ABSTRACT
Information Literacy has been the object of study in Information Science since its inception in 1974. Research related to the theme has led to the proliferation of Information Literacy models, used as reference framework, for application in other researches or in librarian practice. With this in view, we ask: what were the models of Information Literacy used as reference framework in dissertations and theses defended in Information Science Graduate Programs, from 2014 to 2018? The present work has as general goal: to identify the models of Information Literacy used more frequently in the research on Information Literacy in Brazil. And as specific goals: a) present a panorama of the Brazilian research on Information Literacy; b) present the main trends in the production of theses and dissertations on Information Literacy in Brazil; c) to carry out a systematic review of Brazilian research in Master's and Doctoral degrees in Information Science between 2014-2018. This is an exploratory, qualitative approach that uses as a method of bibliographic research the systematic review of the results obtained in a survey carried out at the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD, in the Portuguese acronym) of the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT, in the Portuguese acronym). It concludes by pointing to the fact that the Information Literacy models are considered essential for the development of research on the subject and serves as theoretical and methodological basis for the critique, interpretation and application of concepts and methods on Information Literacy.
KEYWORDS:
Information literacy; Research methods; Literature review
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