What do the readers think? A look at how scientific journal users see the electronic environment

A study was conducted to assess how the average scientific journal reader, with little or no knowledge of electronic journal projects, viewed the elec tronic environment; and to gather information about these renders' reaction s to the new environment The study looked at patterns of journal rise and e xamined whether the facilities that electronic journals offered were satisf ying:ng to the journal reader. It appears that more than a third of the sur veyed scientific journal users do not read electronic journals, although a reasonable percentage of readers access more than five electronic journals on a regular basis. There is a broad consensus among the renders on the imp ortance of the various facilities offered by publishers; readers' rating of importance is directly related to quick and easy access to a wide range of relevant, useful information.