Horticultural Research Survey


 Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. CABI Publishing has been producing the world-renowned CAB ABSTRACTS" database since 1973. The aim of this survey is to ascertain how we might best develop the models of access to horticultural science information.

Submit your completed survey using the form below by 14th February 2000 for your guaranteed entry into our prize draw for a £40 CABI Publishing book voucher. Alternatively print this page off and fax it to us at Fax: +44 (0) 1491 829198.

 Please indicate your answers by clicking in the relevant boxes.

 

  1. Do you have access to the following at your desk? - select all those that apply
CD-ROM Email
WWW Local Computer Network
  2. Which format do you prefer to receive research information in? - please select one:
Print CD-ROM
Internet Email
  3. What are the areas of horticultural research at your organisation? - select all those that apply
Temperate fruits (including Viticulture)
Vegetables
Ornamentals
Tropical/Subtropical Crops
Protected Crops (crops grown under protected cultivation, mainly vegetables, ornamentals
Temperate/Subtropical Crops
Other(s) (please specify)
  4. Where do you currently look for information on horticultural research? - select all those that apply
Print Journals Books
Internet Journals Abstract Database
Trade Magazines Internet Sites
Please provide details of the above (i.e. The Grower Agricola etc.)
  5. Are you familiar with CAB International or CABI Publishing?
Yes No
  6. Have you used CAB ABSTRACTS" or one of our other database products? Please select all those that apply
Seed Abstracts CAB ABSTRACTS" via another Online provider
Horticultural Abstracts CAB ABSTRACTS" on CD-ROM
HORTCD® Ornamental Horticulture Abstracts
HORT CABWeb Postharvest News and Information
Other(s) (please specify)
  7. In 2000, all subscribers to Horticultural Abstracts will have access to an Internet version of the journal at no extra cost, updated monthly and with a 10 year backfile. Would you be interested in accessing the journal via the Internet?
I/we am/are happy with print journal only
I/we would like Internet access only
I/we would like Internet access and print journal
I/we would not be interested in print or Internet access
  8. Our journal Horticultural Abstracts contains information on all aspects of horticulture and publishes around 11,000 abstracts per year (see http://hort.cabweb.org). Would you, or your institution be interested in buying access to a smaller Internet product containing a subset of records/abstracts of specific crop groups related to those in question 3?
Yes I would be interested in this product
Yes my organization would be interested in this product
I would like to pass this information onto my organization
No I would not be interested
  9. Conversely would you or your organization be interested in an Internet product containing a set of data larger than Horticultural Abstracts including all Plant Sciences information from CAB ABSTRACTS™ - i.e. including forestry, crop protection, crop production, soil science, plant breeding and biotechnology?
Yes I would be interested in this product
Yes my organization would be interested in this product
I would like to pass this information onto my organization
No I would not be interested
  10. If subscribing to an Internet product, which model of access would be your purchase preference?
Pay-as-you-go
Flat fee for unlimited access
Pricing bands based on number of concurrent users
Pricing bands based on the population in the organization
Other(s) (please specify):
  11. Would you be interested in signing up for the CABI HORT listserv - for updates on developments in HORT CABWeb, the latest publications from CABI and conference information? (please supply contact information below)
Yes No
  12. Your Details
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Name
Job Title
No. in Organisation
No. of Sites
Organisation
Address
Email
Telephone
Fax
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