Form 1 NIF Survey

The Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) is releasing a new
version of its search interface. The following survey is intended to gather
feedback from users of this interface and their use of NIF. Your responses
are anonymous and will be reported only in aggregate. No personally
identifiable information is asked. Thank you for your participation.
Sincerely, The NIF team
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The Neuroscience Information Framework is a dynamic inventory of Web-based
neuroscience resources: data, materials, and tools. Have you ever used NIF for your
studies or research? *
( ) Yes
( ) No

How often do you use the NIF?
( ) Very Frequently

( ) Frequently
( ) Occasionally
( ) Rarely
( ) Never

What version of NIF do you most frequently use?
( ) classicNIFcopy.png

( ) betaNIFcopy.png

Do you generally find what you are looking for when using NIF?
( ) Yes
( ) No

How easy is it to find what you are looking for?
( ) Very Easy
( ) Easy
( ) Neutral
( ) Difficult

( ) Very Difficult

How satisfied are you with the quality of the results from NIF?
( ) Very Satisfied
( ) Satisfied
( ) Neutral
( ) Very Dissatisfied

When searching with NIF are you generally more interested in browsing available
data or looking for something specific?
( ) Browsing for Resources
( ) Specific Searches
( ) Both are Equally Important

Data available through NIF are curated by an expert. How important is the data
curation to you?
( ) Very Important
( ) Important
( ) Moderately Important
( ) Of Little Importance
( ) Unimportant

In your opinion, what differentiates NIF from other sites?
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Sometimes we don't find what we were looking for. When this happens,
what did NIF provide you with and what did you expect to find?

Tell us your story: Are there any instances of when you couldn't find what
you were looking for? Or when NIF returned key information not
available from other resources?

What are some of the other search engines that you use in your scientific research?
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Google
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Wikipedia ( )
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Wolfram ( )
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Alpha
NCBO
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Drag and drop the items so that the top of the list are the most frequently used
resources while the bottom are the least frequently used resources
_______NIF
_______Google
_______Pubmed
_______Wikipedia
_______Wolfram Alpha
_______NCBO
_______Other
Comments:
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Rate how well these other sites implement data sharing tools.
_______ADNI
_______Dataverse
_______Cell Image Library
_______Figshare
_______NCBO
_______I am not familiar with these sites
Comments:
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Drag and drop the following features in order of importance for you. The top of the
list are the most important while the bottom of the list are the least important.
_______Synonym expansion
_______Part expansion (eg. Hippocampus -> CA1, CA3, etc)
_______Search faceting
_______Search within publication section
_______Autocomplete search queries
_______Search within column
_______Other
Comments:

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If you are a NIF user, rate the following sections in terms of importance to you. If
you aren't a NIF user, which sections do you think will be most important to you?
Very
Somewhat Not
ImportantNeutral
Important
ImportantImportant
Website (In
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general)
Tutorials
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Data
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sharing
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information

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Have you ever used the tutorials?
( ) Yes
( ) No

How satisfied are you with your experience with the tutorials?
( ) Very Satisfied
( ) Satisfied
( ) Neutral
( ) Dissatisfied

( ) Very Dissatisfied

What would make the tutorials more useful for you?

How likely are you to recommend NIF to others?
( ) Very Likely
( ) Likely
( ) Not Sure
( ) Unlikely
( ) Very Unlikely

Where are you located?
( ) Africa
( ) Antarctica
( ) Asia
( ) Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, etc)
( ) Europe
( ) USA
( ) Canada
( ) Mexico
( ) Central America
( ) South America
( ) Middle East
( ) West Indies

How did you find about NIF? (Please check all that apply.)
[ ] Followed a text link from another Web page

[ ] Followed a banner/icon from another Web page
[ ] Found using a search engine
[ ] Saw posting to related newsgroups or forums
[ ] Was told the URL by friend
[ ] Read about it in an article/blog
[ ] Society for Neuroscience booth

Which of the following best describes your professional role?
( ) Industry
( ) Faculty
( ) Research Staff
( ) Postdoc
( ) Graduate Student
( ) Undergraduate Student

How would you characterize your comfort level with technology?
( ) Expert
( ) Novice
( ) Neither

Thank you for taking our survey. Your response is very important to us
and contribute greatly to the development NIF.