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2.
Oxford American Dictionary. 183.
3.
Mellon, Constance A., "Library Anxiety: A Grounded Theory and Its Development," College and Research Libraries March 1986, 160.
4.
Babbie, Earl R., The Practice of Social ResearchBelmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1975, 254.
5.
Slater, Margaret, "Qualitative Research," In: Margaret Slater (Ed.), Research Methods in Library and Information StudiesLondon: The Library Association , 1990, 109-110.
6.
Ibid., p. 107.
7.
Mellon, op.cit., p. 160.
8.
Filstead, William J. (Ed.), Qualitative Methodology: Firsthand Involvement with the Social WorldChicago: Markham Publishing Company, 1970, 4.
9.
Glaser, Barney G., and Anselm L. Strauss, pp. 6-7.
10.
Bogdan, Robert , and Steven J. Taylor, Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods: A Phenomenological Approach to the Social Sciences, New York: Wiley, 1975; Spradley, James P., and David W. McCurdy , The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society, Chicago: Science Research Assoc., 1972.
11.
Jacob, J. Evelyn , "Qualitative Research Traditions: A Review ," Review of Educational Research, 57(1): 1-50 (Spring 1987).
12.
Carr, David , "Qualitative Meaning in Cultural Institutions ." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science , 31(2): 102 (Fall 1990).
13.
Ibid, p. 102.
14.
Ritchie, Jane , "The Contribution of Qualitative Methods to Social Policy" Survey Methods Newsletter (Winter 1985-86),9-10.
15.
Glaser, Barney G., and Anselm L. Strauss, "Discovery of Substantive Theory: A Basic Strategy Underlying Qualitative Research," In: Filstead, William J. (Ed.), Qualitative Methodology: Firsthand Involvement with the Social World, Chicago: Markham Publishing Company, 1970, 288.
16.
Glaser, Barney G., and Anselm L. Strauss, 288, 304.
17.
Ibid.
18.
Ibid.
19.
Glaser, Barney G., and Anselm L. Strauss, The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research, Chicago: Aldine, 1967, 228.
20.
Ibid., 289-300.
21.
Glaser, Barney G., and Anselm L. Strauss.The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research, 224-225.
