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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
it but I hardly ever bothernmlkj
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
e-research methods and tools (data mining, geospatial
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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-
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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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Your e-mail address
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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.
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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]
Otherwise, thank you once again for your help.
Welcome to the Researchers of Tomorrow survey
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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:
Personal characteristics
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Yes
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No
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Not sure/can't remember
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28 years old or under
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29 to 35 years old
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36 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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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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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
Family pressures nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Relationship with supervisor 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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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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Posters (at conferences)
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Scholarly monographs
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No intermediate research outputs
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Other intermediate output - please describe
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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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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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Weekly or more often
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Fortnightly
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Monthly
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Quarterly
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Less often
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Never
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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
any payment or permissions to look at, access or use it.nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Open access is scholarly publishing in an e-journal without any payment
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Self-archiving refers to authors depositing their work in open access institutional or
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Open access journals are not peer-reviewed nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Journal articles in conventional, non-open access journals are not self-archived by
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Research funders are beginning to expect open access to the research they support:
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Some conventional, non-open access journals provide open access after an
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27. My research discipline is:
28. Do you work on your own in your doctoral research or as a member of a
collaborative research team?
29. I am registered as doing a:
30. I am currently registered as studying:
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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Work on own
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Work as a member of a collaborative research team
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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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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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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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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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Departmental bursaries or contribution
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Funded by industry
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Other external funding (eg public or third sector)
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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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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.
Welcome to the Researchers of Tomorrow survey
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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?
Personal characteristics
6
Yes
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No
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Not sure/can't remember
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29 years old or under
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30 to 36 years old
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37 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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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
Post information about yourself in the form of a profile nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Post short snippets of information about yourself and/or your research as status updates
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Post photos, documents and/or other files nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Comment on other people’s content nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Create private or public spaces for themed discussions nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Post contributions to private or public spaces for themed discussions nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Search for and/or tag bookmarks (links to online resources) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Share tags and/or bookmarks (links to online resources) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Store, organise and/or retrieve references and/or notes about literature you have read or seen
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Share references with other researchers nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Receive automatic alerts and updates from favoured internet sources (RSS feeds) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Use feed reader to aggregate updates from many sites into one place nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Maintain your own blog nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Post data or writing on others' blogs nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Post to a microblog (e.g tweets) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Follow someone else’s microblog nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Maintain/contribute to collaborative online work using a wiki (e.g. online notes, laboratory notebooks)
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Store / share files or folders with others using webbased file sharing nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Use persontoperson IP telephony and / or instant messaging (Skype) nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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Other
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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
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Social media enable new kinds of research that were not possible before (not just quicker and faster)
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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
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Using social media you can raise the profile of your work more rapidly than conventional academic publishing allows
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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
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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
Time pressures nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Lack of money / necessity to work or raise funds nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Family pressures nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Relationship with supervisor 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 informationseeking 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 ejournals or other physical and electronic information services
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Finding references to important ejournal articles that are in titles not subscribed to by your institution
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Finding important print journal articles that are in titles or volumes that are not in the library at your institution
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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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Compositions or installations
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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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Scholarly monographs
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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)
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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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Data collected or created by you in your research nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Literature references nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Bookmarks to online resources nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Research protocol nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Laboratory or field notes nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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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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… is restricted or prohibited by institutions, funders or collaborators nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
… 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)
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… can enhance visibility and scope for wider community engagement and collaborative working
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… exposes researchers to the risk of losing control over their data and/or intellectual capital
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… enables investigation into new research areas through reuse of data or material created by other researchers
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… may not be possible if data/resources are confidential and/or subject to commercial or third party licensing restrictions
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… 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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Highly sceptical of the benefits
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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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Yes
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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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Don't know
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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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Copyright can protect my ideas nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
If a work is posted on the internet it is in the public domain and not protected by copyright law
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If a work does not have a copyright notice, it is not copyrighted nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
If you don't defend your copyright, you lose its protections nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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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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Other form of training please describe
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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
UnimportantVery
unimportant
Institutional subscription to ejournals in your field nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Access through institutional network to einformation and citation databases nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional information portal nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Book collections in the library nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional subscription to and collection of print journals and serials in your field
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Access to institutional library services nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Library staff with subject and other specialist knowledge 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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The services of a doctoral training centre nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Interlibrary loan/document supply services from the library nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional access agreements with other academic institutions for access to research resources elsewhere
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Dedicated office or laboratory work space in your institution nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Library catalogue(s) including access to shared catalogues from other institutions nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Online data transfer capabilities eg internet bandwidth, security, equipment nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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
Institutional subscription to ejournals in your field nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Access through institutional network to einformation and citation databases nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional information portal nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Book collections in the library nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional subscription to and collection of print journals and serials in your field nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Access to institutional library services 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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Interlibrary loan/document supply services from the library nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Institutional access agreements with other academic institutions for access to research resources elsewhere
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Dedicated office or laboratory work space in your institution nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
Library catalogue(s) including access to shared catalogues from other institutions nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj nmlkj
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Training opportunities tailored to research students, rather than undergraduates/masters
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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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Practicebased 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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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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Departmental bursaries or contribution
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Funded by industry
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Other external funding (eg public or third sector)
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Entirely self funded
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Partly self funded
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