Active and frequent users of Portal de Periodicos da CAPES from Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Authors

  • Suênia Oliveira Mendes Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA
  • Fabricio Ziviani Universidade FUMEC - FUMEC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2014.179

Keywords:

Information systems, Information and communication technology, User studies, Frequent users, Portal de Periódicos da Capes, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the frequent user’s profile of the Journal Portal Capes at the Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). It is a descriptive field research with a quantitative approach. The research counted with 44 Portal de Periódicos da Capes of UFMA frequent users. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire with open and closed ended questions. The results indicate that the major difficulties faced in using the Portal de Periódicos da Capes refer to the identification of the full text, of the resources offered by Portal de Periódicos da Capes and remote access which reinforces the improvement of the training given. Information systems such as Portal de Periódicos da Capes aim to minimize the informational search efforts, thus conclude that the planning should be based on the profile of their clientele, that means understand the needs and demands of research permitting successful of the projects in informational services.

Author Biographies

Suênia Oliveira Mendes, Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA

Bibliotecária da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Professora do Instituto Florence de Ensino Superior. Mestre em Administração pela Faculdade de Estudos Administrativos de Minas Gerais. Especialista em Gestão de Arquivos e Graduada em Biblioteconomia pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brasil.

Fabricio Ziviani, Universidade FUMEC - FUMEC

Professor da Universidade FUMEC. Doutor em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Mestre em Administração Pública pela Escola de Governo da Fundação João Pinheiro e graduado em Administração. Brasil.

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Published

2015-04-06

How to Cite

Mendes, S. O., & Ziviani, F. (2015). Active and frequent users of Portal de Periodicos da CAPES from Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (56), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2014.179

Issue

No. 56 (2014)

Section

Case report

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