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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 627

Q25_15. 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 Getting information in a timely manner?  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 3 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0 0.7 0.2 0 0 0.7 0.5 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.7
HKM
Base - Total Responding 1073 295 367 662 410 433 301 338 162 148 355 197 37 125 12* 36* 592 481
Major Problem 79 20 27 47 32 32 27 21 11 12 19 18 3 13 1 3 37 42
7.4 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.9 7.3 8.9 6.1 6.5 8.1 5.3 9.1 8.5 10.4 5.6 8.3 6.3 8.7
Minor Problem 412 121 133 253 158 163 108 140 60 59 154 71 14 40 3 11 227 185
38.4 40.9 36.1 38.3 38.5 37.6 36 41.4 37 39.9 43.4 35.8 38.8 32.1 20.8 30.6 38.3 38.4
N N MN N N
Not a Problem 582 154 208 362 220 239 166 178 92 77 182 109 20 72 9 22 328 254
54.2 52.3 56.5 54.7 53.6 55 55.1 52.5 56.5 52 51.3 55.1 52.7 57.5 73.6 61.1 55.4 52.8
HIJKLM

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