Investigación cualitativa. Comprender al usuario de la información

Content analysis, grounded theory, discourse analysis and social network analysis are analyzed in the context of research on how users generate and share information in everyday life and in the context of social media. For each of the three designs, the research ques on, methods of data analysis and research output are studied. This combina on of three methodologies is valuable to gain knowledge about the user in that environment, de ning the object of study from various aspects of user interation with information

European research on information behaviour in the 21st century

This paper contributes to global knowledge of the study of information behaviour by offering a map of European research during the 21st century from quantitative and qualitative points of view. From a quantitative point of view, we detail the countries and institutions whose researchers have published results. From a qualitative point of view, we describe the researchers and areas of study at the main European research centres. The results show that there is no common research area, but rather isolated researchers or small leading research groups, generally from northern Europe, who worked in this area during the first years of the 21st century

Aproximación sistemática a la revisión de la literatura en el contexto de un trabajo de fin de master

Los contenidos de este documento son el resultado de la docencia impartida por su autora en las siguientes asignaturas de la Universitat de València (España): 41091 - Investigación básica en odontología. Máster Universitario en Ciencias Odontológicas. 43013 - Fundamentos metodológicos básicos de la investigación biomédica. Máster Universitario en Investigación Biomédica. 43879 - Introducción a la investigación I. Máster Universitario en Optometría Avanzada y Ciencias de la Visión. No se pretende la exhaustividad puesto que existen numerosas monografías y manuales dedicados a desarrollar las distintas etapas de la realización de revisiones sistemáticas profundizando en su metodología. Su objetivo es ofrecer una guía con información básica y de referencia para abordar una revisión con orientación sistémica en el contexto de los trabajos final de master. Por ello, junto con la exposición de los pasos que deben seguirse, se incluye una bibliografía exhaustiva al final del documento

Cómo abordar un trabajo académico. El TFM: fuentes, métodos y escritura

Procedimiento para elaborar el trabajo final de master, incluyendo propuesta inicial, diseño metodológico y escritura

The diffusion and influence of theoretical models of information behaviour : the case of Savolainen's ELIS model

To ascertain the diffusion and influence of Savolainen's ELIS model and its use as a theoretical and/or methodological basis for research. A context citation analysis was made of the work where this researcher published his model. Analysis covered the year of publication, the type of work and the subject-matter of the citing documents concerned. In-context citations were analysed for their frequency in each citing text, style, location and content cited. The ELIS model received 18.5 cites/year. 20.2% of them corresponded to papers published in journals in other areas, mainly computer science. The average of cites per paper was 1.8; 64.5% of the citing works cited them only once. 60% of the cites were considered essential. Only 13.7% of these cites appear in theory or methods. 37% of the citing documents contained no concept relating to the model. The method used focuses on the most direct context of a cite (sentence or paragraph), but isolates it from the general context (full document, other documents by the author or their social capital). It has however allowed this research issue to be dealt with under laboratory conditions, and revealed nuances hidden by the absolute number of cites. It has become evident that the dissemination and influence of the ELIS model is less that what the total number of cites indicates, and that it has scarcely been incorporated into research design. Despite its popularity, it is not being validated and/or refuted by way of empirical data

Cuatro tradiciones en la investigacion del usuario: user studies, information behaviour, information practice e information experience.

Despite the fact that user research constitutes a consolidated area of study with defined limits, it can entail terminological difficulties for researchers who are not familiar with it. This type of research can be traced, at least, under four different headings: user studies or information needs and uses studies; information behaviour or information-seeking behaviour; information practices and information experience. This paper presents a basic analysis of the founding theoretical and methodological features which help understand what is behind these headlines, why they came to be used and what kind of research can be found under these four headings. The aim is to facilitate the exhaustive retrieval of specialized bibliography, as well as critical reading, taking into account these theoretical and methodological consideration

Guía rápida para la elaboración de revisiones bibliográficas sistemáticas y criterios para su evaluación

Se exponen los pasos básicos a seguir en la realización de revisiones sistemáticas.The basic steps to follow in conducting systematic reviews are outlined

Le relazioni tra utente ed informazioni. Principi e metodi di analisi

Presentación de los estudios sobre comportamiento informacional desde el punto de vista de: a) conceptos y evolución histórica, b) fundamentos teóricos y c) fundamentos metodológicos.Overview of studies on information behavior from the point of view of: a) concepts and historical evolution, b) theorical and c) methodological foundations

Culture of information and information exchange in a public hospital : a study based on the information orientation model and social network analysis

The structures of hospitals have evolved to make them centre on patients and their pathologies, with care procedures that are both interprofessional and interorganisational. This has given rise to work environments made up of teams obliged to collaborate in their problem-solving, with an essential focus on proper collaborative information behaviour (CIB). The aim was to study this behaviour in a clinical service of a hospital in relation to two aspects: information culture (IC) and the exchange of information. This entailed designing a two-part descriptive study. The first step was to administer a survey based on the information orientation model to know more about the service's IC. The second phase focussed on the exchange of information from the perspective of an analysis of social networks. The main characteristic of IC was its proactive nature, especially in the use of information to improve one's own work (mean = 4.58) and to respond to changes and new developments relating to work (mean = 4.18). The factor that least characterised IC was control, particularly in relation to knowledge of the objective of the activity itself (mean = 2.67) and the dispersion of information about hospital processes (mean = 2.64). On social networks, factors contrary to an interprofessional CIB were identified, such as homophily and low reciprocity in terms of relationships. In practice, the results identified a need to reinforce the perception of information as a resource, the proper use of which benefits job performance at both an individual and group level. A need to reinforce flows of internal hospital-related information was likewise evident. From a theoretical and methodological point of view, a useful tool is made available for diagnosing the collaborative information behaviour of an organisation and designing strategies to improve it