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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 348
S7c_5.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Magazines ? 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 Magazines for coursework 408 0** 125 125 283 183 72* 152 41* 36* 135* 106* 11* 53* 2** 23* 209 199
ONLINE 243 0 79 79 165 98 51 94 26 24 81 59 5 34 1 13 125 119
59.6 0 63.1 63.1 58.1 53.7 70.7 61.5 61.7 66.7 59.7 55.8 46.2 64.9 60 56.5 59.7 59.5
E
  Search engine 58 0 11 11 46 16 17 24 5 3 23 8 1 10 0 7 33 25
14.1 0 9.1 9.1 16.3 8.8 23.5 16 12.8 8.3 16.7 7.4 12.8 19.3 10 30.4 15.8 12.3
E K
  Your own institution's web site 44 0 14 14 30 16 9 20 2 6 23 10 1 2 0 1 16 29
10.9 0 11.4 11.4 10.6 8.7 12.2 12.8 4.3 16.7 16.7 9.5 7.7 3.5 10 4.3 7.4 14.4
M M P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 44 0 18 18 26 14 12 18 7 8 8 12 1 7 0 2 18 26
10.8 0 14.6 14.6 9.2 7.7 16.6 11.8 17 22.2 5.6 11.6 7.7 12.3 0 8.7 8.7 13.1
J J
  Online databases 39 0 17 17 22 21 4 14 3 4 11 13 0 7 0 1 23 17
9.6 0 13.8 13.8 7.8 11.5 5.6 9.3 6.4 11.1 8.3 12.6 2.6 12.3 10 4.3 10.8 8.4
  Internet searches 24 0 7 7 16 16 3 4 2 1 8 8 1 5 0 0 14 10
5.8 0 5.7 5.7 5.8 8.9 4.8 2.6 4.3 2.8 5.6 7.4 7.7 8.8 0 0 6.6 4.9
G
  Web directory/subject related web site 18 0 2 2 16 9 2 8 4 1 8 2 1 2 0 1 9 9
4.4 0 2 2 5.5 4.7 2.8 4.9 8.5 2.8 5.6 2.1 5.1 3.5 20 4.3 4.5 4.3
  Online reference service 6 0 5 5 2 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 3
1.6 0 3.7 3.7 0.7 1.5 3.7 0.6 4.3 0 1.4 0 0 5.3 0 0 1.7 1.4
D D K K
  Online abstracting and indexing services 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 0
1.1 0 0.9 0.9 1.2 0 1.5 2.2 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 10 4.3 2.1 0.1
  Department web page 4 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
1.1 0 1.8 1.8 0.7 1.9 0 0.6 4.3 0 0 2.1 2.6 0 0 0 2.1 0
J J
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.7 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 82 0 25 25 58 37 14 32 7 4 26 26 3 9 0 6 43 40
20.1 0 19.7 19.7 20.4 20.3 18.7 20.7 17 11.1 19.4 24.2 30.8 17.5 20 26.1 20.4 19.9
I
  Campus library 73 0 21 21 52 32 11 30 6 3 24 25 3 7 0 5 37 35
17.8 0 16.5 16.5 18.4 17.4 15.7 19.4 14.9 8.3 18.1 23.2 23.1 12.3 20 21.7 17.8 17.8
  Physical bookstore 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
0.7 0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0 1.8 0 4.3 1 0.5
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
 magazines and journals 0.5 0 1.7 1.7 0 0.5 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 3.5 0 0 0 1.1
D D JK J
  Another library 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0 0.7 2.1 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.4
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1
HIJKM
  References cited in books or journal articles 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
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 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 60 0 13 13 47 27 7 26 4 6 19 19 2 7 0 4 34 26
14.7 0 10.7 10.7 16.5 14.8 9.4 17.1 8.5 16.7 13.9 17.9 15.4 12.3 20 17.4 16.3 13.1
  A librarian in your institution 30 0 1 1 29 13 3 14 1 3 9 7 1 6 0 4 16 14
7.4 0 0.9 0.9 10.3 7.2 4.1 9.3 2.1 8.3 6.9 6.3 5.1 10.5 10 17.4 7.9 6.9
BC
  Faculty members inside your institution 18 0 7 7 11 8 2 8 3 3 4 8 1 0 0 0 12 6
4.5 0 5.7 5.7 3.9 4.6 2.4 5.3 6.4 8.3 2.8 7.4 7.7 0 10 0 5.8 3.1
M M M
  Other students inside your institution 8 0 4 4 4 6 1 2 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 4 4
2 0 3.2 3.2 1.6 3 1.3 1.2 0 0 2.8 3.2 2.6 1.8 0 0 2 2.1
  Faculty members outside your institution 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.7 0 0.9 0.9 0.7 0 1.5 1.2 0 0 1.4 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.9
  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
Online (unspecified) 4 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
1 0 1.5 1.5 0.7 2.1 0 0 2.1 0 1.4 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.4
E-journals 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 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.7 0 0.2 0.2 1 1.7 0 0 2.1 0 1.4 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.1 1.4
K
DK/Refused 9 0 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 4
2.2 0 1 1 2.7 3.8 1.3 0.7 0 5.6 2.8 0 2.6 5.3 0 0 2.4 1.9
K K K
None 7 0 5 5 2 7 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
1.7 0 3.9 3.9 0.7 3.7 0 0 8.5 0 1.4 1.1 2.6 0 0 0 0.6 2.8
D D G JKM

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