Previous Home Next


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 396
S7b_12.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Data?
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 Data for coursework 572 0** 231 231 341 265 114 193 83* 85* 182* 91* 22* 75* 6* 28* 275 297
ONLINE 442 0 176 176 267 196 87 159 60 69 135 73 15 60 5 25 212 230
77.3 0 75.9 75.9 78.3 73.8 76.4 82.8 72.3 81.2 74.2 80.2 69.3 80.2 80 89.3 77.3 77.4
E
  Search engine 174 0 50 50 123 56 32 85 18 35 41 30 6 28 1 14 87 86
30.4 0 21.7 21.7 36.2 21.1 28.2 44.4 22.3 41.2 22.7 33.3 25.3 37 20 50 31.8 29.1
BC EF HJLN HJ
  Online databases 105 0 57 57 48 46 31 28 12 10 39 17 2 18 3 4 58 47
18.4 0 24.7 24.7 14.1 17.2 27.3 14.7 14.9 11.8 21.6 18.5 10.7 23.5 42.9 14.3 21.3 15.7
D D EG I HIJKLM
  Your own institution's web site 89 0 31 31 58 34 19 35 14 16 21 18 3 10 0 6 36 53
15.5 0 13.5 13.5 16.9 13 16.5 18.4 17 18.8 11.3 19.8 16 13.6 5.7 21.4 13.1 17.7
  Internet searches 88 0 36 36 52 47 19 23 11 11 28 13 4 11 1 8 38 50
15.4 0 15.5 15.5 15.4 17.6 16.4 11.8 13.8 12.9 15.5 14.8 20 14.8 8.6 28.6 13.7 17
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 57 0 21 21 36 20 13 24 11 7 13 11 1 8 0 5 23 34
9.9 0 9 9 10.6 7.5 11.5 12.3 12.8 8.2 7.2 12.3 6.7 11.1 0 17.9 8.3 11.4
N
  Web directory/subject related web site 51 0 28 28 22 20 11 19 6 7 17 8 1 8 1 2 28 23
8.8 0 12.2 12.2 6.6 7.6 10.1 9.8 7.4 8.2 9.3 8.6 6.7 11.1 14.3 7.1 10.1 7.7
D D
  Online reference service 18 0 10 10 9 6 5 7 1 0 8 4 0 3 0 2 11 7
3.2 0 4.1 4.1 2.6 2.4 4.5 3.6 1.1 0 4.1 4.9 1.3 3.7 5.7 7.1 4.1 2.4
I HI
  Department web page 16 0 11 11 5 8 4 4 2 7 0 1 1 4 0 1 11 5
2.8 0 4.7 4.7 1.5 2.9 3.9 2 2.1 8.2 0 1.2 6.7 4.9 0 3.6 4.2 1.6
D D JK JK J
  Online abstracting and indexing services 16 0 8 8 8 8 2 5 1 1 8 3 0 2 0 1 8 8
2.8 0 3.3 3.3 2.4 3.2 1.8 2.7 1.1 1.2 4.1 3.7 0 2.5 2.9 3.6 3 2.5
  Your own personal electronic library/files 4 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
0.7 0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.1 2.5 0.5 0 1.2 1 0 1.3 1.2 0 0 0.8 0.6
E
  E-mail listservs 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0.3 0
  Online bookstore 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 217 0 92 92 125 98 48 72 28 36 73 35 10 20 2 14 103 114
38 0 39.7 39.7 36.8 36.8 42 37.2 34 42.4 40.2 38.3 44 25.9 31.4 50 37.5 38.4
M M
  Faculty members inside your institution 130 0 68 68 62 54 35 41 20 23 41 18 8 12 1 7 64 66
22.7 0 29.3 29.3 18.3 20.4 30.7 21.2 24.5 27.1 22.7 19.8 36 16 8.6 25 23.3 22.2
D D E N JKMN
  A librarian in your institution 109 0 27 27 81 50 12 46 9 14 41 19 3 10 2 10 47 62
19 0 11.7 11.7 23.9 18.9 10.6 24.1 10.6 16.5 22.7 21 16 13.6 28.6 35.7 17 20.9
BC F H HM
  Other students inside your institution 57 0 32 32 24 27 16 14 6 16 15 10 1 5 0 3 31 26
9.9 0 13.9 13.9 7.2 10 13.8 7.4 7.4 18.8 8.2 11.1 6.7 6.2 2.9 10.7 11.2 8.7
D D HJLMN
  Faculty members outside your institution 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.6 0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0 1 1.1 0 1.2 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.8
  Other students outside your institution 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 1.2 0 1.2 0 0 0.3 0.4
  Another institution's librarian 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.1 0
J
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 169 0 71 71 98 59 46 63 20 35 43 34 6 20 2 9 95 74
29.5 0 30.7 30.7 28.7 22.4 40.5 32.8 24.5 41.2 23.7 37 26.7 25.9 40 32.1 34.4 25
E E HJM Q
  Campus library 140 0 59 59 81 46 38 56 18 31 32 26 6 17 2 9 82 58
24.5 0 25.6 25.6 23.8 17.5 33.6 28.9 22.3 36.5 17.5 28.4 25.3 22.2 31.4 32.1 30 19.5
E E HJM Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 15 0 6 6 10 7 5 3 0 1 8 6 0 1 0 0 6 9
2.7 0 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.7 4.3 1.7 0 1.2 4.1 6.2 1.3 1.2 0 0 2.3 3
H
  Physical bookstore 9 0 3 3 6 5 2 3 0 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 1
1.6 0 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 0 3.5 2.1 0 1.3 2.5 5.7 0 2.9 0.5
HK Q
  Another library 7 0 2 2 6 0 2 5 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 2
1.3 0 0.8 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.7 2.7 0 2.4 2.1 1.2 2.7 0 0 0 1.9 0.7
E HM
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 7 0 5 5 2 2 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
1.3 0 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.7 4.5 0.2 2.1 1.2 1 1.2 2.7 1.2 0 0 1.9 0.7
EG
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 6 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 3
1.1 0 1.6 1.6 0.7 0.7 1.7 1.2 0 1.2 1 2.5 0 1.2 0 0 1.1 1
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
0.7 0 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.1 1.5 2.1 1.2 0 1.2 0 0 2.9 0 0.4 1
JM
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
magazines and journals 0.5 0 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0 0.6 0 0 0 1.2 0 2.5 0 0 0.7 0.4
Online (unspecified) 6 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 2
1 0 0.6 0.6 1.3 1.7 0.3 0.5 0 1.2 0 2.5 2.7 2.5 0 0 1.3 0.7
HJ
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 31 0 9 9 21 19 5 7 4 3 15 4 1 3 0 1 11 19
5.4 0 4 4 6.3 7.3 4 3.6 4.3 3.5 8.2 4.9 4 3.7 0 3.6 4.2 6.5
DK/Refused 12 0 3 3 8 11 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 2 0 0 3 9
2.1 0 1.5 1.5 2.4 4.2 0.3 0.2 0 1.2 3.1 2.5 4 2.5 2.9 0 1.1 2.9
G H H
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

Previous Home Next