摘要：Este artigo visa a contribuir para o conhecimento mais aprofundado sobre estudos de comportamento informacional de usuários com base em como são tratados na literatura da ciência da informação nas últimas seis décadas. Para tanto, a análise se fundamenta nas revisões publicadas no periódico Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (Arist) e em outros trabalhos que complementam o tema abordado, mostrando sua evolução teórica e metodológica. Uma diferença crucial está relacionada à mudança conceitual observada, a qual denota a ampliação da visão epistemológica dos estudos. Tal mudança referese, especialmente, à nova terminologia adotada, que passa de "estudos de usuários" ou "necessidades e uso de informação" para "comportamento informacional de usuários". Trata-se, contudo, não somente de alteração terminológica, mas, sobretudo, de mudança paradigmática, resultado de transformações no modo como o tópico é defi nido e abordado, e na forma como é investigado. Palavras-chave Comportamento informacional. Estudos de usuários. Necessidades e usos da informação. Evolução paradigmática. Theoretical methodological evolution of the studies of information behavior of users Abstract The objective of this article is to contribute to a deeper understanding of how user information behaviour studies have been dealt with in literature on information science for the last six decades. The analysis is based on the reviews published in the journal Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (Arist), as well as on additional works that complement the topic approached showing its theoretical and methodological evolution. analyses. A crucial difference identified is related to the conceptual change occurred, showing a wider epistemological view of the studies. This change, on the other hand, is referred mainly to the terminology used to defi ne the topic, which is changed from "studies of users" or "needs and use of information" to informational behavior of users".The change, however, is not only terminological but also a paradigmatic change, as a result of transformation in how the topic is defi ned and approached, as well as how the research is carried out. Keywords Information behaviour. User studies. Information needs and use. Paradigmatic evolution.
其他摘要：The objective of this article is to contribute to a deeper
understanding of how user information behaviour
studies have been dealt with in literature on information
science for the last six decades. The analysis is based
on the reviews published in the journal Annual Review
of Information Science and Technology (Arist), as well as on additional works that complement the topic
approached showing its theoretical and methodological
evolution. analyses. A crucial difference identifi ed is
related to the conceptual change occurred, showing a
wider epistemological view of the studies. This change,
on the other hand, is referred mainly to the terminology
used to defi ne the topic, which is changed from “studies of
users” or “needs and use of information” to informational
behavior of users”. The change, however, is not only
terminological but also a paradigmatic change, as a
result of transformation in how the topic is defi ned and
approached, as well as how the research is carried out.
关键词：Comportamento informacional;Estudos de usuários.Necessidades e usos da informação;Evolução paradigmática.
其他关键词：Information behaviour. User studies. Information needs
and use. Paradigmatic evolution.
