THIS MESSAGE IS SENT TO VARIOUS BIOMEDICAL MAILING LISTS.
PLEASE FORGIVE DUPLICATION.
The Library KNAW (main library for the biomedical sciences in the
Netherlands) is conducting a survey on the use of biomedical
information resources through Internet.
Biomedical professionals are kindly requested to participate in this
survey by completing the following questionnaire (7 questions).
Your name and answers will be treated confidentially.
Respondents have the option to receive the results of the survey.
Please answer each question by either placing an 'x' in the
appropriate response or filling in your own answer where required
(include this message in your reply).
Questions:
1. What is your profession?
2. Where do you work?
( ) university/university hospital
( ) research institute
( ) regional hospital
( ) pharmaceutical company
( ) private company
( ) other (please indicate:...)
3. Are there biomedical WWW/Gopher-sites you regularly connect to?
If 'yes, which ones? (eg. NLM, NIH, Oncolink)
( ) no (go to question 6)
( ) yes (please indicate which ones:...)
4. Which features of these WWW's/Gophers do you use most frequently?
( ) information about the organisation
( ) Literature information (catalogs, bibliographic databases)
( ) biomedical literature (reference books, electronic books,
electronic journals, full-text databases)
( ) educational applications (eg. clinical cases)
( ) actual biomedical information (current research, grants,
information about other organisations, experts)
( ) software (public domain)
( ) references to other biomedical WWW's/Gophers
( ) other (please indicate:...)
5. What is the main purpose of your use of WWW/Gopher?
( ) patient care
( ) reference
( ) keeping up-to-date
( ) education
( ) communication
( ) recreation
( ) other (please indicate:...)
6. Can you think of any services in the biomedical Internet field,
which you would like to use but which are not on offer at this
moment?
7. Do you want to receive the results of this survey?
( ) yes
( ) no
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Please send your answers to:
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