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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question11: Tables 521-545
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 545

Q11E. How many additional course readings, beyond what your instructors make
      available, do you need to access to meet the requirements of your classes?
      Would you say you have to independently find:
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 - Students 1165 0** 526 526 639 532 273 360 143 160 389 226 48 138 12* 50* 552 614
NET ALL/MOST 158 0 92 92 66 93 44 21 26 16 58 28 8 15 2 6 72 86
13.6 0 17.6 17.6 10.3 17.6 16.3 5.7 17.9 10 15 12.4 16.4 10.8 15.7 12 13.1 14
D D G G I
  All of the course readings 34 0 15 15 20 19 5 10 9 5 9 7 2 2 1 0 14 20
2.9 0 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.6 1.8 2.8 6.2 3.1 2.4 3 4.2 1.4 4.3 0 2.6 3.3
JM
  Most of the course readings 124 0 78 78 46 74 40 11 17 11 49 21 6 13 1 6 58 66
10.6 0 14.8 14.8 7.3 13.9 14.5 2.9 11.7 6.9 12.6 9.4 12.1 9.5 11.4 12 10.6 10.7
D D G G
Some of the course readings 644 0 288 288 356 281 162 202 74 85 227 123 25 76 5 28 316 328
55.3 0 54.7 54.7 55.7 52.8 59.2 56 51.9 53.1 58.5 54.5 52.1 55.4 45.7 56 57.3 53.5
None of the course readings,
 it is all there for them 351 0 134 134 217 149 64 138 42 56 100 71 15 47 5 16 156 195
30.1 0 25.4 25.4 33.9 28 23.4 38.3 29.6 35 25.6 31.2 31.5 33.8 38.6 32 28.3 31.7
BC EF J J
DK/Refused 12 0 12 12 0 9 3 0 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 5
1 0 2.3 2.3 0 1.7 1.2 0 0.6 1.9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 0.8
D D G

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