Letramento Informacional e a prática da pesquisa

The article verifies possible difficulties that the undergraduate students of the Library Science and Documentation course at the Federal University of Sergipe present in relation to the practice of research in academic activities, considering the importance of Information Literacy in this context. The objective of this work is to analyze the Informational Competence of students of the Library Science and Documentation course at the Federal University of Sergipe. In addition, it aims to demonstrate the relationship between Literacy and Competence in the informational field, contextualizing them in the scope of Higher Education; and, to identify the causes and difficulties regarding the research practice of the undergraduates studied. In accordance with the objectives, the research is descriptive. The case study was used as a methodological procedure, adopting a quantitative-qualitative approach through the questionnaire as a data collection instrument with 08 questions (closed and open), applied to a sample of undergraduates from the 2nd to the 8th year of the referred course. It was found that the students of Library Science and Documentation at the Federal University of Sergipe face challenges in reading and research, evidenced by the difficulty in understanding academic texts and selecting reliable sources, suggesting the importance of support in the development of these competencies.