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Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Medical School Faculty: Use of Journals, Databases, Repositories and other Medical Information Resources, ISBN 157440-169-6. The report gives highly detailed data on medical school faculty use of databases, journals, institutional digital repositories, medical blogs, wikis and listservs and other medical information resources. The report also covers the extent of use of the library, including number of times researchers conduct searches, and visit the library. The study relates highly detailed information on the percentage of medical faculty who have received training on specific medical databases such as Ovid, PubMed, Medline, Web or Science and many others, as well as their preferences for print or online versions of medical journals. Just a few of the reports thousands of data points and findings were: • The medical faculty in the sample used Medline a mean of 7.6 times in the past week. • 38% of faculty were not familiar at all with the use of medical wikis as an information source. • Nearly 77% of non-Americans in the sample considered their online journal and database use skills to be excellent. • 5.67% of faculty sampled have received specific training from librarians or other information professionals on how to use Scopus. • 37.6% said viewing an online or downloadable tutorial was an appealing way to learn about medical databases; 60% of researchers in cardiology & oncology found this method appealing. • Paper formats for journals were more popular in the United States than abroad, and more popular among older than younger researchers. • 16.67% of those sampled say that they have contributed publications to their library’s digital repository. The 133 page study is based on a survey of 141 medical school faculty from 50 major medical schools predominantly in the USA, but also from Canada, Australia and the UK. Data is broken out by research specialty, age, gender, length of time in the profession, nationality, tenure status and other variables. To view a table of contents or sample pages, or to place an order, view our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.