MetaCyc User Survey

Dear MetaCyc user,

Thank you for taking this user survey.
We know your time is valuable, and appreciate your participation.
The information you provide will help us focus and prioritize our efforts, so that we can use our resources in the way most beneficial for our users.

The survey includes three sections. In the first section we ask you about yourself and how you use MetaCyc, in the second section we ask you to rank different features of the database, and in the last section we ask about potential future directions.

We expect that completing the survey will take less than 10 minutes.

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* 1. What is your primary professional affiliation (choose one)

Academia

Industry

Non-profit research institute

Government

Consultant

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your job title, or position?

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* 3. What is your primary use for the database? (choose all that apply)

Education

Metabolic engineering

Commercial product development other than metabolic engineering (please specify below)

Prediction of metabolic pathways using Pathologic

Metabolic information reference tool

Other use (please specify below)

(please specify)

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* 4. What are the types of information you are looking for when using MetaCyc?

Information about a few enzymes or pathways at a time

Information about tens of enzymes or pathways at a time

Information about many enzymes or pathways at once (for a large systematic study)

Other (please specify)

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* 5. In which of the following forms do you use MetaCyc
(choose all that apply)

Web browser

Stand-alone Windows desktop version

Stand-alone Macintosh desktop version

Stand-alone Linux desktop version

Flatfiles

API access via JavaCyc

API access via PerlCyc

API access via Lisp

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* 6. How did you find out about MetaCyc?

Browsing/searching the web

From another person

In a journal

At a professional meeting

In class

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* 7. Are you able to find what you are looking for effectively and quickly?

Yes

If you answered No, please tell us more

33% of survey complete.

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* 1. What is your primary professional affiliation (choose one)

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* 2. What is your job title, or position?

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* 3. What is your primary use for the database? (choose all that apply)

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* 4. What are the types of information you are looking for when using MetaCyc?

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* 5. In which of the following forms do you use MetaCyc (choose all that apply)

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* 6. How did you find out about MetaCyc?

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* 7. Are you able to find what you are looking for effectively and quickly?

* 5. In which of the following forms do you use MetaCyc
(choose all that apply)