An Introduction to Metatheories, Theories, and Models

Vol.3,No.1(2011)
Methodological Issues in Library and Information Studies and Current Research in the Field

Abstract

The article represents the translation into Czech language of the first chapter of the book Theories of information behavior (Fisher, Karen E., Erdelez, Sanda, and McKechnie, Lynne, Eds.Theories of Information Behavior. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2005). The author of the first chapter is Marcia J. Bates, the title is An Introduction to Metatheories, Theories, and Models and the objective of this chapter is to provide a general introduction to some key theoretical concepts of use in library and information science (LIS).

 

Translation by Jan Němec


Keywords:
methodology; research; theory; metatheory; model; information retrieval
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