Library & Information Science Research

This is a super useful book when it comes to writing about your research. For each statistical test, it lists what to report; the suggested format and syntax; and examples.

Essay-length descriptions of the most important concepts in research. Understandable without being oversimplified.

Guidelines for selecting the right research design.

This is a revised edition of the old standby, "Basic research methods for librarians."

Because qualitative research needs rigor, too.

A thorough overview of qualitative research methods, from writing IRB proposals to communicating results.

This open source book is a thorough hands-on guide to qualitative research methods with lots of practical tips.

Action research is especially useful for practitioner scholars.

This is a specialized topic, but an interesting one.

Ellie's proposed subtitle: how not to embarrass yourself by publishing bad results.

Although this book is written for psychology researchers, there are a number of useful chapters regarding the types of research that librarians often conduct (for instance, survey research).

An open source graduate level textbook covering foundational concepts in behavioral research.

Survey research is enormously complicated. This is the gold standard book on the subject.

This book has a robust sections on research designs, validity, and statistics.

A hands-on guide to user experience research methods.