O apoio das bibliotecas à investigação científica em Portugal

Scientific research is based on prior scientific knowledge, which makes libraries a fundamental pillar of access to knowledge and its creation. This article seeks to reflect on the relationship between scientific research in Portugal and libraries, which gives access to a core part of information resources, centered on two aspects: (i) the positioning of libraries as a support for scientific research in an environment of generalized information available online and (ii) how the services offered by research and university libraries in Portugal are perceived by researchers. This work is based on a literature review following the chronological proposal of Manuel Heitor (2015) for the evolution of Portuguese science. The data present two interpretative itineraries that revolve around the contributions of information professionals and university research in Information Science. It is concluded that there is not yet an in-depth study devoted to the support of libraries to scientific research, and there is scope to pursue this kind of work