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Qualitative Methods in Information Retrieval Research.
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Fidel, Raya – Library and Information Science Research, 1993
Reviews the literature on qualitative methods in information retrieval research. Qualitative research is shown to be noncontrolling, holistic and case oriented, about processes, open and flexible, diverse in methods, humanistic, inductive, and scientific. Relevance to library and information science and sources of information on qualitative…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Literature Reviews