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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 570

Q13B_11. And, in thinking of how well your current sources are meeting your
        needs on this feature (Search options), 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 596 169 190 359 236 240 169 186 89 95 160 109 23 89 8 23 328 267
42.8 39.6 44.6 42.1 44 44 45.2 39.6 46.8 39.3 39.5 43.3 42.9 46.8 51.1 53.5 41.5 44.6
  5 - Excellent 152 29 50 79 73 63 42 47 18 20 55 22 3 22 4 8 89 63
10.9 6.9 11.7 9.3 13.5 11.5 11.1 10 9.3 8.3 13.5 8.9 6.3 11.7 23.9 18.6 11.2 10.6
A AC L HIJKLM
  4 - Very Good 444 140 140 280 164 177 128 139 71 75 105 86 20 67 4 15 240 204
31.9 32.8 32.9 32.8 30.5 32.5 34 29.6 37.5 31 26 34.4 36.5 35.1 27.3 34.9 30.3 34
J J J
3 - Good 595 183 172 355 240 217 150 229 84 113 179 102 23 71 6 18 338 257
42.8 43 40.3 41.7 44.6 39.7 39.9 48.7 44 46.7 44.2 40.6 42.9 37.1 38.6 41.9 42.7 42.9
EF M
Bottom 2 Box 183 61 64 125 58 84 50 48 15 31 60 36 8 30 1 2 114 69
13.1 14.3 14.9 14.6 10.8 15.4 13.4 10.3 7.9 12.8 14.9 14.3 14.3 15.6 8 4.7 14.4 11.5
G H H H H
  2 - Fair 167 51 59 110 57 78 43 46 13 25 58 34 6 28 1 2 101 66
12 12.1 13.7 12.9 10.6 14.3 11.4 9.8 6.9 10.3 14.4 13.4 11.1 14.6 5.7 4.7 12.8 11
HN H HN
  1 - Poor 16 9 5 15 1 6 8 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 0 0 13 3
1.1 2.2 1.2 1.7 0.2 1.1 2.1 0.5 0.9 2.5 0.5 0.9 3.2 1 2.3 0 1.6 0.5
D D G JK
DK/Refused 17 13 1 14 3 5 6 6 3 3 6 4 0 1 0 0 11 6
1.2 3.1 0.2 1.7 0.5 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.8 0 0.5 2.3 0 1.4 1
BD L
Mean 3.4 3.31 3.4 3.36 3.47 3.39 3.41 3.39 3.48 3.33 3.38 3.38 3.32 3.42 3.66 3.67 3.37 3.44
AC L IJKLM

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