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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 361
S7b_7.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Print abstracts and indexes?
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 Print abstracts and indexes for coursework 423 0** 214 214 209 200 100* 123* 52* 47* 177* 85* 13* 35* 6* 7* 197 226
ONLINE 328 0 163 163 165 147 81 101 38 40 137 67 12 25 4 5 155 173
77.6 0 76.2 76.2 79 73.2 81.1 81.8 72.9 85.1 77.7 78.9 87 71.1 62.2 71.4 78.8 76.5
N N N
  Your own institution's web site 97 0 47 47 50 38 28 31 11 14 41 22 3 3 1 2 46 51
23 0 21.8 21.8 24.2 19.2 28.3 24.9 22 29.8 23.4 26.3 19.6 7.9 10.8 28.6 23.3 22.8
M M M
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 79 0 42 42 38 39 16 25 9 6 41 17 2 3 1 1 18 61
18.8 0 19.5 19.5 18 19.4 15.7 20.1 16.9 12.8 23.4 19.7 15.2 7.9 8.1 14.3 9.3 27
M P
  Search engine 77 0 20 20 57 24 11 41 7 15 24 17 2 10 0 1 43 34
18.1 0 9.3 9.3 27.2 12.1 11.1 33.7 13.6 31.9 13.8 19.7 13 28.9 5.4 14.3 21.8 14.9
BC EF HJLN JN
  Online databases 62 0 35 35 27 25 19 17 10 6 23 15 2 5 2 0 32 30
14.6 0 16.1 16.1 13 12.5 19.3 14.2 18.6 12.8 12.8 17.1 15.2 13.2 35.1 0 16.2 13.2
IJKLM
  Internet searches 35 0 19 19 16 20 8 7 5 6 13 3 0 7 0 0 16 19
8.2 0 8.7 8.7 7.8 10 7.9 5.6 10.2 12.8 7.4 3.9 2.2 18.4 2.7 0 7.9 8.5
KL
  Web directory/subject related web site 29 0 13 13 16 9 10 10 5 2 8 7 2 4 1 1 17 11
6.8 0 6 6 7.6 4.6 10.1 7.8 10.2 4.3 4.3 7.9 15.2 10.5 8.1 14.3 8.8 5.1
IJ
  Online abstracting and indexing services 20 0 8 8 12 8 2 9 0 3 11 4 1 0 0 0 10 10
4.8 0 3.9 3.9 5.7 4.2 2.5 7.7 0 6.4 6.4 5.3 8.7 0 5.4 0 5.1 4.5
HM HM
  Department web page 8 0 6 6 2 5 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 5 3
2 0 3 3 1 2.7 0.9 1.7 0 6.4 1.1 1.3 4.3 5.3 0 0 2.6 1.4
J H
  Online reference service 8 0 4 4 5 4 4 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 5
2 0 1.8 1.8 2.2 2 4.1 0.2 0 2.1 2.1 2.6 8.7 0 2.7 0 1.5 2.3
HJM H
  Your own personal electronic library/files 5 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1.2 0 2.3 2.3 0 0.1 4.7 0 1.7 0 2.1 0 2.2 0 0 0 1.5 0.8
EG K
  Online bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 129 0 79 79 49 58 35 35 13 17 47 34 3 9 3 2 60 69
30.4 0 36.9 36.9 23.7 29 35.6 28.5 25.4 36.2 26.6 39.5 23.9 26.3 51.4 28.6 30.5 30.3
D D HJLM
  Campus library 111 0 70 70 41 48 32 31 10 16 38 31 3 8 3 2 51 60
26.2 0 32.7 32.7 19.5 23.9 32.1 25.2 18.6 34 21.3 36.8 23.9 23.7 40.5 28.6 25.9 26.5
D D HJ HJ
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 11 0 5 5 6 6 3 2 2 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 4 7
2.6 0 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.8 3.4 1.8 3.4 0 3.2 3.9 0 0 5.4 0 2.2 3
IM
  References cited in books or journal articles 10 0 4 4 6 2 2 6 1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 7 3
2.3 0 1.8 1.8 2.9 1.1 1.6 5 1.7 2.1 2.1 3.9 4.3 0 5.4 0 3.3 1.5
M
  Another library 8 0 2 2 6 2 0 6 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 2
1.9 0 0.9 0.9 3 0.9 0 5.2 0 6.4 1.1 3.9 0 0 0 0 3 1
EF J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 8 0 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 5
1.8 0 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.5 3.4 0.9 1.7 0 2.1 2.6 2.2 0 5.4 0 1.2 2.3
IM
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
 magazines and journals 0.8 0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0 1.2 1.8 0 0 0 2.6 2.2 2.6 0 0 1.2 0.5
J J
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.1 0 1.7 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.4
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 106 0 45 45 61 39 20 47 13 16 38 21 2 9 2 4 49 57
25 0 21 21 29.1 19.6 19.9 37.8 25.4 34 21.3 25 17.4 26.3 29.7 57.1 24.7 25.2
EF
  A librarian in your institution 71 0 18 18 53 16 14 41 11 9 23 16 1 7 2 4 29 42
16.8 0 8.5 8.5 25.2 8.2 13.8 33.2 20.3 19.1 12.8 18.4 6.5 18.4 27 57.1 14.9 18.4
BC EF JL
  Faculty members inside your institution 52 0 29 29 23 24 8 19 3 11 21 11 1 4 0 1 28 24
12.3 0 13.6 13.6 11 12.1 8.4 15.7 5.1 23.4 11.7 13.2 10.9 10.5 5.4 14.3 14.3 10.6
H
  Other students inside your institution 15 0 6 6 9 5 3 8 2 5 4 2 1 2 0 0 9 7
3.6 0 3 3 4.3 2.4 2.8 6.4 3.4 10.6 2.1 2.6 4.3 5.3 2.7 0 4.3 3
J
  Another institution's librarian 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
0.9 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 3.3 0 2.1 1.1 1.3 0 0 0 0 1.1 0.8
E
  Faculty members outside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
  Other students outside your institution 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0.8 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
  Professional meetings 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
Online (unspecified) 6 0 2 2 4 5 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1.4 0 1 1 1.8 2.3 0.3 0.8 1.7 2.1 2.1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0.7 2.1
K
E-journals 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 16 0 8 8 8 8 2 5 0 2 6 3 0 2 1 2 5 10
3.7 0 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.1 2.3 4.2 0 4.3 3.2 3.9 0 5.3 10.8 28.6 2.7 4.5
HJL
DK/Refused 8 0 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 5
1.9 0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2 1.9 1.6 1.7 4.3 1.1 2.6 0 2.6 0 0 1.5 2.2
None/No preference 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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