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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7S: Tables 318-436. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 327
S7c_2.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Print or hardcopy journals ? Do you ...
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 - Use Print or hardcopy journals for coursework 596 0** 318 318 279 294 132 170 86* 79* 209 110* 22* 60* 9* 21* 279 317
ONLINE 366 0 205 205 161 180 85 101 55 50 133 56 13 41 6 11 162 204
61.3 0 64.5 64.5 57.7 61.1 64.5 59.3 64.3 63.3 64 51 58.4 67.7 64.7 52.4 57.9 64.3
K
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 101 0 55 55 46 52 16 33 15 5 51 16 2 7 1 4 41 60
16.9 0 17.2 17.2 16.6 17.6 11.9 19.7 17.3 6.3 24.3 14.3 9.1 12.3 11.8 19 14.6 19
I IL
  Your own institution's web site 85 0 45 45 40 35 21 29 13 15 19 24 1 8 1 4 34 51
14.3 0 14.2 14.2 14.4 12.1 15.8 17.1 15.3 19 9 21.4 6.5 13.8 11.8 19 12.3 16.1
JL JL
  Online databases 56 0 38 38 18 21 23 12 6 11 23 7 1 6 2 0 19 36
9.3 0 11.8 11.8 6.5 7 17.4 7.1 7.1 13.9 10.8 6.1 6.5 9.2 23.5 0 6.8 11.5
D D EG HJKLM
  Search engine 35 0 20 20 15 17 7 11 4 8 11 1 3 7 0 1 22 13
5.9 0 6.4 6.4 5.3 5.8 5.5 6.5 4.1 10.1 5.4 1 11.7 12.3 2 4.8 7.9 4.1
K HK K
  Web directory/subject related web site 30 0 16 16 14 13 9 9 6 1 15 2 2 4 1 0 14 17
5.1 0 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.3 6.5 5.4 7.1 1.3 7.2 2 7.8 6.2 5.9 0 4.9 5.3
IK
  Internet searches 29 0 13 13 16 24 3 2 4 4 9 4 2 5 1 1 14 15
4.9 0 4.1 4.1 5.9 8.2 2.4 1.2 4.1 5.1 4.5 4.1 7.8 7.7 5.9 4.8 5.2 4.7
FG
  Department web page 13 0 8 8 5 8 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 7 6
2.2 0 2.5 2.5 1.9 2.9 1.4 1.7 5.1 2.5 0.9 2 7.8 1.5 0 0 2.7 1.8
J JKM
  Online abstracting and indexing services 8 0 6 6 2 4 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 4
1.3 0 1.8 1.8 0.7 1.3 2.9 0 3.1 2.5 0.9 0 0 1.5 2 0 1.4 1.2
G K
  Online reference service 5 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 1
0.8 0 0.6 0.6 1 1.3 0.7 0 1 0 0.9 0 0 3.1 2 0 1.4 0.3
IK
  Your own personal electronic library/files 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
0.6 0 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.8 0 0.6 0 2.5 0 0 1.3 0 0 4.8 0.8 0.3
J J
  E-mail listservs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Online bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 110 0 40 40 69 50 21 39 12 15 30 26 5 12 1 8 58 52
18.4 0 12.6 12.6 24.9 17 15.6 22.9 14.3 19 14.4 23.5 23.4 20 13.7 38.1 20.7 16.4
BC
  A librarian in your institution 64 0 9 9 55 30 5 30 8 3 24 13 1 8 0 6 31 33
10.8 0 3 3 19.6 10.1 3.6 17.4 9.2 3.8 11.7 12.2 2.6 13.8 3.9 28.6 11.2 10.4
BC F EF IL IL
  Faculty members inside your institution 41 0 27 27 14 19 13 8 4 8 6 12 5 4 1 2 22 19
6.8 0 8.4 8.4 5 6.6 9.7 4.9 4.1 10.1 2.7 11.2 20.8 6.2 7.8 9.5 7.8 5.9
J J HIJM
  Other students inside your institution 5 0 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
0.8 0 1.3 1.3 0.4 0.3 2.3 0.6 1 5.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 0.1
JK JKM Q
  Faculty members outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Another institution's librarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Other students outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 96 0 56 56 41 46 22 28 13 12 36 25 3 5 2 1 50 46
16.1 0 17.5 17.5 14.6 15.6 16.8 16.6 15.3 15.2 17.1 22.4 15.6 7.7 17.6 4.8 18.1 14.4
M
  Campus library 82 0 45 45 37 41 13 28 10 12 32 19 3 4 1 1 43 39
13.8 0 14.3 14.3 13.2 13.9 9.8 16.6 11.2 15.2 15.3 17.3 15.6 6.2 13.7 4.8 15.3 12.4
M M
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
0.7 0 1.2 1.2 0 0.4 2.1 0 1 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.9
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
0.6 0 1.1 1.1 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 2 0 1.3 0
EG J HIJM
  Physical bookstore 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
0.5 0 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.5 2 0 0.8 0.3
IJ
  Another library 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.3 0 0 0 0.7 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.3 0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0.3
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
magazines and journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Online (unspecified) 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.5 0 0.9 0.9 0 0.7 0.7 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 1.5 2 0 0.3 0.6
HIK
E-journals 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Other 12 0 9 9 3 8 3 1 4 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 5 7
2 0 2.8 2.8 1.1 2.6 2.4 0.7 4.1 1.3 1.8 2 1.3 1.5 2 0 1.8 2.2
DK/Refused 5 0 2 2 3 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 3
0.9 0 0.7 0.7 1 1.4 0 0.6 2 1.3 0 1 1.3 0 0 4.8 0.9 0.9
J
None 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.5 0 0.3 0.3 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 1.5 0 0 0.3 0.6

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