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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 397
S7c_12.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Data ? Do 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 - Use Data for coursework 572 0** 231 231 341 265 114 193 83* 85* 182* 91* 22* 75* 6* 28* 275 297
ONLINE 341 0 135 135 206 161 66 114 50 44 109 48 12 54 4 20 160 181
59.7 0 58.5 58.5 60.4 60.8 58.2 58.9 60.6 51.8 59.8 53.1 54.7 71.6 65.7 71.4 58.3 60.9
IKL
  Search engine 93 0 20 20 73 33 16 44 9 14 23 13 4 21 1 8 40 52
16.2 0 8.4 8.4 21.5 12.4 14.4 22.6 10.6 16.5 12.4 14.8 17.3 28.4 14.3 28.6 14.7 17.6
BC E HJK
  Online databases 67 0 39 39 27 36 17 14 9 9 26 6 1 12 2 2 40 26
11.7 0 17.1 17.1 8.1 13.6 14.9 7.3 10.6 10.6 14.4 6.2 6.7 16 28.6 7.1 14.7 8.9
D D G K HIJKL
  Your own institution's web site 54 0 15 15 39 23 8 23 11 7 19 9 2 5 0 2 21 32
9.4 0 6.4 6.4 11.4 8.8 6.6 11.8 12.8 8.2 10.3 9.9 8 6.2 0 7.1 7.8 10.9
N
  Internet searches 48 0 20 20 27 30 13 5 8 2 21 4 2 7 1 4 15 33
8.4 0 8.8 8.8 8.1 11.2 11.7 2.5 9.6 2.4 11.3 4.9 8 8.6 8.6 14.3 5.4 11.1
G G I I P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 30 0 13 13 18 15 5 10 8 5 4 9 1 3 0 1 13 17
5.2 0 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.6 4.5 5.2 9.6 5.9 2.1 9.9 2.7 3.7 0 3.6 4.6 5.9
J J
  Web directory/subject related web site 24 0 13 13 11 12 2 10 4 1 11 2 1 3 1 2 16 8
4.2 0 5.7 5.7 3.3 4.6 2 5 4.3 1.2 6.2 2.5 4 3.7 8.6 7.1 5.9 2.7
I
  Department web page 14 0 10 10 4 7 3 3 2 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 9 5
2.4 0 4.2 4.2 1.2 2.8 3 1.5 2.1 7.1 0 1.2 5.3 4.9 0 0 3.3 1.6
D D J J J
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 0 4 4 3 4 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 5
1.3 0 1.7 1.7 1 1.4 0.1 1.7 0 0 2.1 2.5 0 0 2.9 3.6 0.9 1.6
HIM
  Online reference service 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
0.8 0 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.9 1.6 1.1 0 1 1.2 1.3 0 2.9 0 0.9 0.6
IM
  Your own personal electronic library/files 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.1 0
J
  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
  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 123 0 51 51 72 51 24 47 19 18 43 20 6 9 1 6 63 60
21.5 0 22.2 22.2 21.1 19.3 21.4 24.6 23.4 21.2 23.7 22.2 28 12.3 14.3 21.4 22.8 20.3
M
  Faculty members inside your institution 59 0 32 32 27 21 18 20 12 8 17 9 5 5 0 3 30 29
10.3 0 14 14 7.8 8 15.5 10.6 14.9 9.4 9.3 9.9 22.7 6.2 5.7 10.7 11.1 9.7
D D E IJKMN
  A librarian in your institution 51 0 12 12 39 23 6 23 4 3 24 11 1 4 1 3 22 30
9 0 5.2 5.2 11.5 8.5 5 12 5.3 3.5 13.4 12.3 5.3 4.9 8.6 10.7 7.9 10
BC I I
  Other students inside your institution 12 0 7 7 6 8 1 4 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 2
2.2 0 2.9 2.9 1.7 2.8 0.9 2 3.2 8.2 1 0 0 1.2 0 0 3.8 0.6
JKLM Q
  Faculty members outside your institution 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
  Another institution's librarian 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 students outside your institution 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
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 84 0 36 36 48 33 20 31 11 19 23 19 2 7 1 2 43 41
14.6 0 15.5 15.5 14 12.3 17.3 16.3 13.8 22.4 12.4 21 10.7 8.6 14.3 7.1 15.7 13.7
M M
  Campus library 69 0 27 27 42 25 15 29 11 16 17 17 2 5 1 2 37 33
12.1 0 11.8 11.8 12.3 9.6 13.1 15 12.8 18.8 9.3 18.5 8 6.2 11.4 7.1 13.4 11
M M
  References cited in books or journal articles 6 0 5 5 1 5 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
1.1 0 2.1 2.1 0.4 1.9 0.9 0 0 1.2 2.1 1.2 1.3 0 0 0 0.5 1.6
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0.5 0 1.2 1.2 0.1 0 2.4 0.2 1.1 0 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.8 0.3
E
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.4 0 0 0 0.6 0.4 0 0.6 0 1.2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
  Physical bookstore 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.5 0 1.2 0 0 0 1.2 2.9 0 0.7 0.1
HJK
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0.3 0
  Another library 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
  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
Online (unspecified) 4 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2
0.8 0 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.5 0.3 0 0 0 0 2.5 1.3 2.5 0 0 0.9 0.7
J
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 10 0 2 2 8 7 3 0 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 8
1.7 0 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.5 2.7 0 0 2.4 3.1 1.2 0 1.2 0 0 0.7 2.6
G G
DK/Refused 8 0 4 4 4 7 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 5
1.4 0 1.8 1.8 1.1 2.8 0.3 0.2 1.1 2.4 1 0 5.3 2.5 2.9 0 1.2 1.6
HJK K
None 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.7 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.2 2.9 0 0.4 0.3
IJK

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