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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 13: Tables 549-580
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 565

Q13a_9. Would you say Geographic coverage is extremely important, very important, somewhat important, not very important or
        not at all important to 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 - Total Responding 1391 426 427 853 537 546 375 469 190 242 404 251 55 191 15* 43* 791 600
Top 2 Box 430 137 132 269 161 169 122 140 50 61 150 86 9 57 5 12 250 180
31 32.2 30.9 31.6 30 31 32.4 29.8 26.4 25.2 37.2 34.4 16.4 29.8 33 27.9 31.6 30.1
L L HIL IL L L
  Extremely Important 114 33 37 70 44 53 37 24 11 8 47 28 2 14 2 3 72 42
8.2 7.8 8.7 8.2 8.1 9.8 9.8 5.1 5.6 3.3 11.6 11.2 3.7 7.3 10.2 7 9.1 7
G G HIL HIL IL
  Very Important 316 104 95 199 117 116 85 116 40 53 103 58 7 43 3 9 178 138
22.8 24.5 22.2 23.3 21.8 21.2 22.7 24.6 20.8 21.9 25.6 23.2 12.7 22.4 22.7 20.9 22.6 23
L L L L L L
Somewhat Important 441 104 122 226 215 163 116 162 58 55 133 82 19 68 6 20 222 219
31.7 24.5 28.5 26.5 40 29.8 31.1 34.5 30.6 22.7 33 32.6 34.9 35.6 37.5 46.5 28 36.6
ABC I I I I I P
Bottom 2 Box 461 160 152 312 148 198 116 147 75 110 105 71 25 60 4 11 283 178
33.1 37.6 35.6 36.6 27.6 36.3 30.9 31.3 39.4 45.5 26 28.1 45.5 31.7 26.1 25.6 35.7 29.7
D D D JKN JKMN JKMN Q
  Not Very Important 271 71 81 152 119 116 65 90 43 53 60 49 15 38 2 10 155 117
19.5 16.6 19 17.8 22.2 21.2 17.3 19.3 22.7 21.9 14.9 19.6 28 20 14.8 23.3 19.6 19.4
A J J JKN
  Not at all Important 190 89 71 160 29 82 51 57 32 57 45 21 10 22 2 1 128 62
13.6 21 16.6 18.8 5.4 15.1 13.5 12.1 16.7 23.6 11.2 8.5 17.5 11.7 11.4 2.3 16.2 10.3
D D D K JKMN K Q
DK/Refused 58 24 21 45 13 16 21 21 7 16 15 12 2 6 1 0 36 22
4.2 5.6 5 5.3 2.4 3 5.6 4.4 3.7 6.6 3.7 4.9 3.2 2.9 3.4 0 4.6 3.6
D D D
Mean 2.92 2.8 2.87 2.84 3.05 2.89 2.98 2.91 2.75 2.57 3.12 3.09 2.56 2.93 3.06 3.07 2.88 2.97
ABC HIL HIL IL HIL

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