Sociocultural Theories and Their Application in Information Literacy Research and Education‪.‬

THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN INFORMATION LITERACY RESEARCH Various research approaches and techniques have been adopted in information literacy (IL) research. These range from survey (Korobili, Malliari & Christodoulou, 2008), Delphi study (Saunders, 2009), case study (McAdoo, 2008), testing (Gross & Latham, 2009), to interviews (McGuinness, 2006), focus group studies (Dunn, 2002), document analysis (Wright, 2007) phenomenography (Bruce, 1997), critical theory (Elmborg, 2006), and critical incident technique (Hughes, 2007; 2009). Several of these are highlighted in a recent text Exploring Methods in Information Literacy Research (Lipu, Williamson and Lloyd, 2007).