Melissa R. Gross

Studying Children's Questions

Imposed and Self-Generated Information Seeking at School

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reports on a study examining 'Imposed Queries in the School Library Media Center,' and is a follow up to a pilot study on the same topic. The analysis is presented in a way that provides a clear road map for researchers, students, and practitioners who wish to undertake a study of this type, or to advance thinking about the place of imposed queries in information seeking.

Produktdetails

• Research Methods in Library and Information Studies Nr.3
• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780810852198
• ISBN-10: 0810852195
• Artikelnr.: 21904397

Autorenporträt

Melissa Gross is an Associate Professor in the College of Information at the Florida State University. She received the prestigious American Association of University Women Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars in 2001, and was voted Outstanding Faculty Member for 2002-2003.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Children and
Research Chapter 4 2. Children in the Library Chapter 5 3. Studying
Children's Questions at School Chapter 6 4. Understanding Children's
Questions and Information-Seeking Behavior Chapter 7 5. Next Steps Part 8
Appendix A: Human Subject Forms Flyer Part 9 Appendix B: Coding Sheet for
Self-Generated and Imposed Queries Part 10 Appendix C: Interview Guides for
Students, Teachers, and School Library Media Specialists Part 11 Index Part
12 About the Author