Connotea Users Introduction

1. 
   What is your background?
   

Student (undergraduate/postgraduate in the humanities and the social science)

Researcher (academic/university)

Researcher (business)

Researcher (government)

Researcher (non-profit)

Manager/administrator (academic/university)

Manager/administrator (business)

Manager/administrator (government)

Manager/administrator (non-profit)

Others, please specify

2. 
   Main reason for using Connotea:
   

For my studies

For personal use

Others, please specify

3. 
   Which country do you mainly live in?
   

4. 
   Please respond to the following set of statements on your bookmarking behaviors:
   

Frequency of creating bookmarks in Connotea

Frequency of copying bookmarks from other Connotea users

Frequency of using bookmarks you have created in Connotea

Frequency of sharing bookmarks you created with your collaborators

Frequency of creating tag notes in Connotea

5. 
   Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements:
   

It is useful to create a title for a bookmark.

It is useful to form a group with friends or colleagues for sharing bookmarks.

It is useful to use tags to find your own bookmarks.

It is useful to use tags in finding relevant bookmarks created by other Connotea users.

It is useful to use tags in sharing bookmarks with friends or colleagues.

6. 
   Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
   

It is a good policy that Connotea requires its users to create at least one tag per bookmark.

7. 
   Can you tell me why you think it is a good (or bad) policy for Connotea to require users to create at least one tag per bookmark?
   

8. 
   Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
   

It is useful to create tag notes in Connotea.

9. 
   Can you tell me why creating tag notes is useful/ is not useful?
   

10. 
    Number of tags you usually create in Connotea per bookmark:
    

2

3

More than 4

11. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

The automatic collection of bibliographic information in Connotea is useful.

12. 
    If you selected “Disagree” or “Strongly Disagree” on the question “the automatic collection of bibliographic information in Connotea is useful,” it is because (Please check all that apply to you):
    

The source websites (e.g. PubMed) supporting this function are too few.

Other (Please specify)

13. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

It is easy to use the automatic collection of bibliographic information function in Connotea.

14. 
    Can you tell me why you find the automatic collection of bibliographic information easy/ not easy to use?
    

15. 
    Please rate the usefulness of the following methods of finding information in Connotea:
    

Using the search box with the choice “This Collection” (the collection you are currently viewing)

Using the search box with the choice “My Library”

Using the search box with the choice “All” (all public bookmarks in Connotea)

Using the search box with the choice “Find Exact Tag”

Using the search box with the choice “Find Exact User”

Using the search box with the choice “Fund Exact URI” (e.g., http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/)

Using “Related Tags”

Using “Related Users”

16. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

17. 
    Can you tell me why you find Connotea effective/ not effective in helping you find information through other Connotea members whose interests are similar to yours?
    

18. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

It is quick to create bookmarks in Connotea.

It is easy to save bookmarks in your Connotea account.

Connotea is useful for managing my personal information (e.g., organizing bookmarks for web pages you found for your research or for personal reasons).

19. 
    Can you tell me why Connotea is useful/ is not useful for personal information management?
    

20. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

It is easy to share bookmarks with others.

21. 
    Can you tell me why you find Connotea useful/ not useful for managing information in a group project?
    

22. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

I enjoy using Connotea.

23. 
    Can you tell me why you enjoy/ not enjoy using Connotea?
    

24. 
    What features in Connotea do you find most useful? (Please check all those features that you find useful.)
    

Exporting your reference/ bookmarks to Endnote or other desktop reference managers.

Recognizing reference and automatically filling in bibliographic information.

Sharing reference/ bookmarks among all Connotea users.

Other (Please specify)

25. 
    What is your usual way of managing useful websites? (Please check all those that apply to you.)
    

Using Connotea

Using other social bookmarking sites (please specify)

Adding them to your own webpage

Using other tools or methods (please specify)

26. 
    Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement:
    

Using social bookmarking websites like Connotea to save bookmarks is better than using the traditional way of saving bookmarks into a dedicated computer.

27. 
    What do you think are the disadvantages of Connotea, and how can it be improved?