User Studies at NCSU

Recording Sessions
   - Morae software
   - Remote observing

Conducting a Study

Recommended Resources

Sample Documents

Focus Groups

Articles

• Glitz, B. (1997). The focus group technique in library research: An introduction. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 85(4), 385-390.
• Glitz, B., Hamasu, C., & Sandstrom, H. (2001). The focus group: A tool for programme planning, assessment and decision-making- An American view. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 18(1), 30-37.

Books

• Greenbaum, T.L. (1998). The handbook for focus group research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Krueger, Richard A. Focus groups: A practical guide for applied research. [view catalog record]
• Morgan, David L. and Richard A. Krueger. The Focus Group Kit. [view catalog record]

Ethnographic Researchers

• Nancy Fried Foster, Director of Anthropological Research at University of Rochester

Ethnographic Resources

• Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester
• Listserv related to Ethnographic Study in Libraries