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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 618

Q25_6. 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 Accessing information once you find what you want?  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 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.2 0.7 0 0.3 0 0.3 0.3 0 0.5 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.2
Base - Total Responding 1074 294 370 664 410 435 301 338 161 149 357 196 38 125 12* 36* 591 483
Major Problem 100 28 47 74 25 48 32 19 18 10 34 16 3 16 1 3 39 61
9.3 9.4 12.6 11.2 6.2 11.1 10.6 5.7 10.9 6.7 9.5 8 8.4 12.7 4.2 8.3 6.5 12.6
D D G G P
Minor Problem 458 142 154 296 163 181 133 144 76 63 154 86 16 46 2 15 250 209
42.7 48.2 41.7 44.5 39.6 41.6 44.1 42.7 47 42.3 43.2 44 42.7 36.6 19.4 41.7 42.2 43.2
D N N N N N N
Not a Problem 516 125 169 294 222 206 136 174 68 76 169 94 19 63 9 18 303 213
48.1 42.4 45.7 44.3 54.2 47.3 45.3 51.6 42.1 51 47.4 48 48.9 50.7 76.4 50 51.2 44.2
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