Informational literacy competency of Brazilian Indigenous students at Londrina State University

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2017v22n49p102Addresses the informational literacy competency for higher education of Brazilian Indian students at Londrina State University, who were admitted at the institution through the entrance exam for indigenous population and Quotas law. Therefore, a ques...

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Autores: Prado, Hugo Leonardo, Serafim, Jucenir da Silva, Coelho, Clara Duarte, Bartalo, Linete
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Repositorio:Encontros Bibli
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/46201
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/eb/article/view/1518-2924.2017v22n49p102
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Competência em Informação
Comportamento Informacional
Discentes Indígenas
Necessidades Informacionais
Informational Literacy Competency
Informational Behavior
Brazilian Indigenous Students
Informational Needs
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Sumario:http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2017v22n49p102Addresses the informational literacy competency for higher education of Brazilian Indian students at Londrina State University, who were admitted at the institution through the entrance exam for indigenous population and Quotas law. Therefore, a questionnaire using Likert scale was applied to collect data on the students’ profile and measure their behavior frequency.To analise the results, it was used a categorization convention of the obtained averages, which are correspondend to behavior frequency reported by the research participants. The biggest information need found was concerning extra curricular activities. In general, Internet is the most accessed information source, with preference for the search engine Google.