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<journal-id>0187-358X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación bibliotecológica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investig. bibl]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-358X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-358X2016000300249</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.ibbai.2016.10.011</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Análise de regularidades metodológicas em pesquisas brasileiras sobre comportamentos de uso e usuários da informação]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Analysis of methodological regularity in Brazilian research on information user behaviors]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tabosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hamilton Rodrigues]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Virgínia Bentes]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Loureiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José Mauro Matheus]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="A01">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Ceará  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A02">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>70</numero>
<fpage>249</fpage>
<lpage>267</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-358X2016000300249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-358X2016000300249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-358X2016000300249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Objetiva investigar as contribuições de pesquisadores brasileiros, dentro dos estudos de uso e usuários da informação, a partir da análise de vinte e duas dissertações e quatro teses, no que se refere a metodologias empregadas nesses estudos e seus principais resultados na última década. Identifica regularidades nas metodologias frequentemente utilizadas e analisa indícios de padronização metodológica nessa área de investigação da Ciência da Informação (CI), bem como aglutina e analisa os principais resultados dessas pesquisas que, consequentemente, colaboram para a construção teórica e metodológica na CI. Apresenta conceitos de metodologia e aspectos da construção metodológica da Ciência da Informação como uma Ciência Social. Os resultados indicam coerência nas escolhas metodológicas dos trabalhos investigados, bem como apontam regularidades na adoção de métodos e técnicas oriundas das Ciências Sociais, tais como preferência por pesquisas qualitativas, uso de entrevistas, questionários, estudos de caso, entre outros. Os resultados apresentam também haver regularidades quanto a certas conclusões a que chegaram as dissertações e teses a respeito dos comportamentos de busca e uso de informação.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[This paper examines the contributions of Brazilian researchers in the field of information use and users, through an analysis of methodologies employed in twenty&#8208;two research paper and four theses published in the last decade, while also examining their results. By identifying the frequency of the methodological approaches employed, we attempt to find evidence of methodological standardization in the field of Information Science (IS) research. Moreover, by gathering the results of these surveys, our aim is to facilitate the methodological and theoretical construction of IS. This paper introduces the concept of methodology and methodological aspects of the construction of Information Science as a social science. Results indicate consistency in methodological choices of the sample works and regularities in the adoption of methods and techniques habitually employed in the social sciences, such as the preference for qualitative research, use of interviews, questionnaires and case studies. Moreover, the research finds regularities in certain conclusions regarding the thesis regarding search behavior and use of information.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Information Science - methodology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Information Science - research]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Seeking behaviors and use of information]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Study users]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ciência da Informação - metodologia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ciência da Informação - pesquisa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Comportamentos de busca e uso da informação]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Estudo de usuários]]></kwd>
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