Integrating a theoretical framework into research proposal design

The chapter explores a tenure-track librarian's journey to learn how to integrate a theoretical framework into a telephone survey project examining consumer health information seeking behavior. It explores how to identify theories, how to develop the theoretical framework with the literature review, and how to integrate the theoretical framework into the design of the proposal to support research questions, data collection, findings, and recommendations. This case study offers a clear and specific example of one method to address the research and theory practice gap through direct application of theoretical frameworks.