Theories Theory…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 17 Global Health Sources MEGAN VON ISENBURG AND MELLANYE LACKEY The phrase global health refers to “health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 16 Point-of-Care and Clinical Decision Support Resources SUSAN SWOGGER One of the most vital and also most unique health sciences information needs is for accurate information at…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 14 Directories and Biographical Sources TRACY SHIELDS Directories, both in print and electronic formats, provide information about individuals, groups, and organizations. Biographical sources provide biographical information on…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 13 History Sources LUCRETIA W. MCCLURE Updated and revised by MICHAEL A. FLANNERY “The library is the historian’s laboratory,” and in health sciences libraries, the historian may…
Figure 12.2. Formula for calculating teen birthrate In 2010, there were 367,678 live births for females aged 15–19.* In 2010, official Census counts put the population for females aged 15–19…
Gatekeeping in its various forms is seen as a key differentiating feature of the Internet: collective gatekeeping (e.g., bulletin boards, wiki), individual gatekeeping (e.g., blog, social networking sites), and unknown…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 4 Bibliographic Sources for Periodicals FEILI TU-KEEFNER The creation of scientific journals began in the seventeenth century. The first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, was created in 1665…
