Browsing of E-Journals by Engineering Faculty
Fuente:
ERIC Institute of Education Sciences
Guardado en:
| Autores principales: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Lenguaje: | en |
| Publicado: |
2010
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| _version_ | 1867181141691203585 |
|---|---|
| author | Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. |
| author_facet | Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Browsing of E-Journals by Engineering Faculty Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. Engineering Education Library Research Library Materials Library Services Information Seeking College Faculty Use Studies Teacher Surveys Journal Articles Electronic Publishing Indexes User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) In response to a hypothesis that researchers who no longer use print journals may miss out on the serendipitous benefits of "poor indexing" provided by print tables of contents, librarians at the University of Florida surveyed their engineering faculty to determine faculty use of tables of contents in either print or online format. Results indicate that the engineering faculty still use tables of contents and journal browsing to support current awareness and other information-seeking needs. Respondents rely heavily on library-subscribed databases and they still pay attention to the journal name when reading articles. Differences in behavior across academic ranks and engineering subdisciplines are apparent. Associate Professors browse less and are less confident that they are keeping up than Assistant Professors or Professors. The survey results also support a trend of relying more on the interpersonal network that is carefully built by researchers as their careers progress. |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ903837 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| record_format | eric |
| spellingShingle | Browsing of E-Journals by Engineering Faculty Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. Engineering Education Library Research Library Materials Library Services Information Seeking College Faculty Use Studies Teacher Surveys Journal Articles Electronic Publishing Indexes User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) Browsing of E-Journals by Engineering Faculty Bennett, Denise Beaubien Buhler, Amy G. Engineering Education Library Research Library Materials Library Services Information Seeking College Faculty Use Studies Teacher Surveys Journal Articles Electronic Publishing Indexes User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) In response to a hypothesis that researchers who no longer use print journals may miss out on the serendipitous benefits of "poor indexing" provided by print tables of contents, librarians at the University of Florida surveyed their engineering faculty to determine faculty use of tables of contents in either print or online format. Results indicate that the engineering faculty still use tables of contents and journal browsing to support current awareness and other information-seeking needs. Respondents rely heavily on library-subscribed databases and they still pay attention to the journal name when reading articles. Differences in behavior across academic ranks and engineering subdisciplines are apparent. Associate Professors browse less and are less confident that they are keeping up than Assistant Professors or Professors. The survey results also support a trend of relying more on the interpersonal network that is carefully built by researchers as their careers progress. |
| title | Browsing of E-Journals by Engineering Faculty |
| topic | Engineering Education Library Research Library Materials Library Services Information Seeking College Faculty Use Studies Teacher Surveys Journal Articles Electronic Publishing Indexes User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ903837 |