Background Previous research by the authors has focused on information seeking and
reading patterns of scientists in both university and non‐university settings. For example, a …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of quantitative and
qualitative analysis of the usage of e‐resources in academic libraries. It also describes …

Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known shortcomings of
citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and analysis of usage data remains an …

Although M endeley bookmarking counts appear to correlate moderately with conventional
citation metrics, it is not known whether academic publications are bookmarked in M …

In this chapter we examine the benefits of open access for laypeople and how this subject
relates to information seeking behavior, the public understanding of science, and science …

Although scholarly articles play an important role in the work life of academics, specific
patterns of seeking and reading scholarly articles vary. Subject discipline of the reader …

Purpose‐This study aims to investigate graduate student perceptions of electronic
resources, their search behaviour, and their usage patterns. Design/methodology/approach …

A qualitative study of the impact of electronic journals on the information behavior of
academic researchers at Catalan universities shows that academic researchers now read …

This paper reports on the factors that contribute to the adoption rate of e-journal publishing
based upon responses from 82 Malaysian journal publishers. Drawing upon the theory of …

Surveys at five US universities show that faculty read articles for research, teaching, writing,
and other purposes; the largest number of readings is for research. The time spent reading …