User Inspired: A LibGuide to Support Qualitative Searchers and Researchers

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  • February 22, 2019
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  • Renner, Barbara Rochen
    • ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3505-6341
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library
  • Kraus-Friedberg, Chana
    • Affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library
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  • Background & Purpose: In response to an increasing number of user requests, a health sciences librarian and a library science graduate research assistant at a major southeastern university set out to discover and collect resources to support searching, researching, and publishing--with an emphasis on qualitative research. Requests have included help finding sources of training and support across campus and assistance searching for qualitative research, evaluating qualitative studies, reporting qualitative research, and finding appropriate publication venues. Locally, significant support and a number of training opportunities ranging from credit courses to short courses to assistance with methodology and analytical software exist but are widely scattered across campus and not always easy to find, particularly for those not already familiar with qualitative terminology. More broadly, a number of high quality web-based resources exist to assist in searching for, evaluating, and publishing qualitative research. Additionally, articles that focus on searching for qualitative research in specific databases exist in the health professions and related literature. Methods: To meet the needs of qualitative researchers and searchers--and the librarians who support them--we want to make the resources we've found easily findable and accessible. We chose the LibGuides platform commonly used on our campus, and we will promote the guide to our library liaisons and our Research Hub librarians who connect researchers with experts and tools. Outcome: When complete, the guide will include such resources as search filters and strategies, writing conventions for reporting qualitative research, qualitative analysis software and training resources, a list of health science related journals that publish qualitative research, guidelines for evaluating qualitative studies and integrating them into systematic reviews, and links to on-campus resources for researchers who want further training or support in qualitative methods (including consultants, departments/centers, and qualitative analysis software/computing).
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  • Medical Library Association. Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Annual Meeting (2015: Asheville, N.C.)
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