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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 91

R7b_5.  When you are doing research, how do you find information about
         Magazines ?
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 Magazines for research 196 120 77* 196 0** 83* 73* 40* 24** 28** 60* 45* 10* 27** 3** 0* 137 60*
ONLINE 140 83 57 140 0 60 57 23 17 19 47 28 6 20 2 0 95 45
71.3 69.4 74.2 71.3 0 72.4 77.5 57.6 70.4 67.9 78.1 62.5 66.7 75.9 77.8 0 69.8 74.7
  Online databases 46 18 28 46 0 19 23 4 6 7 17 11 1 3 1 0 29 17
23.5 15 36.9 23.5 0 22.5 31.9 10.1 25.9 25 28.1 25 9.1 10.3 38.9 0 21.5 28.1
A G
  Search engine 40 33 7 40 0 15 16 9 8 3 13 7 2 7 1 0 33 7
20.5 27.8 9 20.5 0 17.8 22.1 23.1 33.3 10.7 21.9 15 21.2 24.1 27.8 0 24.2 11.9
B
  Web directory/subject related web site 27 22 5 27 0 11 12 5 7 5 4 3 1 7 0 0 21 6
13.8 18.3 6.6 13.8 0 12.7 15.9 12.1 29.6 17.9 6.2 7.5 12.1 24.1 5.6 0 15.7 9.2
B
  Internet searches 23 13 10 23 0 8 13 2 2 3 8 8 1 2 0 0 13 10
11.8 11.2 12.7 11.8 0 9.1 18.3 5.3 7.4 10.7 12.5 17.5 12.1 6.9 0 0 9.5 16.9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 21 9 13 21 0 9 9 3 2 1 11 3 1 2 1 0 13 9
10.9 7.3 16.5 10.9 0 11.1 12.8 6.9 7.4 3.6 18.7 7.5 15.2 6.9 22.2 0 9.2 14.7
  Your own institution's web site 21 16 5 21 0 10 7 5 0 2 6 7 2 5 0 0 15 6
10.9 13.5 6.9 10.9 0 11.9 9.2 12 0 7.1 9.4 15 21.2 17.2 11.1 0 11 10.5
  Online abstracting and indexing services 9 7 2 9 0 5 4 0 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 7 2
4.6 5.7 2.8 4.6 0 6.3 5.1 0 0 3.6 9.4 2.5 3 3.4 0 0 5.2 3.1
  Online reference service 6 3 3 6 0 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
3 2.6 3.8 3 0 2.5 5.3 0 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.5 0 3.4 5.6 0 3 3.2
  Department web page 3 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
1.7 0.9 2.8 1.7 0 1.5 2.8 0 0 0 0 2.5 3 6.9 0 0 1.7 1.6
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.5 0.9 0 0.5 0 0.2 0 2.2 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0.1 1.5
  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
  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 102 76 26 102 0 41 35 27 11 16 28 24 5 17 2 0 77 25
51.9 63.5 33.7 51.9 0 48.7 47.4 66.8 44.4 57.1 46.9 52.5 48.5 62.1 72.2 0 56.3 41.7
B
  Campus library 75 50 24 75 0 28 26 21 9 12 21 18 3 10 2 0 52 23
38 42.1 31.4 38 0 33.9 34.8 52.2 37 42.9 34.4 40 33.3 37.9 55.6 0 38 37.9
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  25 25 0 25 0 8 10 7 5 5 6 6 1 2 0 0 21 4
magazines and journals 12.6 20.5 0.4 12.6 0 10.2 13.1 17 22.2 17.9 9.4 12.5 15.2 6.9 0 0 15.4 6.4
B
  References cited in books or journal articles 16 15 1 16 0 8 1 7 0 1 4 6 0 5 0 0 16 0
8 12.1 1.5 8 0 9.5 1.3 17.1 0 3.6 6.2 12.5 3 17.2 11.1 0 11.4 0
B F F Q
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 12 12 0 12 0 3 3 6 2 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 11 1
6.1 10 0 6.1 0 4.1 3.8 14.6 7.4 14.3 3.1 2.5 3 10.3 5.6 0 8.1 1.5
B
  Another library 11 9 2 11 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 11 0
5.5 7.4 2.6 5.5 0 3.2 5.7 10 0 7.1 3.1 2.5 9.1 17.2 11.1 0 8 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
1.3 2.2 0 1.3 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11.1 0 1.9 0
  Physical bookstore 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 0 2.8 0 0 0 7.1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.9 1.7
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.1 1.9 0 1.1 0 1.3 0 2.8 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0.8 1.9
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 40 31 9 40 0 21 6 14 4 8 8 10 3 7 1 0 35 5
20.6 26.1 11.9 20.6 0 24.7 8.5 34.2 14.8 28.6 12.5 22.5 27.3 27.6 38.9 0 25.7 8.7
B F F Q
  A librarian in your institution 26 20 6 26 0 10 4 12 4 3 6 8 1 4 1 0 21 5
13.1 16.4 7.9 13.1 0 12.4 5.3 28.9 14.8 10.7 9.4 17.5 12.1 13.8 27.8 0 15 8.7
EF
  Colleagues inside your institution 21 17 4 21 0 13 3 5 0 6 6 3 2 4 1 0 21 0
10.7 14.5 4.6 10.7 0 16.2 3.8 12 0 21.4 9.4 7.5 18.2 13.8 16.7 0 15.4 0
F Q
  Colleagues outside your institution 11 10 1 11 0 4 1 6 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 11 0
5.6 8.1 1.6 5.6 0 4.9 1.3 14.8 0 7.1 6.2 5 9.1 6.9 5.6 0 8 0
F
  Professional meetings 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1.1 1.6 0.4 1.1 0 1.5 0 2.5 0 3.6 0 0 3 3.4 0 0 1.6 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
Online (unspecified) 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2.1 0 5.5 2.1 0 2.8 2.6 0 0 0 6.2 0 3 0 5.6 0 0.3 6.3
A P
Personal Office/Lab 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.8 0 0.5 0 0 1.4 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
E-journals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 1.2 0.4 0 1.1 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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 19 13 6 19 0 8 7 4 4 3 8 3 1 1 0 0 14 6
9.9 10.9 8.4 9.9 0 10.1 9.8 9.8 14.8 10.7 12.5 7.5 12.1 3.4 0 0 10.1 9.6
DK/Refused 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0 1.5 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
None/No preferences 9 1 8 9 0 9 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 4 5
4.5 1.1 9.8 4.5 0 10.2 0.4 0 0 3.6 9.4 2.5 9.1 0 5.6 0 3 8
A F

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