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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 12: Tables 546-548
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 547

Q12B. Of those you mentioned, what three are most important to 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 - Get resources from at 
least one place 1642 477 526 1003 639 678 442 523 226 274 493 305 65 215 15* 50* 926 716
Your own institution's physical academic
 library and all its resources 539 147 167 314 225 217 138 185 70 92 180 114 19 48 4 11 320 219
32.8 30.9 31.7 31.3 35.2 32 31.2 35.3 31.1 33.6 36.6 37.5 29.1 22.5 26.4 22 34.6 30.6
M M M M
Open Internet 471 102 126 228 243 177 118 176 57 74 132 88 15 81 5 19 245 226
28.7 21.4 23.9 22.7 38 26.2 26.7 33.6 25.3 27 26.7 29 22.9 37.7 33 38 26.5 31.5
ABC EF HIJKL P
Personal library/files, including personal
 journal subscriptions 469 267 130 397 72 171 159 139 66 82 145 91 17 57 5 7 312 157
28.5 55.9 24.7 39.6 11.2 25.3 35.9 26.5 29.2 29.9 29.4 29.8 26 26.4 29.7 14 33.7 21.9
BD D D EG Q
Professional meetings 148 105 36 142 6 50 59 39 22 31 39 27 10 18 1 0 102 45
9 22.1 6.9 14.1 0.9 7.4 13.2 7.5 9.7 11.3 8 8.8 15.2 8.2 4.4 0 11.1 6.3
BD D D EG JKMN Q
Online databases 141 40 68 109 32 55 53 32 33 25 47 17 6 7 4 2 72 69
8.6 8.4 13 10.8 5.1 8.2 12 6.2 14.8 9.1 9.5 5.5 8.5 3.5 24.2 4 7.8 9.6
D AD D G IKLM M M M HIJKLM
Colleagues/peers inside your institution 125 39 58 97 28 51 39 35 15 23 23 41 7 14 2 0 70 55
7.6 8.3 11 9.7 4.3 7.5 8.8 6.7 6.6 8.4 4.6 13.6 11.2 6.5 11 0 7.6 7.7
D D D HJM J J
Your own institution's academic library 
resources on the library web page 121 27 51 78 43 64 28 29 18 24 28 22 6 18 1 4 74 47
7.4 5.6 9.7 7.8 6.7 9.4 6.3 5.5 7.8 8.8 5.7 7.4 8.5 8.2 8.8 8 8 6.6
A G
Department web page 78 9 30 39 39 39 21 18 11 11 24 15 4 9 1 4 47 31
4.8 2 5.6 3.9 6.1 5.8 4.7 3.5 4.7 4 5 4.8 5.8 4.3 3.3 8 5.1 4.3
A A
Instructors/faculty 61 0 0 0 61 11 3 47 8 5 19 16 2 6 0 6 17 44
3.7 0 0 0 9.5 1.6 0.7 9 3.5 1.8 3.8 5.1 3.1 2.6 0 12 1.9 6.1
ABC EF I P
Colleagues/peers outside your institution 55 39 10 49 6 14 21 21 8 15 9 12 3 7 0 0 37 19
3.4 8.3 1.9 4.9 0.9 2 4.7 4 3.5 5.5 1.9 4 4.9 3.5 0 0 4 2.6
BD D E JN JN
Another library 27 11 10 21 6 7 15 5 4 3 11 8 0 1 0 0 14 13
1.6 2.3 1.9 2.1 0.9 1 3.5 0.9 1.6 1.1 2.3 2.6 0.4 0.4 1.1 0 1.5 1.8
EG
Your own institution's web portal 27 3 15 19 8 20 6 0 4 7 8 1 2 5 0 0 16 10
1.6 0.7 2.9 1.9 1.2 3 1.4 0 1.9 2.6 1.5 0.4 2.7 2.2 1.1 0 1.8 1.4
A G G K K
Bookstore 25 3 5 8 17 5 7 12 2 4 8 3 1 4 0 3 12 13
1.5 0.6 1 0.8 2.6 0.8 1.6 2.3 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.8 1.7 2.2 6 1.2 1.9
AC
E-mail listservs 22 15 6 21 1 12 5 5 4 4 4 3 0 6 0 0 12 9
1.3 3.1 1.1 2.1 0.1 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.9 1.5 0.8 1.1 0.4 2.6 1.1 0 1.3 1.3
D D D
Online alerting service 21 5 11 16 5 12 7 2 5 1 6 1 2 6 1 0 11 10
1.3 0.9 2.1 1.6 0.8 1.7 1.6 0.3 2.3 0.4 1.1 0.4 2.7 2.6 3.3 0 1.2 1.4
G IK IK IK IK
Class 9 0 3 3 6 2 2 5 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 5
0.5 0 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.9 0 2.2 0 0.4 0.8
M IJM
Information Types - Unspecified 172 50 41 91 80 58 48 66 17 26 41 38 5 38 1 5 104 68
10.5 10.5 7.8 9.1 12.6 8.5 10.9 12.6 7.4 9.5 8.4 12.5 8.1 17.7 7.7 10 11.2 9.5
BC E HIJLN
Other 149 69 35 104 45 43 49 57 19 25 34 34 5 29 2 1 85 63
9.1 14.5 6.6 10.4 7 6.4 11 10.9 8.6 9.1 6.9 11 7.2 13.4 15.4 2 9.2 8.9
BD D E E JL JL
DK/Refused 26 2 5 7 19 11 4 11 1 6 6 4 1 0 0 8 16 11
1.6 0.4 1 0.7 3 1.6 1 2.1 0.4 2.2 1.1 1.5 1.8 0 1.1 16 1.7 1.5
ABC M M M

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