Comportamento de busca de informação como parâmetro para o desenvolvimento da competência em informação no uso do Portal CAPES

Abstract

Amidst a large number of available sources of information, undergraduates have faced the challenge of identifying the most appropriate sources to their academic research, as well as developing the skills and competencies to use the research tools. Based on this premise, this work aims to identify the information search behavior of undergraduate students from the UFRN Health area, aiming to establish parameters for the development of competency actions on information with emphasis on the use of the CAPES Periodicals Portal. In order to fulfill the objective, a descriptive research was carried out, with quantitative approach, applied to the graduating students of the undergraduate courses of the Health area of UFRN. As a data collection instrument, a structured questionnaire was developed according to the Framework for Information Competence for Higher Education (ACRL, 2016). With the application of the research, it was verified that, according to the search behavior, the students surveyed present, in a partial way, characteristics of the information competence in the use of the CAPES Periodicals Portal. It is a result that made possible the proposal of actions that aim to enhance the use of the CAPES Portal.