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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 105
R7b_7.  When you are doing research, how do you find information about
         Print abstracts and indexes ?
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 Print abstracts and indexes for research 292 156 136 292 0** 129* 115* 49* 49* 60* 102* 30** 17* 32* 3** 0* 189 104*
ONLINE 257 131 126 257 0 115 101 41 48 51 90 21 14 31 2 0 164 92
87.9 83.8 92.5 87.9 0 89.3 88.2 83.4 96.4 85 88.9 70.4 81 97.1 87.5 0 87.2 89.1
A IL L
  Online databases 70 34 36 70 0 36 20 13 16 15 24 2 3 8 2 0 42 29
24.1 22.1 26.3 24.1 0 28.3 17.8 27.6 32.1 25 24.1 7.4 17.2 26.5 56.2 0 22.1 27.6
  Your own institution's web site 59 32 27 59 0 28 22 9 9 5 28 6 3 8 0 0 34 25
20.2 20.7 19.6 20.2 0 21.8 18.9 19.2 17.9 8.3 27.8 18.5 17.2 26.5 6.3 0 18.1 24.1
I I
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 53 24 30 53 0 27 22 4 10 7 15 9 2 10 0 0 30 23
18.2 15.2 21.7 18.2 0 20.8 19.6 8.2 19.6 11.7 14.8 29.6 12.1 32.4 12.5 0 16.1 22.1
IJL
  Search engine 46 22 25 46 0 21 18 7 9 11 11 3 5 7 1 0 36 11
15.8 14 18 15.8 0 16.2 16.1 14.4 17.9 18.3 11.1 11.1 27.6 20.6 25 0 18.9 10.3
J
  Web directory/subject related web site 44 29 15 44 0 17 17 11 9 13 11 3 3 5 0 0 38 7
15.2 18.6 11.3 15.2 0 13.1 14.6 22.1 17.9 21.7 11.1 11.1 19 14.7 6.3 0 20 6.6
Q
  Online abstracting and indexing services 37 25 11 37 0 9 20 8 7 14 9 2 1 3 0 0 26 10
12.5 16.3 8.1 12.5 0 7 17.4 15.6 14.3 23.3 9.3 7.4 5.2 8.8 6.3 0 13.9 10
E JL
  Internet searches 28 10 17 28 0 11 12 5 4 5 15 1 1 2 0 0 16 12
9.5 6.7 12.8 9.5 0 8.4 10.6 10 7.1 8.3 14.8 3.7 6.9 5.9 6.3 0 8.5 11.5
  Online reference service 6 5 2 6 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1
2.2 3 1.3 2.2 0 1.7 2.1 3.8 7.1 1.7 0 0 5.2 2.9 6.3 0 2.9 1
J J
  Department web page 6 4 2 6 0 1 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2
2 2.4 1.5 2 0 0.8 1.7 5.8 0 3.3 1.9 0 0 5.9 0 0 2 1.8
  Your own personal electronic library/files 4 4 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1.3 2.5 0 1.3 0 0.7 0.9 4.1 1.8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 0
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.8 0 0.4 0 0 0 2.6 0 1.7 0 0 1.7 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 124 88 35 124 0 47 48 29 20 32 32 18 7 13 1 0 93 30
42.3 56.5 26 42.3 0 36.1 42.2 58.9 41.1 53.3 31.5 59.3 43.1 41.2 43.7 0 49.4 29.3
B E J Q
  Campus library 101 69 32 101 0 32 46 23 16 26 26 15 7 10 1 0 78 23
34.5 44.4 23.2 34.5 0 24.9 40.3 46.4 32.1 43.3 25.9 48.1 43.1 32.4 25 0 41.1 22.5
B E E J Q
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 18 17 1 18 0 8 7 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 0 0 15 3
6.1 10.8 0.6 6.1 0 6.2 6 6 3.6 6.7 3.7 11.1 6.9 11.8 0 0 7.7 3.1
B
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  17 16 1 17 0 7 5 6 5 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 16 1
magazines and journals 5.9 10.2 0.9 5.9 0 5 4.4 11.7 10.7 6.7 5.6 0 1.7 5.9 6.3 0 8.6 1
B Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 14 7 7 14 0 5 5 4 2 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 9 6
4.9 4.6 5.3 4.9 0 3.7 4.8 8.4 3.6 10 3.7 3.7 3.4 2.9 6.3 0 4.6 5.4
  Another library 14 8 6 14 0 3 6 5 2 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 8 6
4.8 4.9 4.6 4.8 0 2.3 5.5 9.7 3.6 8.3 3.7 7.4 1.7 2.9 0 0 4.3 5.6
E
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 12 9 3 12 0 8 1 3 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
4.1 5.8 2.2 4.1 0 6.2 0.9 5.9 5.4 5 5.6 0 1.7 0 12.5 0 4.8 2.8
  Physical bookstore 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1 1.8 0 1 0 0.8 0 3.8 0 1.7 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.8
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.8 1.4 0 0.8 0 0 1 2.3 0 0 0 7.4 0 0 0 0 0.6 1.1
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 58 42 16 58 0 20 27 11 4 15 15 7 5 12 1 0 45 13
19.9 27.2 11.5 19.9 0 15.7 23.5 22.4 7.1 25 14.8 22.2 29.3 38.2 31.3 0 23.8 12.8
B H HJ HJ
  Colleagues inside your institution 35 24 11 35 0 14 13 8 2 9 13 0 3 7 1 0 27 8
11.9 15.3 8 11.9 0 10.7 11.7 15.6 3.6 15 13 0 17.2 23.5 18.7 0 14.1 7.9
H H H
  A librarian in your institution 33 24 8 33 0 10 17 6 3 8 6 7 3 7 1 0 22 10
11.2 15.6 6.1 11.2 0 7.6 14.6 12.6 5.4 13.3 5.6 22.2 15.5 20.6 18.7 0 11.7 10.1
B HJ HJ
  Colleagues outside your institution 13 11 2 13 0 5 5 4 1 4 6 0 0 3 0 0 11 2
4.6 7.2 1.5 4.6 0 3.6 4.2 7.8 1.8 6.7 5.6 0 0 8.8 0 0 6 1.9
B
  Professional meetings 5 2 3 5 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2
1.8 1.6 2.1 1.8 0 1.9 1.6 2 3.6 5 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 1.8 1.8
J
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0.9
E-journals 6 4 2 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
2 2.4 1.6 2 0 2.9 0.3 3.8 0 0 5.6 0 1.7 0 0 0 2 2.1
Online (unspecified) 5 4 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1.6 2.9 0.2 1.6 0 0.7 0.9 5.9 0 3.3 1.9 0 5.2 0 0 0 2.4 0.3
H
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 35 23 12 35 0 17 9 8 4 10 11 6 1 3 0 0 26 9
11.9 14.5 8.8 11.9 0 13.4 8.3 16.1 7.1 16.7 11.1 18.5 8.6 8.8 0 0 13.8 8.3
DK/Refused 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
None/No preferences 15 2 13 15 0 13 1 1 3 2 8 0 1 2 0 0 5 9
5 1.2 9.3 5 0 9.8 0.8 2 5.4 3.3 7.4 0 3.4 5.9 0 0 2.8 9
A F P

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