A questionnaire was included in the Zetoc web site on 28 November 2011 and taken down on 9 January 2012. We would like to thank all those who took the time to complete the survey, we value your feedback.
The tables and charts below present a summary of the survey responses.
Respondents were asked what they valued most about Zetoc. The features considered most valuable were: Alerts (30%); the ease of use, searching and speed (21%); the currency/timeliness of Zetoc (15%); closely followed by convenience (14%) and coverage (13%).
| Most Valued: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Alerts | 67 | 30% |
| Ease of use, searching, speed | 48 | 21% |
| Coverage | 30 | 13% |
| Currency/timeliness | 33 | 15% |
| Data Quality | 10 | 4% |
| Convenience | 31 | 14% |
| General Feedback | 8 | 4% |
| Total Comments | 227 |
Respondents were asked which sector they worked in. Most respondents were involved in the Higher Education Sector (62%), followed by 22% in the NHS.
| Work Sector: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education | 186 | 62% |
| Further Education | 19 | 6% |
| Other Education | 4 | 1% |
| Government | 9 | 3% |
| NHS | 66 | 22% |
| Other | 18 | 6% |
| Total | 302 |
Respondents were asked in which role do they use Zetoc. 68% of respondents were involved in academic work as students, researchers or lecturing staff. The Other group of respondents (32%) included librarians/information professionals (74%) and health professionals (8%).
| Role: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate student | 25 | 8% |
| Postgraduate student | 89 | 29% |
| Lecturer | 29 | 10% |
| Academic researcher | 63 | 21% |
| Other | 96 | 32% |
| Total | 302 |
Respondents were asked, if they currently work or study in an education establishment to specify their subject area. The greatest number of respondents selected Nursing, midwifery and allied health (11%) for their subject area, followed closely by Medicine including dentistry (10%) and Social Sciences (9%). Many respondents chose more than one option so the figures include every subject area selected for each respondent.
Respondents were asked, on average, how often they use Zetoc.
| Usage Frequency: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Several times a week | 89 | 29% |
| Once a week | 62 | 21% |
| Once or twice a month | 68 | 23% |
| Less often | 26 | 9% |
| This is my first use of Zetoc | 57 | 19% |
| Total | 302 |
Respondents were asked how do they find using Zetoc. 62% of respondents agreed that Zetoc is easy to use.
| Ease of use: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Very Easy | 63 | 21% |
| Easy | 125 | 41% |
| Neither easy or difficult | 87 | 29% |
| Difficult | 5 | 2% |
| Not answered | 0 | 0% |
| Total | 302 |
Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with the statement 'I would recommend Zetoc to others'. 85% of respondents agreed that they would recommend Zetoc to others.
| Recommend: All Results | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Strongly agree | 117 | 39% |
| Agree | 139 | 46% |
| Neither agree or disagree | 33 | 11% |
| Disagree | 3 | 1% |
| Strongly disagree | 2 | 1% |
| Not applicable | 8 | 3% |
| Total | 302 |
Some very positive comments were provided by respondents about the Zetoc service and the features they valued the most. A small selection of the comments can be found below:
In addition to the online survery, users were asked if there would be willing to participate in future survey or interview sessions relationg to Zetoc and/or other Mimas services. Users who would be willing to participate were asked to provide a contact email address.
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