Evaluation of Ebsco Discovery

1. Did you find material that was relevant to your topic when using the EBSCO Discovery Service?
1 (not relevant) 2 3 4 5 (invaluable)
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2. Did you find material that was current and scholarly?
1(not at all) 2 3 4 5(very much)
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3. Did you find the EBSCO Discovery Service easy to use?
1 (difficult) 2 3 4 5 (easy)
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4. Rate the search functionality (easy to use, advanced or focused searching, wildcards, sorting):
1 (poor) 2 3 4 5 (excellent)
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5. Rate the convenience features, such as online help, printing, marking, saving and emailing information:
1(poor) 2 3 4 5(excellent)
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6. Were you able to locate or link to journal articles or books once you read the description or citation?

Comments, if you had to link to an article or locate the book:

7. Which search engine(s) do you normally use for your research?

(check as many as apply)

Google
Google Scholar
PubMed or Medline
IEEExplore
Web of Science/ISI Citation Indexes
Scifinder Scholar/CAS
Business Source Premier
PsycInfo
CINAHL
Don't know what to use
Other (describe):

8. How does Ebsco Discovery compare to the search engine you normally use?
Ebsco Discovery is better
Ebsco Discovery is about the same
Ebsco Discovery is not as good as my usual search engine

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9. Overall, which best describes your view of Ebsco Discovery?

(choose one)
The library should definitely buy Ebsco Discovery
Ebsco Discovery would be nice to have
I would not recommend Ebsco Discovery

10. Additional comments:

NU affiliation:
Faculty
Graduate Student
Undergraduate
Staff
Other

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