Peer reviewed
Direct linkERIC Number: EJ792769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jul
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-1531-2542
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OhioLINK Electronic Journal Use at Ohio State University
Connell, Tschera Harkness; Rogers, Sally A.; Diedrichs, Carol Pitts
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v5 n3 p371-390 Jul 2005
A five-question survey randomly presented to users at Ohio State University (OSU) as they viewed articles in OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) in fall 2002 probed the user's status, academic unit, reason for viewing, path to the article, and frequency of EJC use. Usage by faculty and graduate students, by frequent users, and by those in the sciences predominated, as did usage for a class assignment and browsing a journal's issues. OSU Polls in 2003 and 2004 probed EJC awareness and actions after viewing articles. Half of undergraduates were non-users. Printing was favored over reading entire articles online. (Contains 3 tables, 6 figures, and 12 notes.)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Electronic Journals, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Libraries, Surveys, Users (Information), Comparative Analysis, Access to Information, User Needs (Information), Information Seeking, Reprography
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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