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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 389
S7b_11.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Proprietary software or application?
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 Proprietary software or application 314 0** 140 140 174 144 76* 94* 43* 47* 86* 53* 24* 45* 3** 13* 178 136
 for coursework
ONLINE 182 0 74 74 108 79 45 58 19 27 51 35 14 26 3 7 103 79
57.8 0 52.6 52.6 61.9 54.7 58.5 62 44.9 57.4 58.7 66 58.3 58.3 83.3 53.8 57.8 57.8
H
  Search engine 78 0 18 18 59 29 17 32 6 10 19 17 6 14 0 6 44 34
24.7 0 13 13 34.1 19.8 21.6 34.6 14.3 21.3 21.7 31.9 22.6 31.2 11.1 46.2 24.4 25
BC E H
  Your own institution's web site 34 0 22 22 12 19 8 8 5 6 8 4 2 7 0 2 15 19
10.8 0 15.4 15.4 7.1 12.9 9.9 8.4 12.2 12.8 8.7 8.5 8.3 14.6 5.6 15.4 8.1 14.3
D D
  Internet searches 26 0 15 15 11 13 9 5 4 4 4 8 2 4 0 0 18 8
8.3 0 10.6 10.6 6.5 8.8 11.7 4.9 10.2 8.5 4.3 14.9 9.5 8.3 5.6 0 10 6.1
  Online databases 24 0 8 8 16 7 7 10 2 2 13 3 1 2 1 0 14 10
7.7 0 5.9 5.9 9.1 5.1 9.4 10.2 4.1 4.3 15.2 6.4 2.4 4.2 44.4 0 8.1 7.1
L
  Web directory/subject related web site 21 0 5 5 16 6 7 8 4 4 4 2 3 3 0 0 11 9
6.6 0 3.6 3.6 9 4.2 8.6 8.7 10.2 8.5 4.3 4.3 13.1 6.2 11.1 0 6.4 6.9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 20 0 6 6 15 7 4 10 1 1 6 7 2 3 0 1 12 8
6.5 0 4.2 4.2 8.3 4.9 4.6 10.5 2 2.1 6.5 12.8 8.3 6.2 11.1 7.7 6.7 6.2
  Department web page 12 0 7 7 5 5 4 3 1 3 6 0 1 1 0 1 12 0
3.8 0 5.2 5.2 2.8 3.5 5.4 3.1 2 6.4 6.5 0 2.4 2.1 0 7.7 6.7 0
Q
  Online reference service 8 0 3 3 5 5 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 2
2.5 0 1.8 1.8 3 3.1 1.4 2.3 4.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 3.6 2.1 5.6 0 3.2 1.5
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.1 0 2.1 0 0 1.2 2.1 0 0 1.2 0
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 0 1.3 1.3 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
  Online bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.2 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 163 0 76 76 87 66 44 53 29 24 34 31 13 25 1 6 84 79
52 0 54.5 54.5 50 46 58 56.3 67.3 51.1 39.1 59.6 53.6 56.2 33.3 46.2 47.4 58
J
  Faculty members inside your institution 99 0 51 51 48 39 27 33 19 17 21 16 10 14 0 2 57 42
31.5 0 36.5 36.5 27.5 26.7 35.9 35.4 44.9 36.2 23.9 29.8 41.7 31.2 11.1 15.4 31.9 31
J J
  A librarian in your institution 67 0 17 17 50 23 13 30 7 7 15 19 2 11 1 5 29 38
21.2 0 12.3 12.3 28.4 16.3 17.5 31.9 16.3 14.9 17.4 36.2 7.1 25 22.2 38.5 16 28.1
BC EF HIJL L P
  Other students inside your institution 39 0 22 22 16 17 13 9 11 8 6 6 4 5 0 0 18 21
12.3 0 16 16 9.4 12 16.9 9.3 24.5 17 6.5 10.6 17.9 10.4 0 0 10.1 15.3
J J
  Another institution's librarian 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.9 0 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.2 0 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Faculty members outside your institution 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
  Other students outside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 0 0.2 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0.2 0.2
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.3 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 5.6 0 0.3 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 59 0 25 25 34 29 12 18 4 6 19 15 6 7 1 3 31 28
18.9 0 17.9 17.9 19.7 20.4 16 19 10.2 12.8 21.7 27.7 22.6 14.6 22.2 23.1 17.4 20.9
H
  Campus library 50 0 19 19 30 22 11 17 4 5 15 13 5 6 1 2 24 26
15.8 0 13.8 13.8 17.4 15.5 13.8 18 8.2 10.6 17.4 25.5 19 12.5 16.7 15.4 13.5 18.9
H
  Physical bookstore 5 0 4 4 1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
1.6 0 2.8 2.8 0.6 1.9 1.6 1.2 4.1 2.1 0 2.1 1.2 2.1 0 0 1.7 1.5
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 4 0 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
1.4 0 0.4 0.4 2.2 2.6 0.8 0 0 0 4.3 0 2.4 0 0 0 0.3 2.8
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1
1.3 0 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.1 0 1.2 0 0 2.2 4.3 0 0 0 0 1.7 0.8
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
0.8 0 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.8 0.4 1.1 0 0 0 2.1 1.2 0 0 7.7 1.4 0
  Another library 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.5 0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.2 0 0 0 2.1 1.2 0 5.6 0 0.3 0.8
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.5 0 1 1 0 0.8 0.4 0 2 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 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-journals 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0
Online (unspecified) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.2 0 0 0 2.1 1.2 0 5.6 0 0.8 0.1
Other 19 0 9 9 9 10 5 3 3 2 6 2 3 1 0 2 13 5
6 0 6.7 6.7 5.4 7.1 6.7 3.6 6.1 4.3 6.5 4.3 13.1 2.1 5.6 15.4 7.5 4
M
DK/Refused 11 0 1 1 10 7 0 4 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 1 5 6
3.4 0 0.8 0.8 5.5 4.5 0.4 4.2 2 4.3 6.5 0 1.2 2.1 0 7.7 2.9 4.1
BC
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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