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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 411

S7c_14.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Technical Reports ? 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 Technical Reports for coursework 235 0** 130 130 104* 115* 63* 57* 33* 41* 70* 21** 19* 44* 2** 6* 144 91*
ONLINE 150 0 82 82 67 72 44 34 21 25 49 11 10 28 1 4 89 61
63.8 0 63.1 63.1 64.6 62.8 70.4 58.7 64.9 61 70.3 52.6 55.4 63.8 70 66.7 62 66.6
  Online databases 37 0 19 19 17 15 17 5 6 4 17 2 1 6 0 0 20 17
15.6 0 14.8 14.8 16.7 13.1 27.2 8.1 18.9 9.8 24.3 10.5 7.7 12.8 20 0 14.1 18.1
EG
  Search engine 33 0 15 15 18 13 9 11 4 6 6 2 1 12 0 1 23 10
14.1 0 11.6 11.6 17.2 11.4 14 19.6 13.5 14.6 8.1 10.5 7.7 27.7 10 16.7 15.9 11.1
JL
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 28 0 18 18 9 17 7 4 4 5 9 4 1 4 0 0 12 16
11.8 0 14.1 14.1 8.9 14.7 11.4 6.6 10.8 12.2 13.5 21.1 7.7 8.5 10 0 8.1 17.7
P
  Your own institution's web site 21 0 12 12 9 10 3 8 3 3 9 1 3 0 0 2 12 9
8.9 0 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.6 4.8 13.8 8.1 7.3 13.5 5.3 13.8 0 0 33.3 8.1 10
M M M
  Internet searches 14 0 9 9 5 8 6 1 2 1 6 0 2 4 0 0 9 5
6.2 0 7.2 7.2 4.9 6.9 9 1.6 5.4 2.4 8.1 0 10.8 8.5 20 0 6.5 5.7
  Web directory/subject related web site 9 0 2 2 6 4 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 2
3.6 0 1.9 1.9 5.8 3.6 0.5 7.3 2.7 9.8 0 0 4.6 6.4 0 0 4.9 1.7
J J
  Online reference service 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 0 1.6 1.6 0.3 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 1.5 0 10 0 1.6 0
  Department web page 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
0.9 0 0.7 0.7 1.2 0 1.9 1.8 2.7 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 16.7 0.8 1.1
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.9 0 1.6 1.6 0 1.8 0 0 0 2.4 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.2
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.8 0 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.6 0 2.7 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 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
  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 43 0 20 20 23 18 9 16 6 8 11 6 4 7 0 1 28 16
18.5 0 15.6 15.6 22.1 15.5 15.1 28.3 18.9 19.5 16.2 26.3 20 17 10 16.7 19.3 17.2
  Faculty members inside your institution 28 0 15 15 13 12 7 9 5 7 4 3 3 5 0 1 22 6
12 0 11.6 11.6 12.5 10.3 11.2 16.2 16.2 17.1 5.4 15.8 15.4 10.6 10 16.7 15.4 6.5
  A librarian in your institution 15 0 5 5 10 6 2 7 1 1 8 2 0 3 0 0 5 10
6.3 0 3.8 3.8 9.3 4.9 3.5 12.1 2.7 2.4 10.8 10.5 1.5 6.4 0 0 3.5 10.7
P
  Other students inside your institution 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0.4 0
  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 24 0 17 17 7 14 6 4 4 5 4 2 3 6 0 1 15 9
10.4 0 13 13 7.2 12.4 9.6 7.4 10.8 12.2 5.4 10.5 16.9 12.8 10 16.7 10.7 10.1
J
  Campus library 19 0 12 12 7 10 5 4 4 5 2 1 3 4 0 1 13 6
8.2 0 9.1 9.1 7.2 9 7.6 7.4 10.8 12.2 2.7 5.3 15.4 8.5 10 16.7 9.2 6.7
J
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
1.7 0 3 3 0 2.6 1.5 0 0 0 2.7 5.3 0 2.1 0 0 1.4 2.1
  Another library 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 0.7 0.7 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 1
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 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 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.3
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 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
  Physical 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 subscriptions to newspapers, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 magazines and journals 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) 6 0 5 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 2
2.5 0 3.8 3.8 0.9 4.3 1.5 0 0 0 5.4 0 1.5 4.3 0 0 2.8 2.1
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 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
1.2 0 1.8 1.8 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.3 2.7 0 0 5.3 3.1 0 10 0 1.3 1
DK/Refused 8 0 3 3 5 4 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 3
3.6 0 2.7 2.7 4.7 3.6 2.1 5.3 2.7 7.3 2.7 5.3 3.1 2.1 0 0 3.9 3.1
None 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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