Use of Electronic Library Resources 2005: Finnish Universities

The survey studied user views on the electronic resources provided by Finnish university libraries. Electronic resources were taken to include, for instance, electronic publications, e-books, online dictionaries and reference databases. The respondents who carried out research were first asked about their scientific discipline, whether their field of study was a new one, the extent to which there existed a consensus in the discipline regarding important research topics and theory, whether the respondents did research alone or in a group, and to what extent different publication formats (e.g. scholarly monographs, peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, handbooks) were valued in their field. The extent of using interdisciplinary publications and publications from own discipline was explored. Next, the respondents were asked about the extent of using e-resources and printed material in general, importance of various FinELib databases and resources, familiarity with and frequency and purpose of using the FinELib resources. Relating to user experience, questions charted the ease of finding material through the FinELib e-resources, opinions on the kind of material that should be included in the resources, problems encountered when using them, training needs, the strengths and weaknesses of FinELib, and general satisfaction with the resources. Relating to the use of the Nelli information retrieval portal, the respondents were asked the frequency and ease of use, which services in the portal they used the most, usefulness of the portal, and importance of guidance received from library staff in using the portal. Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, university, student or staff group, field of study or research and whether the respondent had completed a Doctoral thesis.

这项调查旨在探究用户对芬兰大学图书馆提供的电子资源的看法。电子资源包括电子出版物、电子书、在线词典及参考数据库等。针对开展研究的受访者，首先询问其科学学科（scientific discipline）、研究领域是否为新兴领域、学科内对重要研究主题与理论的共识程度、研究形式为独立还是团队合作，以及不同出版物格式（如学术专著、科学期刊中的同行评议文章、手册）在其领域的受重视程度。此外，还探究了受访者使用跨学科出版物及本学科出版物的程度。接下来，受访者被问及电子资源与印刷资料的总体使用程度、各类FinELib数据库及资源的重要性、对FinELib资源的熟悉度、使用频率及目的。关于用户体验，问题涵盖了通过FinELib电子资源查找资料的便捷性、对资源应包含材料类型的看法、使用中遇到的问题、培训需求、FinELib的优缺点，以及对资源的总体满意度。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄、所在大学、学生或教职工身份、研究或学习领域，以及是否已完成博士论文。