Follow-up Survey Findings: Graphs and Statistics by Survey Question

The full text of the survey questionnaire is available.

USAGE FREQUENCY       Results for Questions 1-2
Question 1. When did you last retrieve, read, or download a full-text, peer-reviewed journal article online or through the Internet?

Question 2. How often (based on the past year) do you retrieve, read or download full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles online or through the Internet?

STAYING CURRENT       Results for Question 3
Question 3. Currently, how many journals do you read or browse regularly?

COST OF ONLINE ACCESS       Results for Questions 4a-4e
Question 4a. Do you personally subscribe to any scientific journals or maintain any society memberships specifically to obtain ONLINE access to full-text journal articles?

Question 4b. Currently, how many societies are you a member of in order to obtain ONLINE full-text journal access?

Question 4c. Currently, how many journals (other than those that come free or discounted with your society memberships) do you subscribe to in order to obtain ONLINE full-text journal access?

Question 4d. How much is your annual spending (U.S. dollars) on scientific journal subscriptions and/or society memberships for the primary purpose of ONLINE full-text journal access?

Question 4e. Which of the following payment options would you most prefer when you need personal online access to full-text scientific journal articles?

FORMAT PREFERENCES       Results for Questions 5-6
Question 5a. Do you plan to continue having at least some printed scientific journal issues delivered to you personally by post?

Question 5b. Why will you continue to have printed journal issues delivered to you personally by post?

Question 6. Do you currently visit libraries to read/copy/browse printed editions of any journal?

SEARCHING       Results for Question 7
Question 7. Where do you USUALLY begin searching for FULL-TEXT scientific journal articles?

READING / ARCHIVING       Results for Questions 8a-d
Question 8a. When I search and retrieve a full-text article online from a scientific journal, I usually...

Question 8b. When you first look at a full-text article you have retrieved or downloaded online, which of the following statements best represents what you USUALLY do?

Question 8c. If I decide to archive a full-text article after reading it, I USUALLY...

Question 8d. Which of the following are problems you have encountered when reading or printing articles in HTML format?

ONLINE FEATURES       Results for Questions 9-11
Question 9. Which of the following types of email alerts have you found to be useful?

Question 10. When I receive an email alert, I...

Question 11. Which of the following statements MOST accurately describes your use of e-journals?

PAY-PER-VIEW       Results for Question 12
Question 12. I typically use pay-per-view (i.e, purchase access to articles as needed by credit card) when...

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Last updated: 10-25-02