About R+CS Respondents

Questions about services used for research and scholarship were shown only to faculty members and graduate students due to the length of the survey and specificity of the questions.

12% of the entire survey sample indicated they have led an original research or creative project in the past two years, which represents 64.4% of faculty respondents (and those in similar roles) and 37.6% of graduate students respondents.

Discipline Areas

As support needs for research and creative work may vary across disciplines, respondents’ disciplinary areas were considered while analyzing the data. 

The percentage of respondents leading research or creative projects by broad discipline areas are listed below. Note that many scholars identified with multiple scholarship areas. For example, 142 respondents identified themselves as being in both the social and natural sciences, and 138 respondents selected both medical/health and natural sciences.

Percentage and total numbers of respondents in broad discipline areas:

• Creative work 10.9% (n = 198)

• Humanities 17.8% (n = 325)

• Social sciences 31.5% (n = 574)

• Natural sciences 23.4% (n = 427)

• Engineering 18.6% (n = 340)

• Medical and health sci 36.8% (n = 671)

• Professional fields 9.0% (n = 165)

Preferences in Searching for Information

Those engaged in research and creative scholarship were asked to indicate the first 2 search tools or resources they used when seeking information related to their area. 

The top tools were Google Scholar and similar, the library catalog, scholarly databases, and general search engines. Similar options were listed among the top 2 choices for graduate students and faculty members.