Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 6S: Table 317. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 317
S6SUM. %YES: Which of the following information types do you use for your coursework?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts and 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 - Student 2304 0** 1056 1056 1248 1065 534 705 308 305 771 437 90 266 25 102 1102 1202
Print or hardcopy books 2150 0 973 973 1177 984 497 669 279 284 724 413 83 245 24 99 1023 1127
93.3 0 92.2 92.2 94.3 92.4 93.1 94.9 90.6 93.1 93.9 94.6 91.3 92 95.9 97.1 92.8 93.8
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Print or hardcopy journals 1858 0 904 904 954 865 440 552 258 219 679 352 68 199 20 64 861 997
80.6 0 85.6 85.6 76.4 81.2 82.4 78.4 83.7 71.8 88 80.5 74.7 74.8 78.9 62.7 78.1 82.9
D D ILM IKLMN I P
Online databases, data-
sets or data sources 1849 0 774 774 1075 818 424 607 249 209 649 344 64 229 21 85 864 984
80.2 0 73.2 73.2 86.2 76.8 79.4 86 80.9 68.5 84.1 78.7 70.2 86 83.7 83.3 78.4 81.9
BC EF IL IKL IL IKL IL
Data 1734 0 727 727 1007 786 370 578 234 223 617 276 65 227 13 79 848 885
75.2 0 68.8 68.8 80.7 73.8 69.2 82 76 73.1 80 63.1 72.1 85.3 53.1 77.5 77 73.7
BC EF KN KN IKLN N KN HIKLN
Online abstracts and indexes 1685 0 756 756 929 779 378 528 233 193 613 300 58 204 15 69 764 921
73.1 0 71.6 71.6 74.4 73.2 70.8 74.9 75.7 63.3 79.5 68.7 64.4 76.6 59.9 67.6 69.3 76.7
IKLN IKLN IKLN P
News 1484 0 496 496 988 600 308 575 153 120 532 310 38 227 16 88 695 789
64.4 0 46.9 46.9 79.2 56.4 57.7 81.6 49.7 39.3 69 71 42 85.3 62.6 86.3 63 65.7
BC EF IL HIL HIL HIJKLN HIL
Manuscripts and other
  primary source documents 1474 0 641 641 833 635 324 515 194 156 549 319 41 131 15 68 658 816
64 0 60.7 60.7 66.8 59.6 60.7 73 63.1 51.1 71.2 73.1 45.8 49.3 58.5 66.7 59.7 67.9
BC EF ILM HILMN HILMN L P
Photographs, prints and
  other visual resources 1371 0 502 502 869 593 294 484 195 154 440 307 48 153 5 68 651 720
59.5 0 47.5 47.5 69.6 55.7 55 68.7 63.4 50.5 57.1 70.3 52.9 57.7 21.1 66.7 59 59.9
BC EF ILN N N HIJLMN N N
Print abstracts and indexes 1361 0 656 656 706 655 311 395 190 151 521 256 45 144 13 41 595 766
59.1 0 62.1 62.1 56.5 61.5 58.2 56.1 61.7 49.5 67.6 58.7 49.4 54.2 53.1 40.2 54 63.7
D D G IL IKLMN IL P
Magazines 1310 0 452 452 858 553 277 480 142 120 440 300 41 189 7 71 630 680
56.9 0 42.8 42.8 68.8 52 51.8 68.1 46 39.3 57.1 68.7 45.5 71 29.3 69.6 57.1 56.6
BC EF N N HILN HIJLN N HIJLN
e-journals 1227 0 592 592 635 562 305 360 190 150 449 202 39 144 9 44 562 666
53.3 0 56 56 50.9 52.8 57.2 51.1 61.7 49.2 58.3 46.2 43.6 54.2 34.7 43.1 51 55.4
D D IKLN N IKLN N KLN
Proprietary software or application 958 0 451 451 507 454 245 258 128 140 299 142 56 150 7 35 510 448
41.6 0 42.7 42.7 40.6 42.7 45.9 36.6 41.7 45.9 38.8 32.6 61.5 56.3 29.9 34.3 46.2 37.3
G G KN KN HIJKN HIJKN Q
Papers delivered at professional meetings 947 0 590 590 356 501 240 205 130 115 400 148 39 87 7 19 433 514
41.1 0 55.9 55.9 28.5 47.1 45 29.1 42.3 37.7 52 33.8 43.3 32.9 29.9 18.6 39.3 42.8
D D G G KMN HIKLMN KMN
Technical reports 883 0 448 448 436 445 199 239 139 150 303 78 59 127 4 22 472 411
38.3 0 42.4 42.4 34.9 41.8 37.3 33.9 45.1 49.2 39.3 17.9 65.7 47.9 17.7 21.6 42.9 34.2
D D G KN JKN KN HIJKMN JKN Q
Dissertations 866 0 465 465 400 412 197 257 94 91 376 187 31 60 5 22 405 461
37.6 0 44 44 32.1 38.7 36.9 36.5 30.6 29.8 48.8 42.8 34.3 22.4 19.7 21.6 36.8 38.3
D D MN MN HILMN HILMN MN
Pre-prints 487 0 293 293 194 254 124 110 68 80 180 59 22 57 5 16 260 227
21.1 0 27.8 27.8 15.5 23.8 23.2 15.6 22 26.2 23.4 13.6 24.4 21.3 19.7 15.7 23.6 18.9
D D G G K K K K K Q
e-books 456 0 170 170 286 196 95 164 55 42 171 85 20 57 3 23 207 249
19.8 0 16.1 16.1 22.9 18.4 17.9 23.3 18 13.8 22.2 19.5 21.8 21.3 10.9 22.5 18.8 20.7
BC EF IN IN IN IN