OhioLINK Electronic Journal Use at Ohio State University

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Title:	OhioLINK Electronic Journal Use at Ohio State University
Creators:	Connell, Tschera Harkness; Rogers, Sally A.; Diedrichs, Carol Pitts
Keywords:	use studies electronic journals scholarly communication
Issue Date:	2005-07
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Citation:	Tschera Harkness Connell, Sally A. Rogers and Carol Pitts Diedrichs, "A Study of OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center Use by Ohio State University and Students," Portal: Libraries and the Academy 5, no. 3 (2005): 371-390.
Abstract:	A five-question survey, randomly presented to users at Ohio State University (OSU) as they viewed articles in OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) in fall 2002, probed the user's status, academic unit, reason for viewing, path to the article, and frequency of EJC use. Usage by faculty and graduate students, frequent users, and by those in the sciences predominated, as did usage for a class assignment and browsing a journal's issues. OSU polls in 2003 and 2004 probed EJC awareness and actions after viewing articles. Half of undergraduates were non-users. Printing was favored over reading entire articles online.
ISSN:	1531-2542
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1811/681