Concept, Purpose, Functions, Scope and Ethics; Types of Research – Basic and Applied, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary.
Research Methods: Historical, Descriptive, Experimental and Delphi.
Research Design - Selection of Research Problem, Review of Literature; Formulation of Research Problem; Hypothesis – Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques.
Methods of Data Collection: Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records, Scales and Checklist.
Data Analysis and Interpretation - Presentation of Data; Statistical Methods/ Techniques.
Statistical Packages – Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bib excel, ‘R’ Statistics.
Statistical Packages – Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bib excel, ‘R’ Statistics.
Research Report Writing and Citation Tools – Structure, Style, Contents, Guidelines; Style Manuals; Online Citation Tools; Reference Style Management Tools; Antiplagiarism Tools; Evaluation of Research Report.
Metric Studies in LIS - Bibliometrics, Scient metric, Webometrics, Altimetric;
Impact Factors – Journal, Institutional and Authors; h-Index, g-Index, i10 Index.
Trends in Library and Information Science Research.
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