Unit – IX

1. Research - Concept, Purpose, Functions, Scope and Ethics; Types of Research – Basic and Applied, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary. 

2. Research Methods: Historical, Descriptive, Experimental and Delphi. 

3. Research Design - Selection of Research Problem, Review of Literature; Formulation of Research Problem; Hypothesis – Formulation, Types and Testing; Sampling Techniques. 

4. Methods of Data Collection: Questionnaire, Interview, Observation, Library Records, Scales and Checklist. 

5. Data Analysis and Interpretation - Presentation of Data; Statistical Methods/ Techniques. 

6. Statistical Packages – Spreadsheet, SPSS, Bibexcel, ‘R’ Statistics. 

7. 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. 

8. Metric Studies in LIS - Bibliometrics, Scientometric, Webometrics, Altmetrics; 

9. Impact Factors – Journal, Institutional and Authors; h-Index, g-Index, i10 Index. 

10. Trends in Library and Information Science Research.