Thomson Scientific is looking for University of Pennsylvania researchers, professors and students who search the ISI Web of Knowledge, also known as Web of Science or ISI Citation Indexes, to participate in a market research study during the week of November 5th. Thomson is offering $75 in American Express checks as an acknowledgement of your time investment. This stipend can also be donated to a charity of your choice. Penn Libraries are supporting this effort because we are interested in learning more about the needs of our users so we can continue to improve our research tools.

The research will consist of a one-hour in-person interview on campus, conducted by a member of the Thomson Scientific research team. During the interview, you will be asked about your typical research process and shown some new product development concepts. Prior to the interview, you will be given access to one of the new products and asked to complete a few tasks.

Please click on http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/10812g2d397 to answer a few background questions. After that you may be contacted by someone from Thomson Scientific with details about the study, if you are selected to participate.

As part of the study, the interviews will be video and audio taped.

Please consider providing your feedback in this important project.

Thank you!

Best regards,

Maria Pacenza, Senior Market Research Analyst Thomson Scientific 3501 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 maria.pacenza@thomson.com 215.823.5327

Barbara Cavanaugh, Head, Veterinary Libraries, University of Pennsylvania and
Penn Libraries' Thomson Scientific Project Coordinator bbc@pobox.upenn.edu 215-898-8874

For more information:
Barbara Cavanaugh