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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question  4: Tables 36-56
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 54
Q4EH. SUMMARY TABLE: What equipment do you use for accessing information from your off-campus residence?
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 - Base - Access off campus
Desktop computer (NET) 440 164 197 361 79* 211 154 74* 66* 61* 158* 78* 15* 53* 7* 1* 258 182
376 145 157 303 73 186 127 62 55 56 139 67 13 42 2 1 227 148
85.4 88.7 79.9 83.9 92.5 88 82.4 84.1 84 91.8 88.1 85.7 84.6 78.9 30.2 100 88.1 81.7
  Unaided B B N MN N N N N
325 121 136 258 67 162 107 55 50 51 109 64 10 38 1 1 195 130
73.8 73.9 69.3 71.4 85 76.8 69.6 74 76 83.6 69 81.4 67.3 71.9 18.6 100 75.5 71.5
  Aided BC N LN N N N N
51 24 21 45 6 24 20 8 5 5 30 3 3 4 1 0 32 19
11.6 14.8 10.5 12.5 7.5 11.2 12.8 10.1 8 8.2 19 4.3 17.3 7 11.6 0 12.5 10.2
Laptop computer (NET) K K
272 115 119 234 38 117 105 50 44 35 105 36 10 35 7 0 164 108
62 70.2 60.6 65 48.2 55.3 68.3 67.7 66.7 57.4 66.7 45.7 67.3 66.7 93 0 63.5 59.7
  Unaided D D E K K K K HIJKLM
170 66 82 148 23 67 65 39 26 21 68 19 7 23 6 0 99 72
38.8 40.4 41.5 41 28.6 31.7 42 52.1 40 34.4 42.9 24.3 46.2 43.9 83.7 0 38.3 39.5
  Aided E K K K K HIJKLM
102 49 38 86 15 50 40 12 18 14 38 17 3 12 1 0 65 37
23.2 29.7 19.2 24 19.6 23.6 26.3 15.6 26.7 23 23.8 21.4 21.2 22.8 9.3 0 25.3 20.2
Scanner (NET) B N
197 72 90 162 35 100 62 35 30 28 71 36 8 21 3 0 127 70
44.8 44 45.7 44.9 44.4 47.4 40 47.7 45.3 45.9 45.2 45.7 51.9 40.4 37.2 0 49.3 38.5
  Unaided Q
18 6 10 16 2 12 4 2 3 1 9 4 1 0 0 0 10 8
4.2 3.7 5.1 4.5 2.8 5.9 2.4 3.1 4 1.6 6 5.7 5.8 0 0 0 3.9 4.6
  Aided M
179 66 80 146 33 88 58 33 27 27 62 31 7 21 3 0 117 62
40.7 40.3 40.6 40.5 41.6 41.5 37.6 44.6 41.3 44.3 39.3 40 46.2 40.4 37.2 0 45.4 33.9
Laser printer (NET) Q
194 76 85 161 33 98 64 32 27 20 83 29 6 25 3 1 107 87
44.2 46.4 43.3 44.7 41.7 46.5 41.3 43.6 41.3 32.8 52.4 37.1 42.3 47.4 34.9 100 41.5 47.9
  Unaided I
28 9 13 22 6 15 12 1 4 3 11 4 1 4 0 0 15 12
6.3 5.6 6.4 6.1 7.5 7.1 7.5 1.7 6.7 4.9 7.1 5.7 3.8 7 4.7 0 5.9 6.9
  Aided
166 67 72 139 27 83 52 31 23 17 71 25 6 21 2 1 92 75
37.8 40.8 36.8 38.6 34.2 39.4 33.8 41.8 34.7 27.9 45.2 31.4 38.5 40.4 30.2 100 35.6 41.1
Fax machine (NET) I
138 64 49 113 25 66 40 32 15 24 49 25 3 20 1 0 94 43
31.3 39.2 24.8 31.4 31.2 31.1 26.1 43 22.7 39.3 31 31.4 23.1 38.6 18.6 0 36.6 23.9
  Unaided B F HN N Q
7 4 3 7 0 3 2 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
1.6 2.5 1.6 2 0 1.6 1.2 2.5 2.7 1.6 2.4 0 3.8 0 0 0 1.2 2.2
  Aided KM
131 60 46 106 25 62 38 30 13 23 45 25 3 20 1 0 91 39
29.7 36.7 23.3 29.4 31.2 29.5 24.9 40.5 20 37.7 28.6 31.4 19.2 38.6 18.6 0 35.4 21.6
Palmtop or PDA (NET) B F HLN HLN Q
108 39 49 87 21 54 41 14 19 8 41 11 6 21 1 0 71 37
24.6 23.6 24.7 24.2 26.5 25.3 26.6 18.3 29.3 13.1 26.2 14.3 36.5 40.4 18.6 0 27.5 20.5
  Unaided IK IK IKN
8 3 3 6 2 4 4 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 6 2
1.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 2.4 0 1.3 0 2.4 1.4 0 3.5 0 0 2.2 1
  Aided
101 36 46 82 19 50 37 14 18 8 38 10 6 20 1 0 65 35
22.9 21.8 23.2 22.6 24.1 23.5 24.2 18.3 28 13.1 23.8 12.9 36.5 36.8 18.6 0 25.3 19.5
Other (NET) IK IK IK
54 27 20 47 7 25 18 11 4 9 19 10 2 9 1 0 37 16
12.2 16.3 10.3 13 8.3 11.6 11.8 14.7 5.3 14.8 11.9 12.9 13.5 17.5 11.6 0 14.5 8.9
  Unaided H
30 24 6 30 0 10 11 9 2 5 11 7 2 3 1 0 26 4
6.8 14.9 2.8 8.3 0 4.8 7.1 12 2.7 8.2 7.1 8.6 11.5 5.3 9.3 0 9.9 2.4
  Aided BD D H Q
25 3 15 18 7 15 7 2 2 4 8 3 0 7 0 0 12 13
5.6 2 7.4 5 8.3 7.2 4.7 2.7 2.7 6.6 4.8 4.3 1.9 14 2.3 0 4.6 7
A A HJK

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