WHAT ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ARE USED FOR:

STUDENTS: APPLICABLE SEARCH TECHNIQUES HSE LIBRARY E-RESOURCESINCLUDE

BY STUDENTS BY ACADEMIC STAFF

89% 51% 33%

244

2

learning research

Online search engines HSE library websiteGoogle ScholarPublishers’ websitesConsolidated catalogueof digital subscriptionsAcademic social networks Working papers at repositoriesHave never searchedfor academic papers online

34%95%self-educationresearch

46%teachingself-education

51

18

11

8

4

3

1

4

databasesof international

periodicalpublications

databases ofRussian periodicalpublications

citation indexdatabases

Source: Monitoring of Student Life Survey 2016, N=5168. Faculty and Researcher Survey, 2016, N=906 HSE Library website: library.hse.ru

It is next to impossible to imagine a university without students, faculty and... texts! Ongoing work on essays, reports, theses and articles is an important part of campus life.

Students and researchers put a lot of effort into every piece of their writing. This is especially true in regards to their endeavours to find relevant information and analyse prior experience. The latest issue of That’s So HSE is dedicated to that part of academic papers concerning searches for relevant materials. In particular, we discuss using the HSE library e-resources.

The issue presents the results of studies on the awareness of library e-resources, and how the academic staff and students use the materials available. Also, we have analysed what electronic databases of periodical publications are most in demand by reviewing reference lists provided in theses written by HSE students who graduated in 2016.

ContentsSearching for academic papers: purposes and techniques

Students and academic staff experience in using international databases

References to international journals in student theses

№1 (30), 2017HSE Center for Institutional Research Newsletter

Year of study

Faculty/departmentof a student or an academic

staff member

Age of employees

Research activity of employeesin 2015-2016

Took part in research projectsTook part in the projects of research subdivisions

Did not take part in the projects of research subdivisions

Have publications

Have no publications

Took part in research projects supported by grants

Did not take part in research projects supported by grants

Did not take part in research projects

Have publications

Have no publications

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of academic staff knowabout electronic databasesof periodical publications

of academicstaff usedatabases

of students knowabout electronic

databasesof periodicalpublications

79%

34%

63%

of students usedatabases

23%

Databases of periodical publications usedby HSE students and academic staff

Student researchactivities

State-funded place Fee-paying place

1 Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs* No information on academic staff is available, as less than 18 persons took part in the survey.

Mode of study

>60 years

<26 years 26-30 years 31-40 years

41-50 years 51-60 years

Undergraduateprogrammes, 1st year Undergraduateprogrammes, 2nd yearUndergraduateprogrammes, 3rd yearUndergraduateprogrammes, 4th year

Master’s programmes,1st year Master’s programmes,2nd year

38 26 29 17

Use databasesKnow about databases Use databasesKnow about databases Use databases Use databasesKnow about databases Know about databases

% of undergraduatestudents who knowabout databases

% of undergraduatestudents who usedatabases

% of graduatestudents who knowabout databases

% of graduatestudents whouse databases

% of academic staff 1

who know aboutdatabases

% of academic staffwho use databases

Use databasesKnow about databases

Source: Faculty and Researcher Survey, 2016, N=906; Student Life Survey, 2016, N=5168

In our annual surveys, we ask students and faculty about their awareness of databases of periodical publications to which HSE is subscribed, as well as how they use these databases. In 2016, the range of survey questions was narrowed: respondents were only asked about the four most popular (according to previous years) international databases: Science Direct, Springer Link, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley Online Library. In the following pages, we tell you about students and faculty who are knowledgeable about the databases available and use them in their work and research.

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REFERENCES TO INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS IN STUDENT THESES

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66

54

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ElsevierAmerican PsychologicalAssosiation

Annual Reviews

Emerald

Emer

ald

MIT Press

Cambridge

University Press

Cambridge

Universit

y Pres

s

American Econom

ic

Association

Oxford U

niversityPress Un

iver

sity

of C

hica

go P

ress

SAGE

Sprin

ger

Taylor &

Francis

Wiley-Blackwell

Springer

ElsevierWiley-Blackwell

Taylor & Francis

Other publishers

MIT Press

Univer

sity

of Ch

icago

Pres

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eric

an E

cono

mic

Asso

ciat

ion

American Psychological

AssosiationO

xford University Press

SAGE

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Faculty of Businessand Management

Faculty ofComputerScience

Faculty ofCommunications,Media and Design

MIEM HSE Facultyof Law

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HSE Centre for Institutional ResearchEditors: Daria Drozhzhina and Maria Pravdina; Design: Daria ZorkinaE-mail: infographics@hse.ru Tel.: 775-9590 (1802) Website: www.hse.ru

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% of undergraduate studentswho provide referencesin their theses

% of graduate students whoprovide references

in their theses

to international journalsare provided on averagein students’ theses

1 Information on faculties/subdivisions where over 10 theses were analysed. No information is available on HSE’s Faculty of Mathematics, Vysokovsky Graduate School of Urbanism, Institute of Innovation Management and Institute of Education. 2 Information on references to journals is based on an analysis of reference lists provided in the theses of HSE students who graduated in 2016.

Source: HSE student theses base 2016.