DTIC Search Survey

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC (R) )
DTIC Search Survey
We appreciate your assistance in helping us to make improvements to the DTIC search function. The survey will take approximately five
minutes to complete. All responses will be confidential.
How likely would you be to search collaboratively (e.g., with a
subject matter expert, librarian, DTIC employee, etc.) in a virtual
world reference session if available?

How often do you visit the DTIC Online Web sites when
searching for scientific and technical information?
Daily

Ver y likely

Weekly

Somewhat like ly

Monthly

Neutral

Several times per year

Not very likely
Not at a ll li kely

Please rate the importance of the following functions once locating a document of interest:
Create and apply tags
so that I can find again
Very important

Create a review or
provide comments
Very important

Recommend it to my
colleagues
Very important

Order a
paper copy
Very important

Download a copy to
my computer
Very important

Download a copy to
my mobile device
Very important

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Somewhat
important
No opinion

Not very important

Not very important

Not very important

Not very important

Not very important

Not very important

Not at all
important

Not at all
important

Not at all
important

Not at all
important

Not at all
important

Not at all
important

Which of the following search results display would you be
most likely to utilize: [check all that apply]
In chronological order [most recent first]

When locating a document of interest, I would be most likely to
hyperlink to additional documents:
Similar in topic
By the same personal author

In order of relevance [most relevant first]

By the same corporate author
Referenced in my document (bibliography or footnotes)

In the form of tag clouds (e.g., Visual depiction of a weighted tag list formed
from tags used on a Web site. Tags listed alphabetically and a larger font is used
to indicate more frequent term usage)
In the form of treemaps (e.g., Entire collection divided into categories and
viewable at a glance)

That reference my document
None of the above
Other

Which of the following best describes your organization.

In chunks (e.g., Combination of weblinks, blog entries, Wikipedia entries,
non-text entries, etc. and bibliographic citations)
With facets such as: corporate author, personal author, report date and
subject

Other

Which best describes your position?

Search history (e.g., Capability enables users to selectively preserve and reuse
search strategies and results)
Other
Other

Please provide any additional comments or recommendations
below.

If you would be willing to speak with a DTIC representative
regarding your search preferences, please provide your
contact information below.
Name, Telephone Number, and/or Email Address (optional)