Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:53:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IlaydianyCOS_DISSERT_Da capa_ate_pag59.pdf: 4673170 bytes, checksum: dbe43ebf6a44ca19e60bb796975a2fa6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-20 / This study aims to identify, through the application of webometric indicators, which Post-Graduate Courses in Engineering recommended by the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Personnel Education (CAPES) in Brazil stand out in the web space, in relation to the communication process and dissemination of scientific information in the academic environment. For this, we analyzed the structures content of the sites, the use, through the conduct of investigations and searches, the quality of information available, as well as the structure of existent hypertexts in the sites of this universe of search. The tools and methodologies adopted for this study are: search engines (Google, Yahoo), Mapper software (Xenu Link Sleuth) and analysis software and visualization of networks (and Ucinet6 NetDraw). Webometric indicators are also used, such as size of the web sites, visibility, web impact factor, brightness and density of the network. These instruments provide a brief analysis and evaluation for this webometric study. Therefore, from the incursion of the literature used, it appears that there are many advantages of using this type of metric study in the so called Information Society. The obtained results could identify which postgraduate courses in engineering has a better availability of their information on the Web, as well to define which of these courses stands out in relation to the use of their information, which has been outstanding in respect to its impact factor and which offers a greater number of links that serve as a source of information for its users, contributing, in its turn, with the navigability of the same network. In summary, it is asserted that the webometric study presents promising results, which are able to achieve the proposed objectives, as well as identify the factors that contribute significantly to the good visualization of these sites in the network, thus helping the spread of information and scientific communication through the use of the Web. / Objetiva-se identificar, atrav?s da aplica??o de indicadores webom?tricos, quais Programas de P?s-Gradua??o (PPG s) em Engenharias recomendados pela Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) no Brasil se destacam no espa?o web, em rela??o ao processo de comunica??o e dissemina??o de informa??es cient?ficas ao meio acad?mico. Para tanto, ser?o analisadas as estruturas de conte?do dos sites, o uso, atrav?s do comportamento de pesquisas e buscas, a qualidade das informa??es disponibilizadas, bem como a estrutura dos hipertextos existentes nos sites desse universo de pesquisa. As ferramentas e os procedimentos metodol?gicos adotados para esse estudo s?o: motores de busca (Google, Yahoo), software mapeador (Xenu Link Sleuth) e software de an?lise e visualiza??o de redes (Ucinet6 e NetDraw). Tamb?m s?o utilizados indicadores webom?tricos, como: tamanho dos sites web, visibilidade, fator de impacto web, luminosidade e densidade da rede. Estes instrumentos permitem uma an?lise sucinta e avaliativa para esse estudo webom?trico. Portanto, a partir da incurs?o da literatura realizada, depreende-se que s?o muitas as vantagens do uso desse tipo de estudo m?trico na denominada Sociedade da Informa??o. Os resultados obtidos nesse estudo foram capazes de identificar quais Programas de p?s-gradua??o em engenharias possuem uma melhor disponibiliza??o de suas informa??es na Web, como tamb?m definir qual destes programas destaca-se em rela??o ao uso de suas informa??es, quais tem se sobressa?do no tocante ao fator de impacto dos mesmos e quais oferecem uma maior quantidade de links que servem como fonte de informa??o para seus usu?rios, contribuindo, por sua vez, com a navegabilidade dos mesmos na rede. Em suma, assevera-se que o estudo webom?trico realizado, apresenta resultados bastante promissores, capazes de alcan?ar os objetivos propostos, bem como, identificar os fatores que contribuem significativamente para a boa visualiza??o desses sites na rede, colaborando assim com a dissemina??o de informa??es e comunica??o cient?fica atrav?s do uso da Web