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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 25: tables 613-630
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 622

Q25_10. In general, to what extent do you consider the following factors to cause barriers or problems to getting information you need for your [job/studies]?
       What about Having sufficient training on how to search for information?  Would you say this is a major problem, minor problem or not a problem?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts & Humanities Engineering Business Law Undecided Major Male Female
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
Base - Version 5/6 respondents 1076 296 370 666 410 436 302 338 162 149 357 197 38 125 12* 36* 592 484
Don't Know 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.1 0 0.3 0.2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Base - Total Responding 1075 296 369 665 410 435 302 338 162 148 357 197 38 125 12* 36* 592 483
Major Problem 112 32 38 71 41 54 30 27 20 12 36 22 3 13 1 4 52 59
10.4 11 10.4 10.6 10 12.4 10.1 8.1 12.5 8.1 10 11.4 9.2 10.4 6.9 11.1 8.8 12.3
Minor Problem 413 130 132 262 151 155 123 135 62 61 126 86 16 45 4 13 241 172
38.4 43.8 35.9 39.4 36.7 35.7 40.7 39.8 38 41.2 35.3 43.8 42 35.8 34.7 36.1 40.6 35.6
Not a Problem 551 134 198 332 219 226 149 176 80 75 196 88 19 67 7 19 299 251
51.2 45.2 53.8 50 53.3 51.9 49.3 52.1 49.5 50.7 54.7 44.9 48.9 53.7 58.3 52.8 50.5 52.1
A

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