Appendix A: Interview Questions

(An edited transcription of selected interview responses can be found at the Harvard Dataverse: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AWDACG ).

1. What do you see as the main functions of the software you used today, Zotero and Scholarsphere?

2. What was the most difficult or frustrating part of using Zotero? Why? What was the easiest? Why?

3. What was the most difficult or frustrating part of using Scholarsphere? Why? What was the easiest? Why?

4. What do you see as the main function of the My Publications folder in Zotero? How likely would you use it in your work; why or why not?

5. What do you see as the main role of the feed functionality in Zotero? How likely would you use it in your work; why or why not?

6. What citation software (define if needed) if any, do you typically use to facilitate your research? If you don’t use citation software, can you describe how you create bibliographic references and save your research materials?

7. If you were to envision an ideal system for finding, citing and saving your research what would it look like?

8. Is the ability to export your publications from a citation tool like Zotero to a repository like Scholarsphere valuable to your work? Why? Is this something you see yourself doing? (offer options, never, infrequently, regularly, often, always)

9. How often do you go back to and review the articles that you are collecting for your coursework / research?