Scopus Database Feedback Survey

Thank you for trying the Scopus database and providing feedback. The results will help us better understand your preferences and inform our decisions about choosing resources that best meet your needs for research, teaching, and scholarship.

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. The results are anonymous. If you would like to further share your experience with Scopus or the use of article databases with the libraries you can enter your contact information at the end of the survey. Responses will be analyzed in aggregate only and individual responses will not be associated with individual participants.

Please contact Nora Dimmock, Assistant Dean of the River Campus Libraries (ndimmock@library.rochester.edu), or Karen Liljequist, Liaison Program Manager at the Edward G. Miner Library (karen_liljequist@urmc.rochester.edu) with any questions about the survey.

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* 1. What status best describes your current position at the University?

	AS&E	ESM	Simon	URMC/ SON	Warner
Faculty	Faculty AS&E	Faculty ESM	Faculty Simon	Faculty URMC/ SON	Faculty Warner
Graduate Student	Graduate Student AS&E	Graduate Student ESM	Graduate Student Simon	Graduate Student URMC/ SON	Graduate Student Warner
Staff Member	Staff Member AS&E	Staff Member ESM	Staff Member Simon	Staff Member URMC/ SON	Staff Member Warner
Library Professional	Library Professional AS&E	Library Professional ESM	Library Professional Simon	Library Professional URMC/ SON	Library Professional Warner

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What best describes your disciplinary focus? Select only one response

Arts

Engineering

Health Science

Humanities

Medicine

Music

Science

Social Science

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* 3. What type of content did you search for in Scopus? If you frequently use Web of Science (WOS) for accessing this type of content please indicate which database you would prefer to use in future. Check all that apply.

	Prefer Scopus	Prefer WOS	No preference
Abstracts	Abstracts Prefer Scopus	Abstracts Prefer WOS	Abstracts No preference
Book reviews	Book reviews Prefer Scopus	Book reviews Prefer WOS	Book reviews No preference
Citation reports	Citation reports Prefer Scopus	Citation reports Prefer WOS	Citation reports No preference
Conference proceedings	Conference proceedings Prefer Scopus	Conference proceedings Prefer WOS	Conference proceedings No preference
Journal articles	Journal articles Prefer Scopus	Journal articles Prefer WOS	Journal articles No preference
Journal impact factors	Journal impact factors Prefer Scopus	Journal impact factors Prefer WOS	Journal impact factors No preference
Technical reports	Technical reports Prefer Scopus	Technical reports Prefer WOS	Technical reports No preference
Other metrics	Other metrics Prefer Scopus	Other metrics Prefer WOS	Other metrics No preference

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Please rank the following features of Scopus

	strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find	Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find strongly agree	Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find agree	Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find neutral	Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find disagree	Ease of use: Features I was interested in were easy to find strongly disagree
Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive	Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive strongly agree	Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive agree	Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive neutral	Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive disagree	Ease of use: The navigation was intuitive strongly disagree
Interface: The interface layout aided navigation	Interface: The interface layout aided navigation strongly agree	Interface: The interface layout aided navigation agree	Interface: The interface layout aided navigation neutral	Interface: The interface layout aided navigation disagree	Interface: The interface layout aided navigation strongly disagree
Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well	Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well strongly agree	Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well agree	Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well neutral	Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well disagree	Interface: The interface was well designed and functioned well strongly disagree
Content: The most important content is displayed first	Content: The most important content is displayed first strongly agree	Content: The most important content is displayed first agree	Content: The most important content is displayed first neutral	Content: The most important content is displayed first disagree	Content: The most important content is displayed first strongly disagree
Content: Links to related content are easy to find	Content: Links to related content are easy to find strongly agree	Content: Links to related content are easy to find agree	Content: Links to related content are easy to find neutral	Content: Links to related content are easy to find disagree	Content: Links to related content are easy to find strongly disagree

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* 5. What features of the Scopus database do you find most valuable? Choose all that apply

Ability to save searches

Accurate search results

Citation reports

Easy to use

Email alerts

Bibliometrics

Altmetrics; links to blogs, news, social media

Important/accurate author information

Links to full text

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Did the Scopus database accurately index your publications? Please describe any gaps or inaccuracies.

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* 7. Would you recommend the libraries subscribe to the Scopus database?

Thank you for completing the survey. If you would like to provide additional feedback please enter your name and email address below and we will contact you.

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* 8. Contact Information

Name