ESTUDO/ANÁLISE DOCUMENTAL: UMA REVISÃO TEÓRICA E METODOLÓGICA RESEARCH/DOCUMENT ANALYSIS: IN THEIR THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

This study aims to describe the subject of research / document analysis, in their theoretical and methodological aspects. Foreign approximation and distancing between documentary research and literature. Describes the elements that must be observed in documentary research: context, authors, interests, reliability, nature of the text, key concepts. Made the selection of primary documents is performed to analyze document that meets the object of study (problem and objectives) and the selected document redoing an analysis noting the above elements. It is a methodological procedure practically decisive in some areas, such as human and social. In many researches, documents are the only source of information. It can also be used together or with other complementary methodological procedures.