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| T7b_9. Where specifically do you go when you find
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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 |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
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| Base - Use Online databases,
data sets or |
296 |
222 |
74* |
296 |
0** |
110* |
117* |
68* |
36* |
68* |
88* |
62* |
8** |
31* |
3** |
0* |
217 |
79* |
| data sources for teaching |
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| ONLINE |
247 |
196 |
51 |
247 |
0 |
87 |
98 |
62 |
29 |
55 |
73 |
53 |
8 |
27 |
2 |
0 |
186 |
61 |
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83.5 |
88.4 |
68.8 |
83.5 |
0 |
79 |
83.8 |
90.2 |
80.5 |
80.9 |
83 |
85.5 |
89.7 |
87.9 |
93.3 |
0 |
85.8 |
77.2 |
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B |
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| Search engine |
82 |
69 |
12 |
82 |
0 |
32 |
24 |
26 |
11 |
22 |
17 |
19 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
64 |
18 |
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27.6 |
31.2 |
16.7 |
27.6 |
0 |
28.6 |
20.8 |
37.4 |
31.7 |
32.4 |
19.1 |
30.9 |
34.5 |
27.3 |
33.3 |
0 |
29.5 |
22.3 |
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B |
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F |
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| Online databases |
59 |
48 |
11 |
59 |
0 |
21 |
18 |
21 |
9 |
17 |
15 |
11 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
46 |
13 |
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20 |
21.8 |
14.4 |
20 |
0 |
18.8 |
15.2 |
30 |
24.4 |
25 |
17 |
18.2 |
6.9 |
18.2 |
33.3 |
0 |
21.4 |
15.9 |
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F |
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| Web directory/subject related web site |
49 |
41 |
8 |
49 |
0 |
12 |
27 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
19 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
34 |
15 |
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16.5 |
18.3 |
11.3 |
16.5 |
0 |
10.8 |
23.1 |
14.4 |
12.2 |
14.7 |
21.3 |
16.4 |
13.8 |
12.1 |
26.7 |
0 |
15.8 |
18.6 |
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| Your own institution's web site |
40 |
27 |
13 |
40 |
0 |
19 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
10 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
14 |
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13.5 |
12.3 |
17.2 |
13.5 |
0 |
17 |
13.2 |
8.5 |
14.6 |
7.4 |
17 |
16.4 |
17.2 |
9.1 |
13.3 |
0 |
12.2 |
17.2 |
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| Internet searches |
37 |
30 |
7 |
37 |
0 |
12 |
17 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
8 |
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12.4 |
13.5 |
9 |
12.4 |
0 |
10.9 |
14.3 |
11.8 |
7.3 |
10.3 |
12.8 |
12.7 |
24.1 |
18.2 |
13.3 |
0 |
13.3 |
10 |
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| Online library catalogues and finding aids |
29 |
21 |
8 |
29 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
11 |
9 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
8 |
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9.7 |
9.5 |
10.2 |
9.7 |
0 |
8.1 |
8.1 |
15 |
4.9 |
0 |
12.8 |
14.5 |
10.3 |
18.2 |
6.7 |
0 |
9.4 |
10.5 |
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I |
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| Online reference service |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
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3.1 |
4.1 |
0 |
3.1 |
0 |
0.3 |
6 |
2.7 |
0 |
2.9 |
4.3 |
0 |
3.4 |
9.1 |
13.3 |
0 |
3.8 |
1.2 |
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K |
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| Online abstracting and indexing services |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
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2.3 |
3 |
0 |
2.3 |
0 |
0.7 |
1 |
7.1 |
4.9 |
2.9 |
0 |
3.6 |
6.9 |
0 |
6.7 |
0 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
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| Department web page |
6 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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2 |
0 |
8.2 |
2 |
0 |
3.4 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
0 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
3.5 |
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A |
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| Your own personal electronic library/files |
5 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
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1.7 |
2.3 |
0 |
1.7 |
0 |
2 |
2.5 |
0 |
0 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
0 |
3.4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
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| Online bookstore |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
1.3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1.6 |
1.4 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.3 |
0 |
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| E-mail listservs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT |
115 |
94 |
21 |
115 |
0 |
40 |
42 |
34 |
14 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
91 |
24 |
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39 |
42.3 |
28.9 |
39 |
0 |
36.2 |
35.6 |
49.3 |
39 |
39.7 |
34 |
49.1 |
31 |
33.3 |
40 |
0 |
42.1 |
30.3 |
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| Campus library |
86 |
69 |
17 |
86 |
0 |
30 |
32 |
24 |
12 |
18 |
24 |
21 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
64 |
22 |
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29 |
31 |
23.2 |
29 |
0 |
27.5 |
27.1 |
34.8 |
34.1 |
26.5 |
27.7 |
34.5 |
31 |
21.2 |
26.7 |
0 |
29.5 |
27.8 |
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| Your own personal physical
library/files/bookshelves |
19 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
5 |
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6.5 |
8.7 |
0 |
6.5 |
0 |
6.7 |
4.2 |
10.1 |
7.3 |
5.9 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
3.4 |
9.1 |
6.7 |
0 |
6.6 |
6.3 |
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B |
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| References cited in books or journal
articles |
17 |
14 |
3 |
17 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
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5.8 |
6.3 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
0 |
7.4 |
3.5 |
7.3 |
2.4 |
10.3 |
4.3 |
9.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.6 |
1.1 |
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| Personal subscriptions to newspapers, |
16 |
15 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
2 |
| magazines and journals |
5.5 |
6.8 |
1.4 |
5.5 |
0 |
5.6 |
4.9 |
6.1 |
2.4 |
7.4 |
4.3 |
7.3 |
0 |
6.1 |
6.7 |
0 |
6.5 |
2.5 |
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| Another library |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
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2.3 |
3 |
0 |
2.3 |
0 |
1.7 |
4.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6.4 |
1.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.1 |
0 |
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| Physical bookstore |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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1.3 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
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| Printed abstracting and indexing services |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1 |
1.4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.2 |
1.6 |
1.5 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6.7 |
0 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
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| Printed library catalogues and finding aids |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.4 |
0.6 |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.3 |
0 |
1.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13.3 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
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76 |
56 |
19 |
76 |
0 |
26 |
27 |
23 |
9 |
13 |
17 |
22 |
3 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
56 |
20 |
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25.6 |
25.4 |
26.1 |
25.6 |
0 |
24 |
22.7 |
32.9 |
24.4 |
19.1 |
19.1 |
36.4 |
31 |
36.4 |
26.7 |
0 |
25.8 |
24.9 |
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| Colleagues inside your institution |
52 |
35 |
18 |
52 |
0 |
21 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
16 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
18 |
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17.7 |
15.6 |
24.2 |
17.7 |
0 |
19.2 |
15.9 |
18.5 |
17.1 |
14.7 |
12.8 |
25.5 |
20.7 |
24.2 |
6.7 |
0 |
16.1 |
22.1 |
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| A librarian in your institution |
35 |
32 |
4 |
35 |
0 |
8 |
13 |
14 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
30 |
5 |
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12 |
14.3 |
4.9 |
12 |
0 |
7.5 |
11.4 |
20.1 |
7.3 |
7.4 |
8.5 |
20 |
10.3 |
21.2 |
20 |
0 |
13.8 |
6.8 |
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E |
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I |
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| Colleagues outside your institution |
15 |
14 |
1 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
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5.2 |
6.5 |
1.4 |
5.2 |
0 |
2.9 |
4.4 |
10.1 |
4.9 |
7.4 |
0 |
9.1 |
0 |
9.1 |
6.7 |
0 |
6.2 |
2.4 |
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J |
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| Professional meetings |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
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1.3 |
1.7 |
0 |
1.3 |
0 |
2.7 |
0.8 |
0 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
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| Another institution's librarian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Online (unspecified) |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
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0.9 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
0 |
2.4 |
0 |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
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| Personal office/Lab |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.8 |
1 |
0 |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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| Students |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Author |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Other |
29 |
23 |
7 |
29 |
0 |
11 |
14 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
6 |
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9.9 |
10.3 |
8.9 |
9.9 |
0 |
10 |
11.7 |
6.8 |
4.9 |
10.3 |
10.6 |
9.1 |
6.9 |
15.2 |
13.3 |
0 |
10.7 |
7.9 |
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| DK/Refused |
7 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
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2.3 |
1.7 |
3.9 |
2.3 |
0 |
3.4 |
1 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
4.3 |
1.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.3 |
5.1 |
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| None/No preference |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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