Abstract The use of Content Analysis (CA) in Library and Information Science (LIS) research is growing. Along with that growth comes a virtual explosion in new data source types available electronically. The present study provides a detailed analysis of the trends in the use of CA by LIS researchers and traces the changes in data sources used for CA between 1990 and 2015. CA was used to analyze 338 articles retrieved from a search of 119 LIS journals. LIS researchers have been quick to apply CA to new data sources as they have become available. By validating CA as a research tool, the findings have the potential to increase the use of CA as a methodology by the LIS community. The findings should help equip LIS researchers in choosing appropriate data sources to apply to their CA studies and address a wider variety of LIS research problems and hypotheses.

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图书馆和信息研究中的内容分析：趋势分析

摘要 内容分析 (CA) 在图书馆和信息科学 (LIS) 研究中的使用正在增长。随着这种增长，电子可用的新数据源类型出现了虚拟爆炸。本研究详细分析了 LIS 研究人员使用 CA 的趋势，并追溯了 1990 年至 2015 年间用于 CA 的数据源的变化。 CA 用于分析从 119 种 LIS 期刊中检索到的 338 篇文章。当新数据源可用时，LIS 研究人员已迅速将 CA 应用到它们。通过验证 CA 作为研究工具，研究结果有可能增加 LIS 社区将 CA 作为一种方法的使用。