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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 621

Q25_9. 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 Being able to compare across information alternatives, e.g. library vs. web sites?  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 11 6 2 8 3 6 2 3 1 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 10
1.1 2.1 0.6 1.2 0.7 1.3 0.7 1 0.5 0 1.6 1.7 3.8 0 0 0 0.2 2
HIM P
Base - Total Responding 1065 290 368 657 407 430 299 335 161 149 352 194 37 125 12* 36* 591 474
Major Problem 87 28 32 60 27 28 26 33 14 12 26 13 3 17 0 1 62 25
8.2 9.5 8.7 9.1 6.7 6.5 8.6 10 8.7 8.1 7.5 6.9 8.7 13.4 2.8 2.8 10.4 5.4
N Q
Minor Problem 420 109 139 248 171 169 114 137 70 55 130 75 15 56 4 16 226 194
39.4 37.6 37.9 37.8 42.1 39.3 38 40.8 43.2 36.9 36.9 38.7 41.3 44.8 29.2 44.4 38.3 40.9
N N
Not a Problem 558 153 196 349 208 233 160 165 77 82 196 105 18 52 8 19 303 255
52.4 52.8 53.4 53.2 51.2 54.2 53.4 49.2 48.1 55 55.6 54.3 50 41.8 68.1 52.8 51.3 53.8
M M M HLM

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