The literature on information needs: an analysis from articles published in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2009v14n27p135Keywords:
Information needs, User studies, Scientific article, Citation analysisAbstract
It analyses the articles published in the scientific journal “Ciência da Informação” over the last ten years, through papers that addressed the issue “users information needs”. It aimed to identify the literature that subsidized applied research in libraries and information services. The universe of study was composed of nine articles published in the journal, and these were considered the citations of four articles within the proposed cut. The citations were classified into four variables (typology, temporality, language and geographical origin). It is cited documents that discuss issues related to the subject “information needs”. The results showed that researches published in the period were developed around the users of information services, through the completion users’ studies from libraries / information services specialist.
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