Resource Trial - Dimensions

The aim of this survey is to collect your feedback on the resource trial for Dimensions.
Your inputs will help the Library to decide whether to purchase or subscribe to the resource.
This will take about 15-20 minutes to complete.

1. What is your name?

2. What is your NTU email address?

3. What is your current role at NTU ?

4. How is this resource relevant to you?

For Teaching
For Research
For Learning
OtherPlease specify

Please provide the course code(s) and explain how the resource is used for Teaching.
Refer to the fictitious examples below for the minimum level of detail required.

Example 1
LIB1001 Information Sources for Academia
This undergraduate course is run every semester by the School of Library.
There are about 40 students each time. It is a general elective that any student within NTU can register for.
This resource will be listed in the Course Syllabus as one of several key information sources.
Students will be expected to use this resource for their two assignments, one on information searching, and one on information evaluation. For both assignments, students will use the resource to conduct a literature search, find appropriate articles, read the articles, and decide on how to use the articles.

Example 2
LIB4001 Citation Databases
This postgraduate course is run once every year by the School of Library.
There are about 60 students each year.
Students come from the various postgraduate (by research) programmes from all schools within NTU.
This resource will be listed in the Course Syllabus as a core information source.
Students will be expected to be using this resource throughout the semester on a weekly basis as part of tutorials and assignments. Students will search for citation data, export data, and perform data analysis on the data from the resource.

Please provide details of your Research, and explain how the resource will be used.

Refer to the fictitious example below for the minimum level of detail required.

Example

Title of research: Development of sustainable, biodegradable packaging materials for enhancing safety and quality of food.

Principal Investigator(s): A/P Tan Johnny, School of Library

This research is aligned to NTU2025 under the research cluster Resilient Urbanisation. This research project is under the NTU-HSPH Initiative for Sustainable Nanotechnology. See more details at https://www.ntu.edu.sg/healthtech/research-focus/ntu---hsph-initiative-for-sustainable-nanotechnology/research-projects#Content_C006_Col00

Funding source: MOE Tier 1 Research Grant (2020)

Please provide details of how the resource will be used for your Learning.

Please provide details of how the resource will be used for the purposes mentioned.

5. How likely are you to use this resource in the next 3-5 years?

6. How likely are you to recommend this resource to a peer?

7. Are there existing Library resources that provides similar contents?
(you can select both yes and no)

Please provide examples of the contents that are available from existing Library resources.

What are the unique contents available in this resource and not from existing Library resources? Please provide examples.

8. Considering EASE-OF-USE, on a scale of 1-5 stars, how well did the resource meet your expectations?
(the more stars, the better the resource met your expectations)

9. Considering EASE-OF-USE, if you think that the resource did not meet your expectations, please help us understand by explaining in detail.

10. To what extent will you recommend this resource for the University?

This resource is a must-have. Strongly recommended
This resource is good-to-have. Recommended.
This resource can go onto a waiting list. It is not necessary to have it now.
I would not recommend this resource.

11. If the University is unable to purchase or subscribe to this resource, what would you use as your next best alternative?

11a. If the University is unable to purchase or subscribe to this resource, would you be willing to work with Library to put up a budget proposal?

12. Please let us know if you have any other inputs or comments about this resource.