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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 13: Tables 549-580
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 558

Q13B_5. And, in thinking of how well your current sources are meeting your
        needs on this feature (Update frequency), would you rate them as:
        Excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?
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 - Total 1391 426 427 853 537 546 375 469 190 242 404 251 55 191 15* 43* 791 600
Top 2 Box 580 164 199 362 217 232 167 181 91 97 160 94 21 88 10 19 338 242
41.7 38.4 46.5 42.4 40.5 42.6 44.4 38.4 47.7 40.1 39.5 37.5 38.1 46.3 65.9 44.2 42.7 40.3
A K HIJKLM
  5 - Excellent 133 38 48 86 46 65 39 29 17 19 41 20 3 24 4 4 78 54
9.5 9 11.2 10.1 8.6 11.8 10.4 6.2 8.8 7.9 10.2 8 5.3 12.7 28.4 9.3 9.9 9
G G L HIJKLM
  4 - Very Good 447 125 151 276 171 168 128 152 74 78 118 74 18 64 6 15 259 188
32.1 29.4 35.2 32.3 31.9 30.7 34 32.3 38.9 32.2 29.3 29.5 32.8 33.7 37.5 34.9 32.8 31.3
JK
3 - Good 585 187 171 358 228 222 152 211 74 114 171 109 26 69 4 19 325 260
42.1 43.8 40 41.9 42.4 40.7 40.6 44.9 38.9 47.1 42.3 43.3 46.6 36.1 29.5 44.2 41.1 43.4
MN N N MN
Bottom 2 Box 186 51 51 102 84 74 49 63 18 26 62 38 7 29 0 5 101 85
13.4 11.9 12 12 15.6 13.6 13.1 13.3 9.7 10.7 15.3 15.2 13.2 15.1 2.3 11.6 12.7 14.2
N N N N N N
  2 - Fair 161 37 46 83 78 63 42 56 16 22 58 30 6 24 0 5 85 77
11.6 8.7 10.7 9.7 14.6 11.6 11.2 11.9 8.3 9.1 14.4 12.1 10.1 12.7 2.3 11.6 10.7 12.8
AC N N N N
  1 - Poor 25 14 5 19 6 11 7 7 3 4 4 8 2 5 0 0 16 9
1.8 3.2 1.2 2.2 1.1 2 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.7 0.9 3.1 3.2 2.4 0 0 2 1.5
D J
DK/Refused 40 25 6 32 8 17 7 16 7 5 11 10 1 5 0 0 27 12
2.8 5.9 1.5 3.7 1.5 3.1 1.9 3.3 3.7 2.1 2.8 4 2.1 2.4 2.3 0 3.4 2.1
BD D
Mean 3.37 3.34 3.45 3.4 3.33 3.4 3.41 3.31 3.47 3.36 3.34 3.28 3.28 3.43 3.94 3.42 3.39 3.34
KL HIJKLM

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