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Needs Assessment 2019: Books & eBooks

How would you rate the print collection?

Why did you give our print collection that score?

  1. I don't use print very often, but when needed it is there
  2. n/a
  3. i try to find resources online
  4. I only use AHEC online for clinical ladder
  5. not sure
  6. NA
  7. Very limited selection of nursing books
  8. The collection seems all academic, in which case I always use online data tools because it is quicker to locate which section of material I actually need.
  9. I enjoy browsing to see what is available
  10. Great selection.
  11. I don't use the library.
  12. have not used any digital or print resources yet
  13. I've never used it
  14. Many are outdated but the ones that don't change (like anatomy/physiology) are great!
  15. Does not work for me
  16. Would love to use the library.  It just doesn't occur to me on a day to day basis
  17. Don't use it.
  18. I just started and haven't begun my Clinical Ladder yet.
  19. n/a
  20. i don't use the print book collection
  21. Very little in nursing
  22. I don't need/use print resources
  23. I typically forget or don't even think about the AHEC library when I am researching
  24. I don't really use the physical library
  25. Most textbooks are not up to date.
  26. Find most things readily
  27. need more expansion on topics of interest to me, but I know I can also try and find online
  28. I am not located near the library and do not access it in person
  29. I've actually not ever availed myself of your print book collection, so I am not informed enough to answer this question.
  30. It is quite limited in comparison to universities
  31. I would like the Washington manual electronically
  32. Some books recently searched have not been available
  33. Everytime I've looked for something in print I've been redirected to online resources.
  34. I use the print journals I receive, but otherwise I go online
  35. I do not know of this selection
  36. have not had a specific need to use it recently
  37. Collection has most resources I need
  38. Hard to keep up to date copies of all the various medicine books.
  39. I don't use print book collection
  40. I don't visit the library building
  41. I typically either purchase the books I want or look for online content
  42. Meets my needs the majority of the time
  43. It seems out of date
  44. I dont' get books thru them
  45. Usually do not have the latest addition of standard textbooks
  46. Have not used the print book collection in the past 10 years
  47. It's my own journals that I get in print that I read
  48. Relative to other large teaching hospital collections
  49. I have not utilized this resource and cannot speak to its rating.
  50. Occasionally I like to wander into the stacks and see what is there.  While having old books is key, there are some that are between old and new that should be thinned.
  51. Nursing books and resources are always readily available
  52. You guys have all of the CCHS books we need.
  53. printed textbooks are available to students on campus
  54. students use the print copies of the resources required by our course that is available in the library. I do not typically use print resources from the library
  55. The library keeps a copy of all course related textbooks with is very convenient for faculty and students.
  56. FIND ONLINE FIRST THEN PRINT MOST OF THE TIME
  57. We have a decent amount of books, but don't have a lot
  58. I don't need/use print resources at AHEC
  59. Many of the textbooks are not up to date. It would be beneficial to have books that were published recently.
  60. I simply haven't had the need recently but I wouldn't rule it out in the future.
  61. It is easy for students to get overwhelmed by the cost of materials so having all of our books available if we needed them in the library is very nice.
  62. You have print articles but not the most revised editions always.

How would you rate our ebook collection?

Why did you give the ebook collection that score?

  1. the librarian can usually find what I am looking for, but not always
  2. have never used them
  3. good
  4. I don't know what you have
  5. NA
  6. It would be nice to have more text books on ebooks
  7. I don't search extensively
  8. Have not used this option, need to look into it
  9. Great selection.
  10. have not yet used any digital/print/ebook resources
  11. I've never used it
  12. I don't use ahec library that much
  13. don't use it
  14. I just started with Atrium and have not yet begun my Clinical Ladder yet
  15. n/a
  16. I have been able to find all of the books that I've needed
  17. I didn't know you had them
  18. I do not use e-books
  19. NA
  20. E-books are just more portable and easy to have at your fingertips.
  21. There have been some ebooks I could not access through AHEC in the past.
  22. Have never used
  23. Have not accessed books, only journal articles.
  24. Not familiar with your ebook collection
  25. I have only needed toi use it once - it was fine.
  26. I loathe reading on the ipad/dektop
  27. Don't often use the e-books
  28. Have only scanned it, not actually used it much.
  29. have not used it... admittedly this may be partly due to ignorance
  30. Has most recourses I use most often
  31. Not enough inventory
  32. the last time I looked Pediatric texts were OK but not super comprehensive.  Haven't looked at ebooks for a year or so though
  33. Meets my needs the majority of the time
  34. Most of my reading is from the journal articles
  35. Not familiar with ebook collection
  36. I haven't utilized ebooks through AHEC.
  37. This one is harder to not give an excellent mark because if you don't have it---I figure it doesn't exist.
  38. I usually don't use the library's ebooks
  39. Don't really use the ebooks, but have seen some drug topics books online
  40. I did not know their was access to this
  41. The library keeps a copy of all course related textbooks in the ebook collection...however they are sometimes a version or two behind.
  42. NEEDS MORE UPDATED IN FORMATION ESPECIALLY FOR STUDETNS, GOOD ARTICLES ARE OLDER THAN 5 YEARS AND WE CANT USE
  43. I don't need/use ebooks
  44. I personally do not find e books beneficial. I prefer to have a tangible book that I can write and highlight in.
  45. n/a
  46. n/a

What ebooks would you like to see added to our digital collection?

  1. certification review course books
  2. na
  3. NA
  4. Need to look into this option, not sure what is available
  5. N/A
  6. I do not use Ebooks.
  7. n/a
  8. Same as physical books
  9. AACN procedure manual
  10. none
  11. ALL that come in digital form!
  12. Physical assessment ebooks
  13. NA
  14. textbooks
  15. none
  16. newest edition of Goldfrank's toxicology: 11th edition
  17. No opinion
  18. more pediatric subspecialty texts
  19. Don't know of any
  20. Frontera and DeLisa 2019 6th(?) Edition Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  21. the textbooks that are required for our students
  22. N/A
  23. none
  24. n/a
  25. n/a