Necessidades de informação: em foco os usuários da Biblioteca do Curso de Física da Universidade Federal do Ceará

Abstract

This work adresses the interests and needs of the users of the Library of the Physics Course - BCF of the Federal University of Ceará - UFC in order to understand them. In this purpose, it aims to analyze the use of information resources in the library environment and verify the reaction of users after the process of conducting the research. The motivation for developing this study was due to the diversity of the public received daily by the BCF. The research was characterized as exploratory and descriptive, and also of quantitative and qualitative nature as we used as a data collection instrument the questionnaire composed of subjective and objective questions. The results showed that the most widely used sources of information, among others, remain being the printed books. We evidence the constitution of a positive affective bond associated to the act of research. As to the reasons that led the students and other users to seek BCF, we found that the most recurrent motivation were to study and research. We found that, for the most part, the information needs explained were linked to the course syllabus. With this, we highlight the urgency of analyzing specific groups of users in order to deepen the study of their informational behavior and, consequently, their information needs.