Relevance:
1: very important (highly
favourable opinion)
2: important (favourable
opinion)
3: no opinion
4: unimportant (unfavourable
opinion)
5: not very important
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1. What Use Would You Make of a One-Stop
Information System as Described in the Introduction?
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Searching items for verification
of citations
Total answers: 126 (on 126 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 39 (31%)
B) 2/important: 32 (25%)
C) 3/no opinion: 31 (25%)
D) 4/unimportant: 16 (13%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (6%) |
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Searching items to get
the document
Total answers: 126 (on 126 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 79 (63%)
B) 2/important: 35 (28%)
C) 3/no opinion: 10 (8%)
D) 4/unimportant: 1 (1%)
E) 5/not very important: 1 (1%) |
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Get an overview of the
literature in some field
Total answers: 127 (on 127 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 64 (50%)
B) 2/important: 40 (31%)
C) 3/no opinion: 17 (13%)
D) 4/unimportant: 4 (3%)
E) 5/not very important: 2 (2%) |
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Get an overview of the
publication activities of single authors
Total answers: 126 (on 126 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 40 (32%)
B) 2/important: 40 (32%)
C) 3/no opinion: 30 (24%)
D) 4/unimportant: 13 (10%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
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Keep up-to-date with developments
in special areas
Total answers: 124 (on 124 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 42 (34%)
B) 2/important: 54 (44%)
C) 3/no opinion: 15 (12%)
D) 4/unimportant: 10 (8%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
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Other
Total answers: 9 (on 9 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 6 (67%)
B) 2/important: 0 (0%)
C) 3/no opinion: 0 (0%)
D) 4/unimportant: 0 (0%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (33%) |
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The graphic below show the ranking
of the different use of a one-step information system
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A) searching items for verification of citations: 39 (31% of
126 answers in that question)
B) searching items to get the document: 79 (63% of 126 answers
in that question)
C) get an overview of the literature in some field: 64 (50%
of 127 answers in that question)
D) get an overview of the publication activities of single authors:
40 (29% of 126 answers in that question)
E) keep up-to-date with developments in special areas: 42 (34%
of 124 answers in that question)
F) other: 6 (67% of 9 answers in that question)
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2. What Category is Important for Your
Search? What Would be Your Preferred Search Field?
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Author
Total answers: 128 (on 128 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 88 (69%)
B) 2/important: 27 (21%)
C) 3/no opinion: 10 (8%)
D) 4/unimportant: 3 (2%)
E) 5/not very important: 0 (0%) |
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Title
Total answers: 125 (on 125 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 60 (48%)
B) 2/important: 36 (29%)
C) 3/no opinion: 21 (17%)
D) 4/unimportant: 5 (4%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
Classification
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Mathematics Subject Classification
(MSC)
Total answers: 124 (on 124 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 31 (25%)
B) 2/important: 36 (29%)
C) 3/no opinion: 32 (26%)
D) 4/unimportant: 17 (14%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (6%) |
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Other classifications
Total answers: 22 (on 22 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 9 (41%)
B) 2/important: 3 (14%)
C) 3/no opinion: 0 (0%)
D) 4/unimportant: 1 (5%)
E) 5/not very important: 9 (41%) |
Keywords
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Keywords
Total answers: 124 (on 124 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 63 (51%)
B) 2/important: 40 (32%)
C) 3/no opinion: 15 (12%)
D) 4/unimportant: 5 (4%)
E) 5/not very important: 1 (1%) |
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Type of publications (e.g.
Journals, books, preprints, ...)
Total answers: 123 (on 123 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 10 (8%)
B) 2/important: 27 (22%)
C) 3/no opinion: 42 (34%)
D) 4/unimportant: 29 (24%)
E) 5/not very important: 15 (12%) |
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Publisher
Total answers: 121 (on 121 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 2 (2%)
B) 2/important: 8 (7%)
C) 3/no opinion: 23 (19%)
D) 4/unimportant: 41 (34%)
E) 5/not very important: 47 (39%) |
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Journal title
Total answers: 125 (on 125 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 25 (20%)
B) 2/important: 25 (20%)
C) 3/no opinion: 40 (32%)
D) 4/unimportant: 21 (17%)
E) 5/not very important: 14 (11%) |
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Date of publication
Total answers: 124 (on 124 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 8 (6%)
B) 2/important: 28 (23%)
C) 3/no opinion: 41 (33%)
D) 4/unimportant: 34 (27%)
E) 5/not very important: 13 (10%) |
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Other fields to be included
Total answers: 17 (on 17 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 9 (53%)
B) 2/important: 2 (12%)
C) 3/no opinion: 2 (12%)
D) 4/unimportant: 0 (0%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (24%) |
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mentioned field i.e. author, title, classification, keywords etc. together
with the noting of "very important (very favourable)
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A) Author: 88 (69% of 128 answers in that question)
B) Title: 60 (48% of 125 answers in that question)
Classification:
C) MSC: 31 (25% of 124 answers in that question)
D) other: 9 (41% of 22 answers in that question)
E) Keywords: 63 (51% of 124 answers in that question)
F) Type of publication: 10 (8% of 123 answers in that question)
G) Publisher: 2 (2% of 121 answers in that question)
H) Journal title: 25 (20% of 125 answers in that question)
I) Date of publication: 8 (6% of 124 answers in that question)
J) Other fields to be included: 9 (53% of 17 answers in that
question)
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3. What Form of Search and Navigation
Would You Prefer / Should be Selected?
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Searching the database
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One line simple search
in all fields
Total answers: 114 (on 114 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 26 (23%)
B) 2/important: 33 (29%)
C) 3/no opinion: 29 (25%)
D) 4/unimportant: 15 (13%)
E) 5/not very important: 11 (10%) |
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Menu driven multi-field
search (e.g. author, title,...)
Total answers: 123 (on 123 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 84 (68%)
B) 2/important: 30 (24%)
C) 3/no opinion: 5 (4%)
D) 4/unimportant: 2 (2%)
E) 5/not very important: 2 (2%) |
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Features for menu-driven
multi-field search
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Selectable truncation
Total answers: 97 (on 97 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 40 (41%)
B) 2/important: 37 (38%)
C) 3/no opinion: 10 (10%)
D) 4/unimportant: 6 (6%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (4%) |
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"wild cards"
Total answers: 101 (on 101 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 61 (60%)
B) 2/important: 25 (25%)
C) 3/no opinion: 9 (9%)
D) 4/unimportant: 3 (3%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (3%) |
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clickable boolean operators
Total answers: 107 (on 107 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 51 (48%)
B) 2/important: 28 (26%)
C) 3/no opinion: 15 (14%)
D) 4/unimportant: 5 (5%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (7%) |
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proximity functions
Total answers: 99 (on 99 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 24 (24%)
B) 2/important: 28 (28%)
C) 3/no opinion: 27 (27%)
D) 4/unimportant: 12 (12%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (8%) |
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command language interface
Total answers: 96 (on 96 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 14 (15%)
B) 2/important: 20 (21%)
C) 3/no opinion: 28 (29%)
D) 4/unimportant: 23 (24%)
E) 5/not very important: 11 (11%) |
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Browsing through different database
fields
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Index of author names
Total answers: 117 (on 117 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 52 (45%)
B) 2/important: 33 (28%)
C) 3/no opinion: 18 (15%)
D) 4/unimportant: 13 (11%)
E) 5/not very important: 0 (0%) |
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Navigate through the classifications
system tree
Total answers: 115 (on 115 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 38 (33%)
B) 2/important: 28 (24%)
C) 3/no opinion: 30 (26%)
D) 4/unimportant: 15 (13%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (3%) |
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Title index
Total answers: 115 (on 115 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 29 (25%)
B) 2/important: 40 (35%)
C) 3/no opinion: 29 (25%)
D) 4/unimportant: 13 (11%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (3%) |
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Keywords
Total answers: 120 (on 120 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 48 (40%)
B) 2/important: 38 (32%)
C) 3/no opinion: 24 (20%)
D) 4/unimportant: 5 (4%)
E) 5/not very important: 5 (4%) |
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Other browsing fields
Total answers: 16 (on 16 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 3 (19%)
B) 2/important: 3 (19%)
C) 3/no opinion: 2 (13%)
D) 4/unimportant: 0 (0%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (50%)
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all questioned forms of search and navigation with the rating of the first
possible choice: most important (very favourable)
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Searching in the database
A) One line simple search in all fields: 26 (23% of 114 answers
in that question)
B) Menu driven multi-field search: 84 (68% of 123 answers in
that question)
Features for menu-driven multi-field search
C) Selectable Truncation: 40 (41% of 97 answers in that question)
D) "wild cards": 61 (60% of 101 answers in that question)
E) Clickable boolean operators: 51 (48% of 107 answers in that
question)
F) Proximity functions: 24 (24% of 99 answers in that question)
G) Command language interface: 14 (15% of 96 answers in that
question)
Browsing through different database fields
H) Index of author names: 52 (45% of 117 answers in that question)
I) Navigate through the classifications system tree: 38 (33%
of 115 answers in that question)
J) Title index: 29 (25% of 115 answers in that question)
K) Keywords: 48 (40% of 120 answers in that question)
L) Other browsing fields: 3 (19% of 16 answers in that question)
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4. What Information Sources Would Be
Important For You?
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Bibliographic databases
Total answers: 125 (on 125 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 84 (67%)
B) 2/important: 12 (17%)
C) 3/no opinion: 14 (11%)
D) 4/unimportant: 3 (2%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
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Online library catalogues
and databases (OPACs)
Total answers: 124 (on 124 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 50 (40%)
B) 2/important: 37 (30%)
C) 3/no opinion: 24 (19%)
D) 4/unimportant: 11 (9%)
E) 5/not very important: 2 (2%) |
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E-journals
Total answers: 125 (on 125 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 56 (45%)
B) 2/important: 38 (30%)
C) 3/no opinion: 25 (20%)
D) 4/unimportant: 3 (2%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
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Preprints
Total answers: 127 (on 127 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 62 (49%)
B) 2/important: 31 (24%)
C) 3/no opinion: 21 (17%)
D) 4/unimportant: 10 (8%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (2%) |
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Proceedings
Total answers: 126 (on 126 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 47 (37%)
B) 2/important: 32 (25%)
C) 3/no opinion: 31 (25%)
D) 4/unimportant: 12 (10%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (3%) |
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Others
Total answers: 14 (on 14 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 8 (57%)
B) 2/important: 1 (8%)
C) 3/no opinion: 1 (8%)
D) 4/unimportant: 0 (0%)
E) 5/not very important: 4 (29%)
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The graphic below show the ranking of information
sources (highly important)
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A) Bibliographic databases: 84 (67% of 125 answers in that question)
B) Online library catalogues and databases (OPACs): 50 (40%
of 124 answers in that question)
C) E-journals: 56 (45% of 125 answers in that question)
D) Preprints: 62 (49% of 127 answers in that question)
E) Proceedings: 47 (37% of 126 answers in that question)
F) Others: 8 (57% of 14 answers in that question)
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5. Would It Be Important to Restrict
Search on Specific Resource Types (E.g. Preprint, E-journal, ...)?
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Total answers: 128 (on 128 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 21 (16%)
B) 2/important: 35 (27%)
C) 3/no opinion: 38 (30%)
D) 4/unimportant: 22 (17%)
E) 5/not very important: 12 (9%) |
6. Would it Be Important to Restrict
Search on Specific Information Providers (Libraries, Institutions, ...)?
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Total answers: 128 (on 128 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 17 (13%)
B) 2/important: 24 (19%)
C) 3/no opinion: 35 (27%)
D) 4/unimportant: 25 (20%)
E) 5/not very important: 27 (21%) |
7. Please Indicate Your Preferences
Regarding Result Presentation
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How important would be
a "Refine Search" menu on the result display screen?
Total answers: 123 (on 123 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 47 (38%)
B) 2/important: 42 (34%)
C) 3/no opinion: 28 (23%)
D) 4/unimportant: 5 (4%)
E) 5/not very important: 1 (1%) |
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How important would be
selectable sorting by different fields?
Total answers: 121 (on 121 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 34 (28%)
B) 2/important: 42 (35%)
C) 3/no opinion: 33 (27%)
D) 4/unimportant: 12 (10%)
E) 5/not very important: 0 (0%) |
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How important would be
sorting by automatic relevance ranking?
Total answers: 113 (on 113 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 16 (14%)
B) 2/important: 35 (31%)
C) 3/no opinion: 37 (33%)
D) 4/unimportant: 17 (15%)
E) 5/not very important: 8 (7%) |
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Should long and short (e.g.
only author, title) result display lists be selected?
Total answers: 113 (on 113 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 39 (35%)
B) 2/important: 54 (48%)
C) 3/no opinion: 15 (13%)
D) 4/unimportant: 2 (2%)
E) 5/not very important: 3 (3%) |
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Below there is a graphic showing all
questions to result representation with the rating of very important (highly
favourable opinion):
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A) "Refine Search" menu: 47 (38% of 123 answers in that question)
B) selectable sorting by different fields: 34 (28% of 121 answers
in that question)
C) sorting by automatic relevance ranking: 16 (14% of 113 answers
in that question)
D) selectable long and short lists: 39 (35% of 113 answers in
that question)
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9. How Important Would Be Multilingual
Features in the User Interface?
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Total answers: 127 (on 127 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 13 (10%)
B) 2/important: 13 (10%)
A) 3: 21 (17%)
A) 4/unimportant: 31 (24%)
A) 5/not very important: 49 (39%) |
10. If You are in Favour of Multilingual
Features, Where Do You Expect Them? Please Rank 1: Very Desirable to 5/Not
Very Important: Not at All Needed
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Main menu
Total answers: 64 (on 64 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 18 (28%)
B) 2/important: 8 (13%)
C) 3/no opinion: 14 (22%)
D) 4/unimportant: 8 (13%)
E) 5/not very important: 16 (25%) |
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Search interface
Total answers: 61 (on 61 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 11 (18%)
B) 2/important: 11 (18%)
C) 3/no opinion: 13 (21%)
D) 4/unimportant: 10 (10%)
E) 5/not very important: 16 (16%) |
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Help texts
Total answers: 61 (on 61 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 16 (26%)
B) 2/important: 8 (13%)
C) 3/no opinion: 13 (21%)
D) 4/unimportant: 6 (10%)
E) 5/not very important: 18 (30%) |
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Classification
Total answers: 58 (on 58 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 6 (10%)
B) 2/important: 7 (12%)
C) 3/no opinion: 13 (22%)
D) 4/unimportant: 13 (22%)
E) 5/not very important: 19 (33%) |
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Thesaurus
Total answers: 57 (on 57 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 11 (19%)
B) 2/important: 7 (12%)
C) 3/no opinion: 15 (26%)
D) 4/unimportant: 10 (18%)
E) 5/not very important: 14 (25%) |
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Others
Total answers: 12 (on 12 completed forms)
A) 1/very important: 2 (17%)
B) 2/important: 1 (8%)
C) 3/no opinion: 0 (0%)
D) 4/unimportant: 0 (0%)
E) 5/not very important: 9 (75%) |
Below there is a graphic showing all
questioned to multilingual feature in the user interface with the rating
of very important (highly favourable opinion):
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A) Main menu: 18 (28% of 64 answers in that question)
B) Search interface: 11 (18% of 61 answers in that question)
C) Help texts: 16 (26% of 61 answers in that question)
D) Classification: 6 (10% of 58 answers in that question)
E) Thesaurus: 11 (19% of 57 answers in that question)
F) Other: 2 (17% of 12 answers in that question)
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