Form 1 NLM NCBI Gene Resources Website User Survey Instrument

OMB Control Number: 0925-0648

Expiration Date: March 31, 2018

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0648). Do not return the completed form to this address.

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NCBI Gene Resources Website Study Interview Guide

Introduction

My name is xxxxxxxx, my colleagues are, xxxxxxxxx. We are part of a team working on a project to better understand the needs of people who use NCBI Gene Resources website.

We’re talking to researchers and others to better understand their experiences working with these resources in the context of the work they do.

We’d like to talk for 30 to 45 minutes. We will be taking notes but these notes will not be used outside of the core research team and your name will not be used in any way.

Do you have any questions for us?

Questions:

What purpose did you have in mind when coming to the NCBI Gene website?

What did you initially expect to find on this website?

Are there things you expected to find that were not available?

When you visit this website, what tasks were you expecting to accomplish?

Is the visit to this website important to you in the context of your work? If so, can you elaborate?

Did your visit to the website solve the problem or answer question you initially had?

Does the use of this website fit into a specific workflow of yours?

Do you have examples of other tools you use in conjunction with this website?

What tools do you rely on when you can’t use the NCBI website?

What influenced your decision to use the NCBI website?

Thank you for your time.