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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