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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 369

S7c_8.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Online abstracts and indexes ? 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 Online abstracts and indexes for coursework 481 0** 212 212 269 219 105* 157 69* 61* 162* 88* 15* 57* 5** 25* 213 268
ONLINE 363 0 163 163 201 167 79 118 56 52 117 58 12 45 4 20 162 202
75.5 0 76.5 76.5 74.7 76 75.6 74.8 82.1 85.2 72.1 65.8 76.9 78.7 88.9 80 75.9 75.2
K K
  Your own institution's web site 73 0 28 28 45 27 12 34 11 13 23 12 3 5 1 6 27 46
15.2 0 13.4 13.4 16.6 12.5 11.2 21.6 16.7 21.3 14 13.9 17.3 8.2 11.1 24 12.8 17.1
E M
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 65 0 36 36 29 38 11 15 7 5 23 17 1 8 1 3 29 36
13.5 0 16.8 16.8 10.8 17.5 10.5 9.8 10.3 8.2 14 19 9.6 14.8 11.1 12 13.7 13.3
  Search engine 62 0 14 14 48 24 9 28 9 8 13 11 3 14 1 3 33 29
12.9 0 6.7 6.7 17.7 11.1 9 17.9 12.8 13.1 8.1 12.7 21.2 24.6 14.8 12 15.6 10.7
BC J J
  Online databases 60 0 37 37 23 22 24 14 12 7 23 9 1 6 2 1 24 36
12.4 0 17.2 17.2 8.6 10.1 23 8.6 17.9 11.5 14 10.1 5.8 9.8 33.3 4 11.4 13.3
D D EG
  Internet searches 46 0 25 25 22 31 10 6 10 8 15 2 2 7 0 2 22 24
9.6 0 11.7 11.7 8 14 9.6 3.6 14.1 13.1 9.3 2.5 13.5 13.1 0 8 10.5 9
G K K K K
  Web directory/subject related web site 25 0 5 5 21 6 9 11 4 7 9 0 1 0 1 3 10 16
5.3 0 2.3 2.3 7.7 2.7 8.2 7 6.4 11.5 5.8 0 7.7 0 11.1 12 4.7 5.8
BC E KM KM KM
  Online abstracting and indexing services 14 0 6 6 8 4 3 7 1 2 6 3 0 1 0 1 9 5
2.9 0 2.7 2.7 3 1.7 3 4.4 1.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 0 1.6 0 4 4.3 1.7
  Online reference service 10 0 8 8 2 8 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 8
2 0 3.6 3.6 0.8 3.4 1.1 0.7 2.6 1.6 1.2 1.3 0 4.9 3.7 4 0.8 2.9
  Department web page 8 0 4 4 4 7 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 4
1.7 0 2.1 2.1 1.5 3 0 1.2 0 1.6 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.6 3.7 0 2.1 1.5
  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
  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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 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 61 0 27 27 34 25 14 23 10 5 19 16 2 6 1 4 26 35
12.7 0 12.8 12.8 12.6 11.2 13.1 14.4 14.1 8.2 11.6 17.7 11.5 9.8 11.1 16 12 13.2
  A librarian in your institution 29 0 9 9 20 11 5 13 4 1 8 12 0 3 0 1 13 16
6.1 0 4.3 4.3 7.5 4.9 4.9 8.4 6.4 1.6 4.7 13.9 0 4.9 3.7 4 6.3 5.9
IJL
  Faculty members inside your institution 24 0 12 12 12 9 7 8 4 3 8 3 1 2 0 2 9 15
5 0 5.4 5.4 4.6 4.1 6.3 5.3 6.4 4.9 4.7 3.8 9.6 3.3 7.4 8 4.3 5.5
  Other students inside your institution 6 0 5 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 3
1.2 0 2.2 2.2 0.5 1.4 1.8 0.6 1.3 1.6 1.2 0 1.9 1.6 0 4 1.5 1.1
K
  Faculty members outside your institution 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.4 0 0.9 0.9 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
  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 27 0 10 10 16 11 4 12 1 2 11 8 1 4 0 0 11 16
5.6 0 4.9 4.9 6.1 5.2 3.4 7.6 1.3 3.3 7 8.9 7.7 6.6 0 0 5.1 5.9
H H
  Campus library 24 0 8 8 16 9 2 12 1 2 11 7 1 2 0 0 10 14
5 0 3.9 3.9 5.8 4.3 2.3 7.6 1.3 3.3 7 7.6 7.7 3.3 0 0 4.7 5.2
H
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 1 1 0 0.4 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 1.6 0 0 0.4 0.4
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0.3
  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
  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
  Physical 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 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
  Another library 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 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
0.8 0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.3 0 0.7 0 1.6 1.2 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.1
E-journals 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.6 0 0.9 0.9 0.4 1.4 0 0 0 0 1.2 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Other 13 0 6 6 8 7 4 3 2 1 8 1 0 1 0 1 6 7
2.8 0 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.5 1.8 2.6 1.6 4.7 1.3 0 1.6 0 4 2.8 2.8
DK/Refused 8 0 3 3 5 4 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 6 2
1.6 0 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.7 0.6 0 0 1.2 3.8 3.8 3.3 0 0 2.7 0.7
HI
None 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0 0 0.7 0 1.8 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0

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