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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question T7: Tables 190-308 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 206

T7c_3.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         e-books ?
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 e-books for teaching 40* 27** 13** 40* 0** 16** 14** 10** 6** 5** 11** 12** 3** 2** 0** 0* 30** 11**
ONLINE 30 21 9 30 0 12 10 7 6 3 8 10 2 1 0 0 22 7
73.7 74.8 71.5 73.7 0 77.5 71.9 70.4 100 60 66.7 81.8 54.5 50 50 0 74.9 70.5
  Search engine 9 6 3 9 0 4 4 1 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 3
23 23.6 21.7 23 0 26.2 28.2 10.9 57.1 0 16.7 27.3 9.1 0 50 0 21.4 27.4
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 8 5 3 8 0 4 2 2 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 7 1
20.3 19.3 22.6 20.3 0 26.9 13.5 19.4 14.3 20 33.3 18.2 9.1 0 0 0 22.8 13.4
  Web directory/subject related web site 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 16.1 0 11 0 0 10.1 29.2 0 0 16.7 18.2 9.1 0 0 0 14.9 0
  Internet searches 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
10.5 7 18 10.5 0 12.6 15.9 0 14.3 20 0 9.1 9.1 50 0 0 7.5 19
  Online databases 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
6.7 8.8 2.3 6.7 0 6.3 4.2 10.9 0 20 0 9.1 18.2 0 0 0 5.3 10.7
  Your own institution's web site 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2.2 0 6.9 2.2 0 5.5 0 0 14.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  Online 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 reference service 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
  Department web page 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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-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
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 5 4 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1
11.4 15 3.6 11.4 0 3.6 14.7 18.8 0 20 16.7 0 18.2 50 50 0 11.3 11.6
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  magazines and journals 4.7 6.9 0 4.7 0 0 13.5 0 0 0 16.7 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 0
  Campus library 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4.4 4.7 3.6 4.4 0 3.6 1.2 9.7 0 20 0 0 18.2 0 50 0 4.9 2.8
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2.3 3.4 0 2.3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 8.8
  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
  References cited in books or journal articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
  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 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 4 1 3 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
10.7 4.1 24.9 10.7 0 11.8 9.3 10.9 0 20 16.7 9.1 9.1 0 0 0 8.1 17.9
  A librarian in your institution 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
7.5 4.1 14.8 7.5 0 11.8 0 10.9 0 0 16.7 9.1 0 0 0 0 3.8 17.9
  Colleagues inside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3.2 0 10.1 3.2 0 0 9.3 0 0 20 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 4.4 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
  Colleagues 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
Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.7 1.1 0 0.7 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 1 0
Online (unspecified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 office/lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Author 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DK/Refused 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3.5 5.1 0 3.5 0 7 2.1 0 0 0 0 9.1 9.1 0 0 0 4.8 0
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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