TITLE:
Kuwait University Faculty Usage and Perspectives of Reference Management Software
AUTHORS:
Batool A. Hendal
KEYWORDS:
Reference Management Software, RMS, Bibliography Management Software, EndNote, RefWorks, Mendeley, Kuwait University, Faculty
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.6 No.8,
August
29,
2019
ABSTRACT: The aim of this descriptive and quantitative study was to explore the usage of reference management systems (RMSs) among Kuwait University (KU) faculty and their perspectives towards using these systems. For this purpose, an online survey was distributed using Google Forms. The sample was all KU faculty from all the 16 colleges, and a link to the survey was sent by email to all the faculty. The results show a humble usage of RMSs among the faculty, EndNote is the most common software. The participants declared their need for both awareness of and training for the RMS packages; this need was declared by both users and non-users of RMSs. The results of this study will be beneficial for the KU library administration to be better engaged in the awareness campaign at the university level.