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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 5: Tables 57-60
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 57
Q5a. What categories of information do you regularly use and rely on to assist you with your job/coursework responsibilities?
Do you use...?
Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts and 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 - Total Respondents 3234 930 1056 1986 1248 1336 872 1026 465 511 993 600 125 406 32 102 1823 1411
Reference Information 2848 870 924 1794 1054 1144 799 905 415 455 891 536 104 329 31 86 1609 1239
88.1 93.5 87.5 90.3 84.5 85.6 91.6 88.2 89.4 89 89.8 89.4 83.5 81 94.2 84.3 88.2 87.8
BD D EG LM LM LM LM ILM
  Scientific and technical information 2108 713 736 1449 659 877 599 633 421 472 607 223 113 219 10 44 1264 844
65.2 76.7 69.7 72.9 52.8 65.6 68.7 61.6 90.5 92.4 61.2 37.1 90.9 53.8 29.3 43.1 69.4 59.8
BD D D G JKMN JKMN KMN JKMN KN Q
News 2051 674 495 1170 881 673 555 822 249 257 673 393 61 312 24 81 1183 868
63.4 72.5 46.9 58.9 70.6 50.4 63.7 80.1 53.6 50.3 67.8 65.5 49.3 76.9 72.8 79.4 64.9 61.5
B BC E EF HIL HIL HIJKL HIL
Social science information 1992 567 570 1137 854 733 536 722 183 155 846 429 29 256 23 71 1056 936
61.6 61 54 57.3 68.4 54.9 61.5 70.3 39.4 30.3 85.2 71.5 23.3 62.9 70.2 69.6 57.9 66.3
B ABC E EF IL L HIKLMN HILM HIL HIL P
Humanities Information 1740 440 480 920 820 615 451 674 157 138 675 506 23 148 17 76 875 864
53.8 47.3 45.5 46.3 65.7 46 51.8 65.6 33.7 27 68 84.3 18.1 36.4 53.4 74.5 48 61.2
ABC E EF IL L HILMN HIJLMN IL HILM P
General interest and
  consumer information 1371 434 307 740 631 449 343 579 121 165 419 279 42 269 11 65 811 560
42.4 46.6 29 37.3 50.5 33.6 39.3 56.5 26.1 32.3 42.2 46.5 33.5 66.1 34 63.7 44.5 39.7
B BC E EF H HILN HILN H HIJKLN H Q
Business Information 1032 341 309 650 382 404 320 309 64 78 306 136 30 380 17 20 649 383
31.9 36.7 29.2 32.7 30.6 30.2 36.7 30.1 13.8 15.3 30.9 22.6 24.4 93.6 53.4 19.6 35.6 27.2
BD EG HIKL HI HI HIJKLN HIJKL Q
Legal Data 926 274 293 567 359 377 266 283 84 63 399 134 23 174 31 18 518 409
28.6 29.5 27.7 28.6 28.8 28.2 30.5 27.6 18 12.3 40.2 22.4 18.8 42.8 96.3 17.6 28.4 28.9
I HIKL I I HIKL HIJKLM
Medical Information 869 250 303 553 316 351 256 263 303 141 273 75 25 32 6 15 425 444
26.9 26.9 28.7 27.8 25.3 26.2 29.3 25.6 65.2 27.6 27.5 12.5 20.2 7.8 18.8 14.7 23.3 31.5
IJKLMN KLMN KLMN M KM KM P
None 13 2 7 9 4 6 6 1 2 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 9
0.4 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0 0 1 0.2 0.6
JM
Don't Know 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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