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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 1]: Tables 62-118. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 62

R7a_1. When you are doing research, how do you find information about Print or hardcopy books?
       That is, as you gather references and citations for your research, but
       before you actually try to get the specific information?
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 - Responsibility is Research 404 190 214 404 0** 189 148 67* 62* 78* 139* 65* 17* 36* 7* 0* 272 132*
Ask someone to assist you 94 56 37 94 0 35 44 14 13 20 26 15 6 12 2 0 71 23
23.2 29.7 17.4 23.2 0 18.7 29.9 20.9 21.4 25.6 18.9 22.4 35.1 33.3 23.8 0 26.1 17.2
B E J
Go to print sources 191 122 69 191 0 69 76 46 24 38 58 40 8 20 4 0 149 43
47.4 64.3 32.4 47.4 0 36.8 51.6 68.1 38.6 48.7 41.9 62.1 45.6 53.8 54.8 0 54.7 32.4
B E EF HJ Q
Go online 334 162 172 334 0 151 123 60 54 67 111 52 14 31 6 0 223 111
82.7 85 80.7 82.7 0 79.9 83.3 89.6 87.1 85.9 79.7 79.3 87.7 84.6 78.6 0 82.1 84.1

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