Study title

Use of Electronic Library Resources 2005: Finnish Universities

Dataset ID Number

FSD2874

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2874
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2874

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib)

Abstract

The survey studied user views on the electronic resources provided by Finnish university libraries. Electronic resources were taken to include, for instance, electronic publications, e-books, online dictionaries and reference databases.

The respondents who carried out research were first asked about their scientific discipline, whether their field of study was a new one, the extent to which there existed a consensus in the discipline regarding important research topics and theory, whether the respondents did research alone or in a group, and to what extent different publication formats (e.g. scholarly monographs, peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, handbooks) were valued in their field. The extent of using interdisciplinary publications and publications from own discipline was explored.

Next, the respondents were asked about the extent of using e-resources and printed material in general, importance of various FinELib databases and resources, familiarity with and frequency and purpose of using the FinELib resources. Relating to user experience, questions charted the ease of finding material through the FinELib e-resources, opinions on the kind of material that should be included in the resources, problems encountered when using them, training needs, the strengths and weaknesses of FinELib, and general satisfaction with the resources.

Relating to the use of the Nelli information retrieval portal, the respondents were asked the frequency and ease of use, which services in the portal they used the most, usefulness of the portal, and importance of guidance received from library staff in using the portal.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, university, student or staff group, field of study or research and whether the respondent had completed a Doctoral thesis.

Keywords

educational libraries; electronic resources; higher education institutions; information retrieval; information/library resources; library services; online services; research

Topic Classification

• Natural sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Use of Electronic Library Resources

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Finnish National Electronic Library

Time Period Covered

2005

Collection Dates

2005-04-18 – 2005-05-01

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Users of Finnish university libraries

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

University libraries provided a link to the survey on their online service websites.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For reasons of privacy, the education/resarch field variables (q6_2, q7) were removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Finnish National Electronic Library (FinELib): Use of Electronic Library Resources 2005: Finnish Universities [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-09-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2874; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2874

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Käyttäjäkyselyt 1998 - 2005. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/vanhatkyselyt.html [viitattu 3.12.2013]

Related Publications

Käyttäjäkyselyt 1998 - 2005. Helsinki: Kansallinen elektroninen kirjasto (FinELib). Saatavissa: http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/finelib/vaikuttavuus/kayttajakyselyt/vanhatkyselyt.html [viitattu 3.12.2013]