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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 1]: Tables 62-118. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 85

R7c_4.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         e-journals ? 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 e-journals for research 266 122 144 266 0** 147 89* 29** 51* 60* 77* 35* 13* 27** 3** 0* 160 105*
ONLINE 220 99 121 220 0 118 76 26 44 52 66 24 10 21 3 0 132 88
82.7 81.5 83.7 82.7 0 79.8 84.8 90.7 86.2 86.7 85.4 67.7 81.8 79.3 78.9 0 82.4 83.1
K K
  Online databases 48 18 30 48 0 24 19 5 8 9 17 4 2 7 1 0 26 23
18.1 15 20.8 18.1 0 16.4 21.2 17.4 15.5 15 22 12.9 13.6 27.6 21.1 0 16 21.4
  Your own institution's web site 45 20 25 45 0 24 16 5 10 11 11 4 2 7 0 0 28 17
16.9 16.3 17.4 16.9 0 16.5 17.9 16.1 19 18.3 14.6 12.9 15.9 24.1 0 0 17.6 15.9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 36 12 24 36 0 21 13 2 6 7 15 4 2 1 0 0 18 18
13.5 9.6 16.8 13.5 0 14.2 14.6 6.5 12.1 11.7 19.5 12.9 18.2 3.4 0 0 10.9 17.4
  Web directory/subject related web site 26 18 8 26 0 11 9 6 9 11 2 2 2 0 0 0 16 10
9.7 14.7 5.4 9.7 0 7.4 9.8 20.3 17.2 18.3 2.4 6.5 13.6 0 0 0 9.8 9.5
B J J J
  Search engine 24 12 12 24 0 14 7 2 4 4 6 6 1 2 2 0 14 10
9 10.1 8 9 0 9.8 8.1 7.7 8.6 6.7 7.3 16.1 6.8 6.9 47.4 0 8.5 9.7
  Internet searches 19 6 13 19 0 10 5 3 4 6 6 0 1 3 0 0 15 4
7 4.9 8.7 7 0 7.1 5.9 9.7 6.9 10 7.3 0 4.5 10.3 0 0 9.2 3.6
  Online abstracting and indexing services 9 4 5 9 0 2 4 3 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0 1.3 4.5 9.9 1.7 3.3 7.3 0 2.3 0 0 0 4.7 1.2
  Department web page 6 3 3 6 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0 2.2 2.1 3.2 1.7 1.7 2.4 3.2 2.3 3.4 0 0 2.6 1.8
  Online reference service 5 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
2 4 0.2 2 0 3.4 0.2 0 1.7 1.7 2.4 3.2 0 0 10.5 0 2.1 1.8
B
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.5 1 0 0.5 0 0.6 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 3.4 0 0 0.2 0.9
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.2 0.6 0.4 0 0.8 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0.7 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 16 6 10 16 0 12 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 3 0 0 11 6
6.2 5.1 7.1 6.2 0 8.4 3.4 3 6.9 6.7 4.9 3.2 9.1 10.3 0 0 6.7 5.3
  Campus library 11 3 8 11 0 9 2 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 8 4
4.3 2.6 5.7 4.3 0 6.3 2.4 0 3.4 3.3 4.9 3.2 6.8 6.9 0 0 4.7 3.6
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.8 1.1 0.6 0.8 0 0.9 1 0 0 1.7 0 0 2.3 3.4 0 0 1.4 0
  References cited in books or journal articles 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0 0.7 0 3 1.7 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.7 0 0.3 0 0.6 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 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
  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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 7 3 4 7 0 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 3
2.8 2.7 2.9 2.8 0 2.1 2.9 6.2 3.4 0 2.4 6.5 2.3 3.4 10.5 0 2.8 2.8
  A librarian in your institution 7 3 3 7 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 2
2.5 2.7 2.3 2.5 0 1.5 2.9 6.2 1.7 0 2.4 6.5 2.3 3.4 10.5 0 2.8 1.9
  Colleagues inside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.6 0.3 0 0.6 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
  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
Online (unspecified) 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0.8 0.4 0 0 1.3 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 5.3 0 0.7 0
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
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 7 3 4 7 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 5 2
2.6 2.2 3 2.6 0 3.7 1.8 0 0 3.3 0 9.7 4.5 3.4 5.3 0 2.9 2.3
HJ HJ
DK/Refused 10 8 3 10 0 5 5 0 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 4 6
3.9 6.2 1.9 3.9 0 3.5 5.9 0 1.7 0 4.9 12.9 2.3 3.4 0 0 2.7 5.7
HI
None/No preferences 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1.4 2.4 0.6 1.4 0 2.6 0 0 1.7 1.7 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 0.8

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