Teaching Information Science Students for the Use of Different Methodologies

The Information Science course of the University of Porto in Portugal has a learning unit designed Research Methodology. As a teacher of this discipline I encourage students to develop research studies using either qualitative or quantitative methods applied to possible future professional scenarios, namely when analyzing librarians' users satisfaction. The aim of this communication is to present some examples of those research essays and to discuss future ways for teaching and learning those issues as well as different professional frames where those methods are needed to solve problems.