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Appendix B: User <strong>Evaluation</strong> <strong>DICE</strong> <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Feedback is indicated according to the role of the evaluator (STU / ACADEM / EDTECH / MAN) (Header to <strong>Evaluation</strong> Feedback form: Please focus on the D+ (http://193.60.1.153:8080/elf/) <strong>and</strong> (related) DEVIL toolkits in answering these questions. You should try out these tools for yourself using the links from the project web site with searches relevant to your studies or interests (as many as you can manage). Reading through the guide, trying out the tools <strong>and</strong> completing this form should take about 3 hours which you might split into several sessions. Please take your own notes or make margin notes on a printed copy of the guide. These are open questions so please reply as fully as you can rather than giving just ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers. Those marked with asterisks are of particular interest to us. You are encouraged to refer to other tools <strong>and</strong> services described in this guide e.g. Scholar but these are included to put the evaluation in context. Information you submit will be treated confidentially. Thank you for your interest.) 1. Do you use RD tools (any of those described here or others)? MAN1: Yes: frequently use RDN, Ask Butler; Ferl, Sosig, EEVL <strong>and</strong> others MAN2: Yes - a range as required, though mainly LISA <strong>and</strong> WoK, plus the web in general EDTECH1: not at the moment ACADEM1: Yes STU1: I most extensively use the PubMed <strong>Resource</strong> discovery tool for my university study. The tool is a massive database with good links to abstracts <strong>and</strong> full text journal articles as well as gene, nucleotide, genetic disease...etc specific searches. Contextual information can be viewed, the user can select many formats in which to view the information included the citation, a brief description or abstract. Papers are categorized so 'reviews' can be selected individually from research papers. What is particularly helpful is the History <strong>and</strong> Clipboard facility allowing the user to sort their search results <strong>and</strong> view collectively, print, etc. The complexity of the PubMed database allows less competent users to access the basic resources whilst providing very specific <strong>and</strong> complex information for the more familiar user. I have used the Google scholar RD tool before <strong>and</strong> found its familiarity due to the use of the Google html format made it very quick <strong>and</strong> easy to use. It refines your st<strong>and</strong>ard Google search well, excluding advertisements or poor/irrelevant websites. STU2: Yes, I use Google scholar a lot to find out the resources. ACADEM2: Yes - Google Scholar, Pinakes <strong>and</strong> RDN (especially Sosig <strong>and</strong> Gesource; occasionally Biome), Scirus, ingentaconnect <strong>and</strong> wileyinterscience. Also doaj. STU3: YES, I use Google Scholar predominantly, because I was not aware of the other RD available on the net. Since I started this evaluation, I have been using the other RD specified to get resources for my MSc thesis. STU4: I use the tools described in the guide only. Like scholar.google.com, devil <strong>and</strong> D+ tools EDTECH2: I use Google Scholar EDTECH3: No, I have previously just used web search engines (usually Google <strong>and</strong> Click Now) <strong>and</strong> the University's Library Catalogue. EDTECH4: No, although I do use various sites that exist to help FE staff (<strong>and</strong> others) to locate resources for teaching <strong>and</strong> learning, e.g. FERL, FENC, Jorum, LSDA, RDN MAN3: Typically Google (sorry – you’re going to get many references to Google I’m afraid). I haven’t really used the tools described (D+, DEVIL <strong>and</strong> GetRef). Occasionally use Google Scholar. Also occasionally use the RDN directly which is a similar RD tool. Mainly (like most other people!) use the st<strong>and</strong>ard Google, Google groups <strong>and</strong> Google images for most things. 55
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