Comportamento informacional dos professores de Direito da Universidade Federal de Sergipe : um estudo exploratório

Abstract

The phenomenon studied here is the Information Behavior of law professors of the Federal University of Sergipe, regarding the understanding of their information needs and the means used to search for information, identifying the sources of information considered fundamental for these teachers and making a survey about the type of information used by the researched teachers. The research aims at an exploratory and descriptive character. There is a need for a qualitative and quantitative methodological approach to the profile of this research. The technique used for the data collection was a semistructured research form. It was decided to research UFS law professors, in order to identify the informational behavior of those who have the use of legal information in the academic environment. In addition, we investigated the lack of information regarding the accomplishment of the professional activities developed.