TechValidate Research on Elsevier ScienceDirect

Introduction

This case study of Ipca Laboratories Ltd is based on a March 2018 survey of Elsevier ScienceDirect Books customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Elsevier ScienceDirect Books:

• Rates how much they agree with the following statement: “In my work I often…”
  • Do interdisciplinary research: Agree
  • Come across unknown terms: Strongly agree
  • Use books and journals together: Neither agree or disagree
  • Have a lack of time: Agree
  • Need fundamental information: Agree

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Elsevier ScienceDirect Books that the surveyed company uses:

• Reports that a topic page would be useful to a researcher:
  • For investigating a new subject area for multidisciplinary research
  • For learning about a new subject as a student
  • When using as a teaching tool
  • For reading in a current research area
  • When looking up a technique or methodology
• ScienceDirect topic pages would be useful for:
  • Background reading in a primary specialty
  • Background reading in a new area
  • Planning future research
  • Current research
  • Conferences

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Elsevier ScienceDirect Books:

• Rates how much they agree with the following statement: Topic pages…
  • help them achieve their goals: agree
  • save them time: agree
  • spark new ideas for them: neither agree or disagree
  • provide relevant knowledge: agree
  • teach them about new topics: strongly agree
• Agrees that topic pages help them to:
  • Learn about an unknown term
  • See different points of view and connections in a topic
  • Quickly access relevant foundational content
  • Access book content they wouldn’t have otherwise found

Introduction

This case study of a educational institution is based on an August 2016 survey of Elsevier ScienceDirect Books customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Elsevier ScienceDirect Books:

• Solves the following challenge by using Books from Elsevier on ScienceDirect:
  • Gaining additional context for a journal article

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Elsevier ScienceDirect Books that the surveyed organization uses:

• Uses ScienceDirect monthly or project based.
• Conducts the following type of research as part of their role:
  • Desk research (e.g. secondary research)
• Used Books or Book chapters for their research in the following situation:
  • Validate ideas/theories

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Elsevier ScienceDirect Books:

• Values the following key platform advantage offered by Books from Elsevier on ScienceDirect:
  • Is a trusted, authoritative content from a reputable publisher