OR/16/047 Foreword

Nkisi-Orji, I. 2016. Semantic information retrieval for geoscience resources: results and analysis of an online questionnaire of current web search experiences. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/16/047.

This report presents the results and analysis of the questionnaire ‘Semantic web searches for geoscience resources’ completed by staff of British Geological Survey (BGS). The questionnaire was designed to better understand current web search habits, preferences, and the reception of semantic search features. It will be used primarily to understand user requirements and inform research direction for the PhD project ‘Semantic Information Retrieval using Domain Ontologies’. The PhD research is based at Robert Gordon University (School of Computing Science and Digital Media), and is jointly funded by BGS.