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Natoli, Joseph P. – 1976
A phenomenological approach to library research utilizing qualitative research methods is contrasted to a positivist-behaviorist approach utilizing quantitative methods. Psychological understanding of a situation attained by means of accurate description, and subjectivity and associated intentionality are presented as part of the phenomenological…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Essays, Evaluation Methods, Library Research

Glassner, Barry; Corzine, Jay – Sociology and Social Research, 1982
Develops Glaser and Strauss' (1967) suggestion that fieldwork techniques may be successfully adapted for content analysis research. Discusses relative advantages of literature and traditional fieldwork sites, and initial stages of doing fieldwork at literature sites; demonstrates method used through an evaluation of the hypothesis that prejudice…
Descriptors: Bias, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Content Analysis