MetaLib Users Survey 2009

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1. Have you ever used MetaLib, a multiple database search tool?
If you answer "No" to this question, scroll to the bottom of the survey and click the SUBMIT SURVEY button. At this time we are collecting data from MetaLib users only.

Have you ever used MetaLib, a multiple database search tool? If you answer "No" to this question, scroll to the bottom of the survey and click the SUBMIT SURVEY button. At this time we are collecting data from MetaLib users only. Yes

No

2. Please identify yourself:

Please identify yourself: Undergraduate Student

Graduate Student

Faculty

Staff

Other (please specify)

3. How did you learn about the availability of MetaLib?
From...

How did you learn about the availability of MetaLib? From... a colleague or friend

a faculty member

a library employee

the library homepage

4. How frequently do you use MetaLib?

How frequently do you use MetaLib? Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Seldom (a few times per semester)

Rarely (once a year or less)

5. Which browser do you most often use to access MetaLib?

Which browser do you most often use to access MetaLib? Mozilla Firefox

Internet Explorer

Netscape

Safari

Other (please specify)

6. What subject area(s) do you primarily search?

What subject area(s) do you primarily search? Arts (Performing) Arts (Visual) Business Computer Science/Robotics	Engineering/Tech History/Anthropology Humanities (Lit, Modern Languages, Philosophy) Psychology/Cognitive Science	Public Policy/Law Science (Biology, Chemistry, Math, Physics) Social Sciences (Economics, Statistics)
Other (please specify)

7. Do you use the "Custom Search" module in MetaLib?

Do you use the "Custom Search" module in MetaLib? Yes

No

8. If you answered "Yes" to question #7, do you find "Custom Search" useful?

If you answered "Yes" to question #7, do you find "Custom Search" useful? Yes

No

9. Besides MetaLib, what other tools for finding articles have you used? (Answer all that apply.)

Besides MetaLib, what other tools for finding articles have you used? (Answer all that apply.) Individual databases, please specify (e.g., JSTOR, ProQuest Direct, Web of Science,...)
Search engines, please specify (e.g., Clusty, Google, Google Scholar, RefSeek,...)
Print resources, please specify (e.g., Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Humanities Index, Social Sciences Index,...)

10. In your experience, is searching MetaLib more useful or less useful than searching databases individually?

In your experience, is searching MetaLib more useful or less useful than searching databases individually? More useful

Less useful

About the same

11. In your experience, is searching MetaLib more useful or less useful than searching with Google or Google Scholar?

In your experience, is searching MetaLib more useful or less useful than searching with Google or Google Scholar? More useful

Less useful

About the same

I am not familiar with Google or Google Scholar.

12. How would you rate your overall exerience using MetaLib?

How would you rate your overall exerience using MetaLib? Always useful

Frequently useful

Useful

Occcasionally useful

Never useful

13. Would you recommend MetaLib to others?

Would you recommend MetaLib to others? Yes

No

14. We welcome your comments or suggestions regarding MetaLib. Please enter them in the space below.

We welcome your comments or suggestions regarding MetaLib. Please enter them in the space below.

1. Have you ever used MetaLib, a multiple database search tool?If you answer "No" to this question, scroll to the bottom of the survey and click the SUBMIT SURVEY button. At this time we are collecting data from MetaLib users only.