The research is part of a study carried out to a group of professionals belonging to the scientific, natural, pure, exact and applied sciences which form a scientific community formed from an institutional collaborative project, led by the Tropical Medical Institute "Pedro Kourí" in Sancti Spiritus province. This study is aimed to determine the characteristics and researchers information behavior that make up this studied scientific community. The research was based on inquiring what were the most used sources and information resources as well as the relationship between the degree of study, age, type and stage of research on the type of information resource and source of information they use when they need to meet their information needs. A questionnaire was applied to all members of the group and the results were analyzed descriptively, using nonparametric statistical tests in order to check the correlation between the selected variables. These results were compared with similar studies in Latin American countries, primarily Spain and Mexico, presenting, some overlap or touch points, such as: the use of periodicals and access to the papers as a preferred option to access the published results firsthand, the library and the most used source of information and increased use of electronic text due to increased access to information technologies.
informational behaviour; informative behaviour; scientific communities; needs of information; collaborative projects
