IMC Resource Survey - Students
 

1. IMC Resource Survey - Students

 
As we face diminishing budgets and the emergence of new databases, it is time to revisit the IMC's current subscriptions to determine which databases and general magazines are being used and which are not. Your input is a very important part of our evaluation process.

As an FYI, many of our databases, including EBSCO, have been provided free of charge or at reduced rates from the NJ State Library. With the Governor's proposed cuts to the State Library, we may lose many of these benefits and find ourselves unable to resubscribe to what we currently are using, hence the need for your valued input.

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1. Please select your grade

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2. Please rank the following PERIODICAL databases in order of their importance to you. If you have not used the database, please select N/A.

 1st choice2nd 3rd 4th 5th choiceN/A
EBSCO
Historical New York Times
JSTOR
ProQuest including the New York Times (most recent 10 year of NYT)
SIRS Knowledge Source

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3. Please rank the following HOT TOPIC/CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE databases in order of their importance to you. If you have not used the database, please select N/A.

 1st choice2nd3rd 4th 5th choiceN/A
ABC-CLIO Issues
EBSCO Points of View
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Facts on File Issues and Controversies
SIRS Pro vs. Con - Leading Issues

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4. Please rank the following SOCIAL STUDIES databases in order of their importance to you. (we "own" CQ Almanac, therefore it is not included on the list). If you have not used the database, please select N/A.

 1st choice2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th9th 10th choiceN/A
ABC-CLIO American Government
ABC-CLIO American History
ABC-CLIO World Geography
CQ Global Researcher
CQ Researcher
Facts on File History Database Search
Facts on File World News Digest
Facts on File Issues and Controversies in American History
Historical New York Times
SIRS Government Reporter

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5. Please rank the following LITERATURE & HUMANITIES databases in order of their importance to you.

 1st choice2nd3rd4th5th6th7th choiceN/A
Contemporary Literary Criticism
EBSCO Literary Reference Center
Facts on File - Bloom's Literary Reference
Granger's World of Poetry
LitFinder (poems, stories, plays, essays)
Novelist
SIRS Renaissance

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6. Please rank the following COUNTRY STUDIES databases in order of their importance to you.

 1st choice2nd3rd4th5th6th7th choiceN/A
ABC-CLIO World Geography
CountryWatch
CQ Electronic Library (searches both Global Researcher & Researcher)
Facts on File World Atlas
Facts on File Country Profiles
Lands and Peoples
Maps 101

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7. Please rank the following databases in order of their importance to you. ** As these databases provide different types of information, please feel free to indicate more than one "1st, 2nd or 3rd choice".

 1st choice2nd choice3rd choiceN/A
Facts on File Encyclopedia
Groiler Multimedia Encyclopedia
Teen Health & Wellness

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8. The IMC subscribes to the PRINT version of the following magazines. Please indicate your usage of these magazines.

 IMC copyPersonal copyElectronic copyDo not read
Architectural Digest
Art News
Astronomy
Baseball Digest
Car and Driver
Ceramics Monthly
Cycle World
Dirt Bike
Dirt Wheels
Discover
Ebony
Family Handyman
Field and Stream
Four Wheeler
Guitar World
Health
Macworld
Motocross Action
Motor Trend
National Wildlife
Outdoor Life
Parents Magazine
Poetry
Popular Mechanics
Popular Photography
Popular Science
Prevention
Psychology Today
Runner's World
Skiing
Smithsonian
UTNE Reader

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9. On average, how often to you visit the IMC?

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10. When do you use the IMC? Multiple answers are permitted.

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11. Why do you visit the IMC?

12. Comments or additional thoughts?

Many thanks for taking the time to help us with these difficult decisions.
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