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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question T7: Tables 190-308 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 227
T7c_6.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Papers delivered at professional meetings ?
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 Papers delivered at professional  192 149 42* 192 0** 64* 78* 50* 26** 35* 43** 55* 9** 23** 1** 0* 129 63*
meetings for teaching
ONLINE 88 65 23 88 0 34 29 25 11 16 21 27 3 9 1 0 59 29
45.7 43.6 53.4 45.7 0 52.5 37.4 49.9 44.8 45.7 47.8 49 33.3 40 42.9 0 45.8 45.6
  Web directory/subject related web site 27 23 4 27 0 7 14 6 3 7 8 7 1 2 0 0 15 12
13.9 15.4 8.4 13.9 0 10.2 18.1 12.1 10.3 20 17.4 12.2 10 8 0 0 11.5 18.7
  Search engine 20 14 6 20 0 5 9 6 5 4 6 2 1 2 0 0 17 3
10.3 9.3 13.7 10.3 0 8 11.6 11.3 20.7 11.4 13 4.1 6.7 8 14.3 0 13.3 4.2
  Internet searches 11 8 3 11 0 6 1 4 1 1 0 8 0 1 0 0 9 2
5.8 5.4 7.3 5.8 0 8.6 1.4 9 3.4 2.9 0 14.3 3.3 4 14.3 0 6.7 3.8
  Online databases 10 7 3 10 0 4 1 5 1 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 4
5.2 4.9 6.5 5.2 0 6.1 1.4 10.1 3.4 8.6 4.3 6.1 0 4 0 0 4.7 6.4
F
  Your own institution's web site 7 3 4 7 0 5 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 5 2
3.8 2.2 9.7 3.8 0 7.6 2 1.9 0 0 4.3 4.1 3.3 12 14.3 0 4 3.6
A
  Online reference service 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
2.2 2.9 0 2.2 0 1.7 2.8 2 0 2.9 4.3 2 3.3 0 0 0 2.2 2.3
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 4 2 2 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
2.2 1.4 5.1 2.2 0 5.1 0 1.9 0 0 4.3 2 3.3 4 0 0 1.6 3.5
  Department web page 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
1.5 1.2 2.6 1.5 0 3.1 0 1.8 6.9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 3.2
  Online abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.7 0.9 0 0.7 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.3 0 0 0 1.1 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
  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 44 34 10 44 0 13 19 12 8 10 8 9 2 7 0 0 27 17
22.8 22.5 23.9 22.8 0 20.8 24 23.6 31 28.6 17.4 16.3 20 32 14.3 0 20.7 27.1
  Professional meetings 28 27 1 28 0 6 11 11 4 7 4 7 1 6 0 0 16 12
14.6 17.9 2.6 14.6 0 9.2 14.5 21.6 13.8 20 8.7 12.2 13.3 24 14.3 0 12.2 19.5
B
  Colleagues inside your institution 11 5 6 11 0 5 6 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 9 2
5.7 3.1 14.8 5.7 0 7.3 8 0 6.9 2.9 8.7 4.1 3.3 8 0 0 6.9 3.2
A
  Colleagues outside your institution 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1.5 0.7 4.4 1.5 0 2.9 0 2 3.4 5.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 1.6
  A librarian in your institution 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1.1 0.8 2.1 1.1 0 1.4 1.5 0 6.9 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0.2 2.8
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 39 35 5 39 0 10 21 8 5 6 6 15 3 5 0 0 34 6
20.6 23.1 11.7 20.6 0 16 26.7 17 20.7 17.1 13 26.5 36.7 20 14.3 0 26 9.5
Q
  Campus library 21 16 5 21 0 8 11 2 3 2 2 11 2 1 0 0 17 4
10.8 10.5 11.7 10.8 0 12.2 13.8 4.3 10.3 5.7 4.3 20.4 23.3 4 0 0 12.9 6.4
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 7 7 0 7 0 1 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 1
3.8 4.8 0 3.8 0 1.5 8.1 0 6.9 0 4.3 2 6.7 8 0 0 4.9 1.5
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 5 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 0
2.6 3.3 0 2.6 0 0.3 4.9 1.9 0 2.9 4.3 0 0 8 14.3 0 3.8 0
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  5 5 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
magazines and journals 2.5 3.1 0 2.5 0 2 0 6.8 0 8.6 0 2 6.7 0 0 0 2.9 1.6
F
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.6 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.8 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 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
  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
Author 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Online (unspecified) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.5 0 2.4 0.5 0 0 1.3 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 office/lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 9 7 2 9 0 3 3 3 1 2 4 0 1 2 0 0 5 5
4.8 4.7 5.2 4.8 0 5.2 4 5.6 3.4 5.7 8.7 0 6.7 8 14.3 0 3.5 7.6
DK/Refused 9 8 1 9 0 2 5 2 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 5 4
4.9 5.4 3.3 4.9 0 3.8 6.6 3.8 0 0 13 6.1 3.3 0 14.3 0 4 6.9
None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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