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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 617

Q25_5. 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 Finding information?  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 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0.7 1.4 0 0.2 0.2
HIJ
Base - Total Responding 1074 296 368 664 410 435 301 338 162 149 357 196 38 124 12* 36* 591 483
Major Problem 81 24 32 56 25 38 22 21 11 12 28 10 6 9 1 5 40 41
7.6 8.1 8.8 8.4 6.2 8.8 7.4 6.1 6.5 8.1 7.9 5.1 15.3 7.5 4.2 13.9 6.8 8.6
HIJKMN
Minor Problem 488 149 165 314 174 187 146 155 84 64 154 90 17 62 4 13 260 228
45.4 50.3 45 47.4 42.3 43 48.5 45.9 52.2 43 43.2 45.7 43.5 50.4 32.4 36.1 44 47.2
N N
Not a Problem 504 123 170 293 211 210 133 162 67 73 175 96 16 52 8 18 291 214
47 41.6 46.3 44.2 51.5 48.2 44.1 48 41.3 49 48.9 49.1 41.2 42.1 63.4 50 49.2 44.3
AC HIJKLM

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