This work presents a review of the literature on the informational behavior of children and adolescents with emphasis on foreign studies, especially from the USA, Europe, Canada and Australia. The works analyzed are grouped in the following topics or research streams: learning through the school library, children and adolescents and the Internet and information use in every-day life. The studies were selected due to the exchange between foreign researchers and the School of Information Studies of UFMG and also to PhD research at the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries in New Jersey, USA. The description of these studies is followed by a listing of their main conclusions and/or recommendations.
Children - informational behavior; Adolescents - informational behavior; School library - research; Internet; ISP Model - Information Search Process; Cognitive use of the information; Information literacy
