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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 25: tables 613-630
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 613

Q25_1. In general, to what extent do you consider the following factors to cause barriers or problems to getting information you need for your [job/studies]?
       What about All information at my institution is not available from different locations within the institution?  Would you say this is a major problem, minor problem or not a problem?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts & 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 - Version 5/6 respondents 1076 296 370 666 410 436 302 338 162 149 357 197 38 125 12* 36* 592 484
Don't Know 10 7 1 8 2 6 1 3 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 6 4
1 2.5 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.4 0.4 0.9 1.6 0.7 0.5 1.7 0 0.7 4.2 0 1 0.9
BD IJLM
Base - Total Responding 1066 289 369 658 408 430 300 335 159 148 355 194 38 124 12* 36* 586 480
Major Problem 72 25 35 59 13 36 24 12 12 4 28 15 5 8 0 0 31 41
6.8 8.6 9.4 9 3.2 8.3 8.2 3.6 7.7 2.7 7.9 7.5 13 6.8 0 0 5.3 8.6
D D D G G IN N N IN
Minor Problem 391 83 139 222 169 167 99 124 67 58 128 59 15 47 3 14 211 180
36.7 28.9 37.6 33.8 41.5 39 33.1 37.1 42 39.2 36 30.6 39.7 38.3 24.6 38.9 36 37.6
A AC KN N N
Not a Problem 602 180 196 376 226 227 176 199 80 86 199 120 18 68 9 22 344 258
56.5 62.5 53.1 57.2 55.3 52.7 58.7 59.2 50.3 58.1 56.1 61.8 47.3 54.9 75.4 61.1 58.7 53.8
B HL HIJLM

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