Questionnaire

Project title: Factors impacting the adoption of e-books among students

Screening Question

S1. Do you use e-books?

Yes No

Main Questions

M1. How would you rate your competency in using computer technology?

Novice Expert

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

M2. In your opinion are there any particular e-book categories that will be more useful than others?

Usefulness will be higher for

• Textbooks
• Research monographs
• Reference works
• All book categories
• No book categories
• Don’t know
M3. In your opinion are there particular academic purposes where e-books will be more useful than
others?

Usefulness will be greater in...

• Study
• Research
• Teaching
• All purposes
• No purpose
• Don’t know

M4. A good number of students will use academic e-books in the next 5 years.

Strongly Strongly
Disagree Agree

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

M5. I currently use e-books for academic purposes.

Never Always

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

M6. I currently use e-books for recreational purposes.

Never Always

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
M7. Within an e-book, I would like to be able to (Please rate importance)

Low 2 3 4 5 6 High
Importance Importance
1 7
Bookmark
Annotate
Highlight
Copy
Print
Browse table of
contents
Browse index
Search across full text
View high resolution
images
Translate to another
language

M8. Impact of e-books on individual performance

Strongly disagree Somewha Neither Somewha agree Strongly

disagree t disagree agree nor t agree agree
disagree
E-books help me to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
improve my
productivity.

E-books help me to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
perform my job better.

E-books help me 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
accomplish more work
than would otherwise
be possible.
M9. Individual’s continuance intention of e-books:

Strongly disagree Somewha Neither Somewha agree Strongly

disagree t disagree agree nor t agree agree
disagree
I intend to continue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
using e-books rather
than discontinue it.

My intention is to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
continue using e-books
for all purposes.

I will not discontinue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

my use of this service.

Respondent’s Profile

D1. To which faculty do you belong? D2. Gender

• Commerce • Male
• Arts • Female
• Science
• Others

D3. Years’ of experience in using e-books D4. Age

• None • 18-25
• 0-5 • 26-33
• 6-10 • 34-41
• 10+ • 42-49
• 50-57
• 58 +