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Welcome to the Researchers of Tomorrow survey

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UK Data Archive Study Number 7029 - Researchers of Tomorrow, 2009-2011

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1. How old are you?

2. Are you:

3. In your doctoral studies application, is your normal place of residence registered as:

4. Please enter the name of your university or institution.

Personal characteristics

20 years old or under

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21-27 years old

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28-34 years old

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35-44 years old

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45-54 years old

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55 years old or over

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Prefer not to say

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Male

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Female

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Home (UK)

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Other EU

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Non EU

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Other

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5. What kind of an information technology user are you in your EVERYDAY LIFE? Please read the following descriptions and choose the one that seems most like you.

I enjoy having lots of the latest ICT tools and applications, and I use them regularly to entertain or express

myself and communicate in lots of different waysnmlkj

I use a feature-packed mobile phone all the time and I go online frequently, for social networking and to

pursue various interestsnmlkj

I use the internet quite frequently because it is easy and efficient, and I have a mobile phone that is good

enough for my needs, but I don't spend much time thinking about this kind of stuffnmlkj

I think the internet is very useful indeed for my work and for finding information - I can't imagine how I

would manage without itnmlkj

I'm particularly keen on mobile communications and have a mobile phone that suits most of my needs, so

I only occasionally go online using a computernmlkj

I've spent quite a lot of money on good 'kit' and now find it has a tendency to run my life! Too much

information! Too much technology!nmlkj

I occasionally use a computer and go online (for instance, to email people), and I have a mobile phone

(although I don't know how to use all its features!). If I were more experienced at using the technology, perhaps

I might get more out of them

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I have a computer but I don't use it much outside of work, and am happy not to!

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I have a mobile phone, which I use occasionally to make calls, and I have internet access whenever I need

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I have no ICT 'kit', not even a mobile phone, and I am not interested. I don't feel the lack of it

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6. SINCE STARTING your doctorate, have you received training of any kind in any of the following information-seeking and research skill areas? Please choose one answer for each type of training to indicate all that you have received and your opinion of them

Training in support of your doctorate

Received, and

useful

Received, but

not very

useful

Not received Not applicable

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tools, semantic tools)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

e-research infrastructure services (virtual research

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Generic computer skills (e.g. Word, Excel, Access) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Generic online 'netskills' (e.g using Google services, using

Web 2.0 tools to support your research)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Using your own institution's portal to access electronic

research resourcesnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Keeping up-to-date in your research (use of tools such as

alerting services, RSS feeds)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Finding/using subject-based bibliographic, abstract and

journal research resources (both print/physical and

electronic)

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Specific information skills (e.g finding 'grey literature',

using specific e-information services such as Web of

Science, Web of Knowledge)


Finding research resources and services in your subject

beyond your institution (e.g inter-library loans, the British

Library, accessing other key collections or libraries)


Finding/using manuscript and archival sources (in your

institution or externally)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Finding/using data and datasets online nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Copyright/intellectual property rights and research nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Information on the Research Excellence Framework and

how to publishnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Open access publishing/archiving nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Managing references and using tools (e.g.Endnotes) to do

thisnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Creating digital media, podcasts, wikis, Second Life nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

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We would now like you to think about the last reasonably significant piece of information-seeking activity you undertook and whether or not it was successful. Then answer the next series of questions with this episode in mind.

7. What ONE kind of information were you (mainly) looking for?

8. Did you find what you were looking for, or something of equal relevance?

Finding information and research resources

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A specific bibliographic reference that you had heard of or seen cited

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Any/all bibliographic references relevant to a particular topic or by a particular author(s)

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A specific piece of published writing that you already knew about

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Any/all published writing on a particular topic and/or by a particular author(s)

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Verification of a specific fact or facts

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A name, definition or explanation of something/someone

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Any/all written background information about something or someone

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Scientific or mathematical data relating to a specific topic/field

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Statistical data relating to a specific topic/field

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Geospatial or mapping data

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A photograph or other image of something/someone

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Non-published archival material (e.g. manuscripts, letters) relating to something/someone

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None of these. Please describe what you were looking for.

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Yes

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No

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Other

Other

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9. How did you eventually identify and/or locate the information you were seeking? Which of these, if any, was the ONE MAIN source that led you to the information?

Abstracts/indexes online or print (e.g. Chemical Abstracts Service)

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Subject-specific information gateway (e.g.Intute) or subject portal

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Bibliographic database (e.g BIDS, IBSS)

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Citation database (e.g. Web of Science)

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National data centre online (e.g. MIMAS, EDINA)

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Works of reference (e.g. encyclopaedia) online or in print

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Wikipedia

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List serv or blog

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Website of an organisation/person

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Google/Google Scholar

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Internal library catalogue (your institution)

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Cross-institutional library catalogue (e.g. COPAC) or large/national library catalogue

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Institutional repository

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Subject repository

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Guides to/catalogues of archival material (e.g. A2A)

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Search interface of e-journal/e-book service (e.g. ScienceDirect, PubMedCentral)

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Publishers’ websites (e.g. Elsevier)

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Asked a friend/colleague/the author(s)

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Asked a librarian

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Asked your supervisor

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Browsed the shelves in a library

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None of these. Please describe how you found the information.

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Other

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10. In what form(s) did you find the information you were looking for? Tick any that apply

11. Finally, what did you do with the information once you had found it? Tick any that apply

A printed book (or excerpt)

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An e-book (or excerpt)

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A printed journal article/paper

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A full-text e-journal article/paper

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An abstract, bibliographic reference

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Raw data (available for analysis)

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Published data (analysed and organised in printed or electronic reports)

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Manuscript or printed document (that you physically consulted)

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Digitised version of manuscript or archival object

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Printed photograph or other image/digital image

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Sound / video recording

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News article (e.g. printed or online newspaper)

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None of these. Please describe the form it took.

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Read it/worked with it online

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Scanned through it online

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Borrowed it

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Read it in the library

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Made physical or electronic notes of or from it

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Photocopied it (or excerpts)

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Downloaded it (or excerpts) for later use

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Printed it out (or excerpts)

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Cut and pasted it or bits of it into another file (files)

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Bookmarked it

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Added it to a reference list (e.g. Endnotes) or personal portfolio

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None of these. Please describe what you did with it.

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12. There exists a wide range of technology-based tools that can be used for various tasks IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS. We are interested in which of these you use and your opinion of their value. Please choose one answer for each.

13. From whom do you get help and support in using these tools? Tick any that apply

Research and information seeking support

Used and valuedUsed but of limited

valueNot used

Social bookmarking (e.g. Del.icio.us) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Alerting services and RSS nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

E-portfolios nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Media-sharing websites nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Wikis nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Virtual Research Environment (VRE) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) (e.g.

Skype)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Twitter/blogging nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Web-authoring tools nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Geo-spatial analysis and mapping nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Grid computing nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Text and data mining nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

3D technology and visualisation nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Supervisor

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Library staff

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Institutional computing staff

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Tutors and lecturers

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Other students

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Family and friends

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Online technical support

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Have received no help in using the tools

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Other source of help and support - please describe

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14. Which of the following kinds of research support services or facilities in your institution have you used? How valuable or otherwise are they? Please choose one drop down answer for each support service, in each column.

Use Value

Collaborative access arrangements with other

institutions – enabling researcher access to

resources/information about resources in

other institutions

Help and support in using discovery and

access technologies and tools (e.g how to

search a database)

Library staff assistance with finding/retrieving

resources that are difficult to identify or get

hold of

Alerting services to what is new or different in

institutional collections

Assistance to facilitate the deposit of your

research outputs into the institutional

repositories

Advice on copyright/intellectual property

rights issues relating to your research

Advice on how to publish your work in Open

Access journals, archives or repositories

Inter-library lending and document supply

(getting documents for you from other

institutions)

Subject specialist advice from subject

librarians on information sources/resources

Recommendations on information or

research resources from supervisor

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15. We know that research is a process that can be cyclical and that may go through several iterations during the doctoral research journey. Which one of the following best describes your CURRENT work situation?

16. Some doctorates require the researcher to seek information from outside their core discipline, looking into disciplinary areas other than their own. For example, a psychologist may be researching patient reactions in the context of dentistry; an arts scholar may be researching the impact of fine arts in old age. To what extent does your research require you to cross subject boundaries in this way?

Doing your research

Ideas generation (e.g looking at previous work, reading widely, discussions with colleagues)

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Background work (e.g locating source materials, consulting other scholars)

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Preparing and organising (e.g focused use of research resources such as following up leads and references,

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Analysing (e.g data, image or textual analysis)

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Writing/creation and revision (of your primary research outputs)

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Dissemination of your research (e.g working on conference papers, articles etc.)

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Always

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Very often

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Sometimes

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Rarely

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Never

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Too early to tell

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17. Listed below are various factors that might constrain progress in your doctoral research. Please indicate the extent to which you feel these are or are not a constraint, by rating each from 1 (not a constraint at all) to 5 (a significant constraint). Please choose a rating for each factor.

18. Have you already or do you intend to produce any of the following INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH OUTPUTS as part of your doctoral research? Tick any that apply.

1 2 3 4 5

Pressure of time nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Lack of money/necessity to raise funds nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Family pressures nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Relationship with supervisor nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Necessity of working to support your research nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Location of your main place of research work nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Difficulties in identifying relevant research materials in

your fieldnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Difficulties in getting hold of relevant research materials

(online or hard copy)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Lack of your own research and / or information-seeking

skillsnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Restricted or lack of availability of specific technology

requirementsnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Restricted or lack of adequate broadband speeds in your

main place of worknmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Restrictions imposed by the regulations of research

libraries other than your own institutionnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Licensing and other restrictions imposed by online e-

journal and other information servicesnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Articles for peer-reviewed journals

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Articles for Open Access journals

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Book chapters

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Conference papers

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Compositions or installations

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Creative media outputs (e.g video, multi-media, podcasts)

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Critical reviews

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Scholarly monographs

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None of the above

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Other intermediate output - please describe

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19. What will you produce as the FINAL OUTPUT(S) of your doctoral research at the end of your studies? Tick any that apply.

Thesis

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Digital media output (podcast, images etc)

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Performance, exhibition

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Creative art composition or installation

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Other final output - please describe

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20. My research discipline is:

21. I am registered as doing a:

22. I am currently registered as studying:

23. Which year of your research are you in?

About your doctorate

Arts and Humanities (including performing arts, languages and education)

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Social Sciences (including law, economics, accounting, business and management and psychology)

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Physical Sciences (including mathematics and earth sciences)

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Biological Sciences

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Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences

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Engineering and Computer Sciences

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Medicine, Dentistry and other health related disciplines

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Other discipline - please describe

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Traditional PhD/DPhil

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PhD by publication

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New Route PhD/integrated PhD

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Professional doctorate

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Practice-based doctorate

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Full time

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Part time

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First year

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Second year

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Third year

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Fourth year

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Fifth year

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Sixth year or later

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24. How are you funded? Tick any that apply.

25. Where is the one MAIN place you work on your research?

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

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Medical Research Council (MRC)

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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

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Other external funding

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Entirely self funded

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Partly self funded

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At home/where you live

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Dedicated or shared office space in your institution

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Library or study space in your institution

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Laboratory or studio in your institution

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Other space within your institution (e.g cafe)

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Library or study space in another institution (including British Library)

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Other

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26. Please enter your e-mail address if you'd like to be included in the prize draw.

Your e-mail address

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Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, please now click on the 'Submit' button below.

You will then be directed to the Education for Change web-site where you can read more about the research project, should you wish to do so.

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The Researchers of Tomorrow project examines how doctoral students find research information. It looks, for example, at the kinds of

information they want and the sources they go to, the tools they use, the support they receive in searching for information and the

pressures and constraints they face in doing so. We are interested in research information seeking both on and offline.

Before you start, please take a moment to read these instructions:

Questions requiring ONE answer have CIRCLES next to each answer option - click on a circle to select your answer.

Questions allowing MORE THAN ONE response have BOXES next to each answer option - click on as many boxes as apply to you. If you

change your mind about an answer, clicking on the box again will remove the tick.

Some questions ask you to type in your answer in your own words, into the box provided.

Click on 'Next' to move forward to the next page in the questionnaire.

It is possible to change any answer you have made, including going back to pages you have already completed, by clicking on 'Previous'.

Some pages have several questions - please scroll down to answer all the questions.

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You may complete as much or as little of this questionnaire as you wish in one sitting. If you run out of time, simply click on 'Exit survey' at

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Otherwise, thank you once again for your help.


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1. First of all, did you complete this questionnaire last year?

2. How old are you?

3. Are you:

4. Please select your university or institution from the drop-down list below:


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Yes

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No

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Not sure/can't remember

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29 to 35 years old

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Prefer not to say

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Male

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Female

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Other

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In this section of the questionnaire we are interested in training you may have received from YOUR institution to help you find or use research information. This can include training in using various kinds of technology applications to help with your research.

5. Which of the following types of training in finding or using research information

have you received over the PAST ACADEMIC YEAR? Tick any that apply

Training in finding or using research information

Lecture or talk and demonstration

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Practical hands-on session with instruction

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Workshop lasting half-day or less

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Workshop of one day or more

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Distance learning/online/e-training

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No training received - self-taught only

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No training received at all in past year

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Other form of training - please describe

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6. Which was the MOST RECENT training you received?

7. When did this MOST RECENT training take place?

8. Which department or unit of your institution organised and ran this MOST RECENT

training?

Lecture or talk and demonstration

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Practical hands-on session with instruction

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Workshop lasting half-day or less

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Workshop of one day or more

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Distance learning/online/e-training

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Other form of training - please describe

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Up to and including one month ago

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Longer than a month ago - up to and including three months ago

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Longer than three months ago - up to and including six months ago

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Longer than six months ago - up to and including a year ago

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Don't know/can't remember

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Doctoral Training Centre

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Your Department or Faculty

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Another Department or Faculty

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The institutional or departmental library

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The IT or computing technical team

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Don't know/not sure

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Other department or unit - please describe

Something

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Researchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 main9. What did this MOST RECENT training cover? Tick any that apply

10. What difference has this MOST RECENT training made to you and your research?

Tick any that apply

Generic computer skills (e.g. Word, Excel, Access)

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Specific information skills (e.g finding ‘grey literature', using specific e-information services such as Web of Science, Web of

Knowledge)

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Using portals or gateways (including your own institution's) to access electronic research resources

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Finding/using subject-based bibliographic, abstract and journal research resources (both print/physical and electronic)

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Finding research resources externally (e.g using the British Library, accessing other key collections or libraries)

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Finding/using manuscript and archival sources (in your institution or externally)

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Finding/using data and datasets online

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Managing references and using technology to do this (e.g.EndNotes)

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Keeping up-to-date in your research (e.g. using of tools such as alerting services, RSS feeds)

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Using Web 2.0 technologies to support your research

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Using e-research methods and tools (data mining, geospatial tools, semantic tools)

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Copyright/intellectual property rights and research

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Open access publishing/self-archiving

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Other topic - please describe

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Developed new or refined practical techniques / skills

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Developed new or refined knowledge / ideas

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Met others doing similar research to share ideas / info

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Feel more confident about my research practice

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Gained useful experience

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No difference at all

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Other difference - please describe

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This part of the questionnaire is concerned with technologies that can be used in research and the support provided to help you use them.

11. Which of the following technologies provided by YOUR institution have you used

over the PAST ACADEMIC YEAR? Tick any that apply

Technology and information seeking support

E-portfolios

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Virtual Research Environment (VRE)

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Geo-spatial analysis and mapping

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Grid computing (applying the resources of many computers in a network to a single problem at the same time)

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Videoconferencing

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Access Grid (this is a collection of resources and technologies that enables large format audio and video based collaboration

between groups of people in different locations)

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Text and data mining

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3D technology and visualisation

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Citation or reference management tools (e.g. RefWorks. EndNote)

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Used none

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Other technology - please describe

Other

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12. Which of the following influenced your decision to use these technologies? Tick

any that apply

13. Have you had any hands on training in using any of these technologies over the

past academic year from each of these people? Please choose one answer for each

source of training.

Have had help from this

sourceHave not had help Don't know/can't remember

Supervisor nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Library staff nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Peers nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Suggestion from peers

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Specific nature of your research

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Instruction or suggestion from supervisor

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Suggestion from library, technical or other staff

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Saw demonstration/others using the technology

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Other influence - please describe

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14. Which of the following technologies available on the OPEN WEB have you used

in your research over the PAST ACADEMIC YEAR? Choose one answer for each

technology

15. Which of the following influenced your decision to use these technologies? Tick

any that apply

16. Have you had any hands on training in using any of these technologies over the

past academic year from each of these people? Please choose one answer for each

source of training.

Passive use (only looked at

or received)

Active use (participated or

contributed)Not used

‘Consumer’ social networks (e.g. Facebook) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Academic social networks (e.g. Academia.edu,

MyExperiment)nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Internet discussion forums nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Mailing lists (eg JISC Mail) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Wikis (eg Wikipedia nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Blogs (eg Wordpress) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Microblogging (eg Twitter) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Social book marking (e.g. Del.icio.us) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Podcasts/vidcasts (e.g. iTunesU) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Social media sharing sites (eg Flickr, YouTube) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Skype (or other VoIP tools) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Have had help from this

sourceHave not had help Don't know/can't remember

Supervisor nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Library staff nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Peers nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Other technology - please describe

Suggestion from peers

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Specific nature of your research

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Instruction or suggestion from supervisor

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Suggestion from library, technical or other staff

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Saw demonstration/others using the technology

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Other (please specify)

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This section considers possible constraints on your research, the nature of your research, your use of other libraries and open access sources.

17. Listed below are various factors that might constrain progress in your doctoral

research. Please indicate the extent to which you feel these are or are not a

constraint, by rating each from 1 (not a constraint at all) to 5 (a significant constraint).

Please choose a rating for each factor.

18. Have you already or do you intend to produce any of the following

INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH OUTPUTS as part of your doctoral research? Tick any

that apply.

Doing your research

1 2 3 4 5

Time pressures nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Lack of money / necessity to work or raise funds nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj



The opening hours of my institution's libraries nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Location of your main place of work nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Difficulty identifying or accessing relevant research materials nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Lack of your own information-seeking and research skills nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Restricted or lack of availability of specific technology nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Licensing restrictions and other limitations imposed by e-journals or

other physical and electronic information servicesnmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

Articles for peer-reviewed journals

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Articles for Open Access journals

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Book chapters

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Creative media outputs (e.g video, multi-media, podcasts)

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Critical reviews

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Posters (at conferences)

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No intermediate research outputs

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Researchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 main19. Some doctorates require the researcher to seek information from outside their

core discipline, looking into disciplinary areas other than their own. For example, a

psychologist may be researching patient reactions in the context of dentistry; an arts

scholar may be researching the impact of fine arts in old age. To what extent does

your research require you to cross subject boundaries in this way?

20. How often during the PAST ACADEMIC YEAR have you physically visited an

academic library at another university or college? Please tick the one answer that

best fits.

Always

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Sometimes

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Rarely

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Never

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Too early to tell

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Weekly or more often

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21. Why have you used these other libraries over the past academic year? Tick any

that apply

22. Do you normally find what you are looking for when you use these other

libraries?

23. And what do you normally do with the material you find in these other libraries?

Tick any that apply

To get access to research material that your institution does not have in its collections

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To consult with/work with research colleagues

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To find a quieter/more amenable place to study

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More convenient location/accessible/nearer

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Better opening hours than libraries at my institution

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Other reason - please describe

Yes, all of the time

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Yes, most of the time

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Yes, some of the time

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No, don't generally find what I am looking for

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Not normally looking for anything in particular

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Read it there

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Borrow it

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Photocopy it

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Download it

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Not normally looking for anything in particular

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Something else - please describe

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24. Thinking now about open access sources, can you please indicate whether each

of the following statements is true or false in your opinion.

25. What, if any, reservations do you have about using open access or self archived

research resources in your OWN RESEARCH WORK? If you don't have any

reservations, then just enter 'None'.

26. And what, if any, reservations do you have about using open access or self

archived resources through which to PUBLISH your research work? If you don't

have any reservations, then just enter 'None'.

True False Don't know

Open access is all works that are openly available on the web, which do not need

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28. Do you work on your own in your doctoral research or as a member of a

collaborative research team?





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Researchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2010 main31. Which year of your research are you in?

32. How are you funded? Tick any that apply.

33. Where is the one MAIN place you work on your research?

First year

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Third year

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Fourth year

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Fifth year

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Sixth year or later

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Departmental bursaries or contribution

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Funded by industry

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Partly self funded

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At home/where you live

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Dedicated or shared office space in your institution

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Library or study space in your institution

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Laboratory or studio in your institution

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Other space within your institution (e.g cafe)

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Library or study space in another institution (including British Library)

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Other

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34. Please enter your e-mail address if you'd like to be included in the prize draw.

Your e-mail address

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Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, please now click on the 'Submit' button below. You will then be directed to the Researchers of Tomorrow web-site where you can read more about the research project, should you wish to do so.

Thanks!

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The Researchers of Tomorrow project examines how doctoral students find research information. It looks, for example, at the kinds of information they want and the sources they go to, the tools they use, the support they receive in searching for information and the pressures and constraints they face in doing so. We are interested in research information seeking both on and offline. Before you start, please take a moment to read these instructions: Questions requiring ONE answer have CIRCLES next to each answer option click on a circle to select your answer. Questions allowing MORE THAN ONE response have BOXES next to each answer option click on as many boxes as apply to you. If you change your mind about an answer, clicking on the box again will remove the tick. Some questions ask you to type in your answer in your own words, into the box provided. Click on 'Next' to move forward to the next page in the questionnaire. It is possible to change any answer you have made, including going back to pages you have already completed, by clicking on 'Previous'. Some pages have several questions please scroll down to answer all the questions. At the top of each page there is a progress bar showing you the % of the questionnaire you have completed. You may complete as much or as little of this questionnaire as you wish in one sitting. If you run out of time, simply click on 'Exit survey' at the top right hand side and when you next log in the questionnaire will start where you left off. If you encounter technical difficulties completing the questionnaire, please email us at [email protected] All your answers will be treated in complete confidence. Noone outside of The Research Partnership will know who has taken part in the research and the results will be used only to produce aggregated statistical data. Thank you once again for your help.


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1. First of all, did you complete this questionnaire last year?

2. How old are you?

3. Are you:

4. Please select your university or institution from the dropdown list below:

5. Thinking about how and when you adopt new technologies, compared with your friends and colleagues, where would you place yourself in terms of the descriptions below?


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30 to 36 years old

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Female

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I'm the first on the block, and like to try out new gadgets before anyone else

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I'm careful about new gadgets, but I think I grasp change more quickly than the average person

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I am a traditional person, and critical of new gadgets

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I like to try out new gadgets if any of my friends have them, before they become popular

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I tend to be sceptical about new gadgets, I'll only get one when they have proved their worth

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This section of the questionnaire is about how you do your research. We are also interested in possible constraints on your research and in the outputs you may already have produced.

6. Which of the following do you do for your RESEARCH WORK using social media? The term ‘social media’ refers to Internet services where the online content is generated by the users of the service. Choose one answer for each action.

Doing your research

Weekly or more often

Monthly Less often Never do this

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Post short snippets of information about yourself and/or your research as status updates


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Store, organise and/or retrieve references and/or notes about literature you have read or seen


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Maintain/contribute to collaborative online work using a wiki (e.g. online notes, laboratory notebooks)


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7. Social media have been reported as benefiting researchers. Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with the following statements by choosing one answer for each.

Agree strongly

AgreeNeither agree nor disagree

DisagreeDisagree strongly

Social media provide opportunities to forge new collaborations and benefit from the experience of others to help with research processes (e.g. use of techniques, methods and analysis)

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Social media allow you to communicate, and formulate ideas and arguments with other people from the same field or people they know


Social media enable new kinds of research that were not possible before (not just quicker and faster)


Using social media to share your ideas and writing means you can receive feedback as you go rather than waiting until you reach high stakes moments like submitting to journals and presenting conference papers


Using social media you can raise the profile of your work more rapidly than conventional academic publishing allows


Social media provide an informal space where new ideas and research can be reviewed and discussed in a way similar to conventional academic conferences, but unbounded by time and place


An effective network using social media can be used to filter resources and comment on quality by drawing on information and opinions from a range of people (‘crowdsourcing’)


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8. Listed below are various factors that might constrain progress in YOUR doctoral research. Please indicate the extent to which you feel these are or are not a constraint, by rating each from 1 (not a constraint at all) to 5 (a significant constraint). Please choose a rating for each factor.

1 2 3 4 5

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Lack of your own informationseeking and research skills nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

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Licensing restrictions and other limitations imposed by ejournals or other physical and electronic information services


Finding references to important ejournal articles that are in titles not subscribed to by your institution


Finding important print journal articles that are in titles or volumes that are not in the library at your institution


Other

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9. What do you do when you need ejournal articles or print journal articles that are not available at YOUR institution? Tick any that apply

10. Have you already or do you intend to produce any of the following INTERMEDIATE RESEARCH OUTPUTS as part of your doctoral research? Tick any that apply.

I usually ask a friend or colleague in another institution to access and download/print/photocopy/forward the article for me

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I order a copy through my institution’s interlibrary loans/document supply services

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I buy a copy of the ejournal article direct from the publisher using my own money

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I buy a copy of the ejournal article direct from the publisher using departmental funds

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I visit another library to find the article, either in print or electronic version

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I make do with the abstract of the article

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This is never a problem at my institution

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Other action please describe

Articles for journals requiring subscription or other access tolls

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Articles for open access ejournals not requiring any payment

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Book chapters

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Conference papers

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Creative media outputs (e.g video, multimedia, podcasts)

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Critical reviews

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Posters (at conferences)

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No intermediate research outputs

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Other intermediate output please describe

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This section of the questionnaire is about how you feel about sharing the fruits of your research with others.

11. At this stage in your doctoral research, with whom do you share the following kinds of material? Please choose the one option that best describes your approach.

12. Here are some comments that researchers have made about greater OPENNESS AND SHARING in research. Based on your experience, please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree by choosing one answer for each statement. Openess and sharing in research ....

Openess and sharing in research

I share these with anyone

anywhere in the world

I share these with the wider

research community

I share these only with work colleagues

I don’t share these at all

I don't use this material

PREprint articles (i.e. draft of a research paper that has not yet been peer reviewed or published in a peerreviewed journal)


POSTprint articles (i.e. draft of a research paper after it has been peer reviewed, revisions made and it has gone forward for publication)


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Agree strongly

AgreeNeither agree nor disagree

DisagreeDisagree strongly

… can increase the efficiency of research (e.g. by avoiding duplication of effort, by making research tools more readily available, by reducing the costs of data collection)


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… can promote scholarly rigour and enhance the quality of research (e.g. by making information about working methods, protocols and data more readily available for peer review and scrutiny)


… can enhance visibility and scope for wider community engagement and collaborative working


… exposes researchers to the risk of losing control over their data and/or intellectual capital


… enables investigation into new research areas through reuse of data or material created by other researchers


… may not be possible if data/resources are confidential and/or subject to commercial or third party licensing restrictions


… can increase the economic and social impact of research, innovation in business and public services, and the return on the public investment in research


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13. How would you characterise the attitude of your (main) doctoral supervisor towards greater openness and sharing in research in general?

14. Have you deposited any of your research outputs in your institution's repository?

Not interested at all

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Aware and interested in new developments and models but cautious about engaging

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Fully engaged in openness and sharing research as far as the institution will allow

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An advocate for greater openness and a pioneer in supporting new models and methods

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Don't know

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No

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There is no institutional repository

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15. Does your institution encourage doctoral researchers to deposit their research outputs in its repository?

Yes

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No

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16. Thinking about copyright and intellectual property rights, please indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false in your opinion.

True False Don't know

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Copyright is an automatic right and arises whenever an individual or company creates a work

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If a work is posted on the internet it is in the public domain and not protected by copyright law

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In this section of the questionnaire we look at the help and support you received from your institution. We are interested in any training you may have received and the institutional facilities, services and other factors that contribute to best practice in support for doctoral research, according to the findings of this study and other research.

17. What topic did the MOST RECENT training you received during the past academic year cover? Tick any that apply

Institutional research support

Generic computer skills (e.g. Word, Excel, Access)

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Specific information skills (e.g finding ‘grey literature', using specific einformation services such as Web of Science, Web of

Knowledge)

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Using portals or gateways (including your own institution's) to access electronic research resources

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Finding/using subjectbased bibliographic, abstract and journal research resources (both print/physical and electronic)

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Finding research resources externally (e.g using the British Library, accessing other key collections or libraries)

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Finding/using manuscript and archival sources (in your institution or externally)

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Finding/using data and datasets online

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Managing references and using technology to do this (e.g.EndNotes)

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Keeping uptodate in your research (e.g. using of tools such as alerting services, RSS feeds)

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Using Web 2.0 technologies to support your research

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Using eresearch methods and tools (data mining, geospatial tools, semantic tools)

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Copyright/intellectual property rights and research

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Open access publishing/selfarchiving

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No training received in past academic year self taught only

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No training received at all in past academic year

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18. How important, or otherwise, do you think each of the factors below is to YOUR doctoral studies? Please choose one rating for each.

Very important

Important

Neither important

nor unimportant

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unimportant

Institutional subscription to ejournals in your field nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj

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Level of knowledge, support and personal/communication skills of your supervisor(s)


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Institutional access agreements with other academic institutions for access to research resources elsewhere


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Training opportunities tailored to research students, rather than undergraduates/masters


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19. Next, how satisfied, or otherwise, are you with YOUR institution in respect of each of the factors? Please choose one rating for each.

Very satisfied

Satisfied

Neither satisfied

nor dissatisfied

DissatisfiedVery

dissatisfied

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23. Which year of your research are you in?



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Researchers of Tomorrow 2011 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2011 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2011 mainResearchers of Tomorrow 2011 main24. How are you funded? Tick any that apply.


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25. Please enter your email address if you'd like to be included in the prize draw. Your email will not be used for any other purpose.

Your email address

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Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, please now click on the 'Submit' button below. You will then be directed to the Researchers of Tomorrow website where you can read more about the research project, should you wish to do so.

Thanks!

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