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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 392

S7D_11. When you are doing your coursework, where do you go to get Proprietary software or application?
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 Proprietary software or application for coursework 314 0** 140 140 174 144 76* 94* 43* 47* 86* 53* 24* 45* 3** 13* 178 136
Access online (includes Internet, web sites,  168 0 70 70 98 76 39 52 16 32 53 26 11 20 2 8 102 66
web sites, web searches, etc.) 53.4 0 50 50 56 53 51.6 55.4 36.7 68.1 60.9 48.9 46.4 45.8 55.6 61.5 57.1 48.5
HLM H
Borrow from or use in campus library 122 0 41 41 80 51 27 44 16 16 34 24 8 19 1 5 58 63
38.7 0 29.6 29.6 46.1 35.1 35.8 46.6 36.7 34 39.1 44.7 32.1 41.7 33.3 38.5 32.7 46.6
BC P
Purchase from physical book store 30 0 20 20 11 14 11 5 4 2 8 2 4 8 1 1 25 5
9.6 0 14 14 6.1 10 14.8 4.9 10.2 4.3 8.7 4.3 16.7 18.7 22.2 7.7 14 3.9
D D G IK IK Q
Faculty 24 0 14 14 10 9 7 8 4 4 9 0 1 4 0 1 15 9
7.6 0 10.1 10.1 5.6 6.1 9.8 8.1 10.2 8.5 10.9 0 6 8.3 0 7.7 8.2 6.8
K K K K K
Purchase from online bookstore 7 0 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 5 2
2.2 0 3.2 3.2 1.3 1.9 3.8 1.2 2 0 2.2 4.3 3.6 2.1 0 0 2.7 1.5
Colleagues 6 0 2 2 4 2 0 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
1.9 0 1.6 1.6 2.2 1.6 0 4 2 0 4.3 2.1 1.2 0 0 0 1.7 2.2
Borrow from or use in other libraries 6 0 2 2 4 4 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
1.9 0 1.5 1.5 2.1 2.8 0 1.9 2 0 4.3 0 1.2 2.1 0 0 1.7 2.1
Interlibrary loan, asking someone in your institutions 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
 library to borrow the source for you 1.4 0 0 0 2.5 0.8 0 3.4 2 0 0 4.3 1.2 2.1 0 0 0.8 2.2
Home 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
1 0 1.3 1.3 0.6 2.1 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
Personal holdings 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.7 0 1.3 1.3 0.2 0.9 1.2 0 2 2.1 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.6 0.9
Ask library to purchase source 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 0 5.6 0 0.7 0.1
Dorm room 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
In class 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0.2 0.2
Order from on demand document delivery service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.2 0
Access book/journal/journal article elsewhere online 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Access from course website 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 28 0 21 21 7 13 10 4 9 6 0 3 4 5 0 1 15 13
9 0 14.9 14.9 4.2 9.3 13.7 4.6 20.4 12.8 0 6.4 16.7 10.4 11.1 7.7 8.7 9.4
D D JK J J J J
DK/Refused 9 0 3 3 6 6 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 5 4
2.9 0 2.1 2.1 3.5 4.1 1.5 2.1 4.1 2.1 2.2 4.3 1.2 2.1 0 7.7 2.9 2.9

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