Phase 1 of a 4 part study was undertaken studying the use of scientific and technical information (STI) by U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists. Specific attention was paid to institutional and socioeconomic variables and to the step-by-step process of information gathering used by the respondents. Data were collected by means of three self administered mail-back questionnaires. The approximately 34,000 members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) served as the study population. More than 65 percent of the randomly selected respondents returned the questionnaires in each of the three groups. Respondents relied more heavily upon informal sources of information than formal sources and turned to librarians and other technical information specialists only when they did not obtain results via informal means or their own formal searches.


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    Title :

    NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project: Report to Phase 1 Respondents


    Contributors:
    T. E. Pinelli (author) / J. M. Kennedy (author) / T. F. White (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English