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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7S: Tables 318-436. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 319
S7b_1.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Print or hardcopy books?
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 - Use Print or hardcopy books for coursework 780 0** 376 376 404 369 192 219 95 134 237 140 34 89* 12* 39* 382 398
ONLINE 551 0 260 260 291 256 133 162 71 92 177 92 19 64 6 30 245 306
70.7 0 69.2 69.2 72.1 69.5 69.3 73.9 75 68.7 74.6 65.6 56.9 71.9 52.1 76.9 64.2 76.9
LN N LN LN P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 167 0 83 83 84 75 44 48 18 20 62 36 5 16 2 9 72 95
21.4 0 22.1 22.1 20.7 20.3 22.8 21.9 18.5 14.9 26.2 25.6 14.7 17.7 12.7 23.1 18.7 23.9
ILN ILN
  Your own institution's web site 130 0 53 53 77 61 23 45 15 25 36 27 3 13 1 10 57 73
16.7 0 14.2 14.2 19 16.6 12.2 20.7 15.7 18.7 15.1 19.2 9.5 14.6 9.9 25.6 14.9 18.4
F L
  Search engine 127 0 36 36 91 38 33 56 17 27 28 25 4 19 1 7 57 70
16.3 0 9.5 9.5 22.6 10.3 17 25.8 17.6 20.1 11.9 17.6 11.2 20.8 9.9 17.9 15 17.5
BC E E
  Online databases 86 0 46 46 40 29 32 25 12 15 34 12 1 7 2 3 43 44
11.1 0 12.4 12.4 9.9 7.9 16.7 11.5 13 11.2 14.3 8.8 4.3 7.3 15.5 7.7 11.2 11
E L L L
  Internet searches 52 0 25 25 27 35 5 12 12 10 13 7 4 5 0 1 24 27
6.6 0 6.6 6.6 6.6 9.4 2.8 5.2 13 7.5 5.6 4.8 11.2 5.2 0 2.6 6.4 6.9
F JKN N KN
  Web directory/subject related web site 39 0 21 21 18 20 8 12 4 7 13 3 2 7 1 3 19 20
5 0 5.7 5.7 4.4 5.3 4.2 5.2 3.7 5.2 5.6 2.4 5.2 7.3 7 7.7 5 5
  Department web page 24 0 13 13 11 13 7 4 4 5 8 1 2 5 0 0 10 14
3.1 0 3.5 3.5 2.7 3.6 3.6 1.9 4.6 3.7 3.2 0.8 5.2 5.2 0 0 2.6 3.6
K K
  Online bookstore 22 0 17 17 5 11 8 3 5 4 6 1 0 6 0 0 7 15
2.9 0 4.6 4.6 1.2 3.1 4 1.4 5.6 3 2.4 0.8 0.9 6.2 2.8 0 1.8 3.9
D D K K
  Online reference service 17 0 10 10 7 11 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 5 1 0 2 15
2.2 0 2.6 2.6 1.8 2.9 2 1.1 1.9 2.2 1.6 1.6 3.4 5.2 4.2 0 0.6 3.7
P
  Online abstracting and indexing services 16 0 9 9 7 5 9 2 2 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 9 7
2.1 0 2.4 2.4 1.7 1.3 4.9 0.9 1.9 3.7 2.4 2.4 0.9 0 0 0 2.4 1.8
EG
  Your own personal electronic library/files 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
0.5 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 1 0.9 0.9 0 0.8 0 0.9 0 0 2.6 0.1 0.9
  E-mail listservs 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 0.3 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 262 0 119 119 143 116 61 84 34 52 56 55 13 33 5 14 137 125
33.6 0 31.7 31.7 35.4 31.6 32 38.5 36.1 38.8 23.8 39.2 38.8 36.5 42.3 35.9 35.9 31.4
J J J J J J
  Faculty members inside your institution 154 0 80 80 75 76 39 40 18 40 30 27 9 21 2 6 84 70
19.8 0 21.2 21.2 18.5 20.6 20.3 18 19.4 29.9 12.7 19.2 27.6 24 18.3 15.4 22 17.7
JK J J
  A librarian in your institution 145 0 46 46 99 48 29 67 20 19 34 37 4 15 4 12 66 79
18.6 0 12.2 12.2 24.5 13.1 15.2 30.6 21.3 14.2 14.3 26.4 12.1 16.7 31 30.8 17.3 19.7
BC EF IJL IJLM
  Other students inside your institution 35 0 18 18 17 15 11 9 4 9 9 6 1 5 0 1 23 11
4.5 0 4.7 4.7 4.2 4 5.7 4.2 3.7 6.7 4 4 4.3 5.2 1.4 2.6 6.1 2.9
Q
  Faculty members outside your institution 11 0 4 4 7 4 4 3 1 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 7 4
1.4 0 1.1 1.1 1.7 1.1 2.1 1.4 0.9 3.7 0.8 2.4 0 0 0 0 1.8 1
  Another institution's librarian 6 0 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4
0.8 0 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.5 0 2.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0 0 0 0.6 1
  Other students outside your institution 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.3 0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0.9 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
  Professional meetings 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0.9 0 0 0 0.4 0
J
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 246 0 117 117 129 113 58 75 27 50 70 58 10 17 5 9 119 127
31.5 0 31 31 32 30.5 30.1 34.3 28.7 37.3 29.4 41.6 29.3 18.7 40.8 23.1 31.1 31.9
M HJM M
  Campus library 213 0 100 100 113 92 50 70 21 45 62 54 7 12 3 8 102 111
27.3 0 26.6 26.6 27.9 25 26.1 32.1 22.2 33.6 26.2 38.4 21.6 13.5 28.2 20.5 26.6 27.9
LM M HJLM M
  Physical bookstore 29 0 18 18 12 10 11 8 5 4 8 4 3 4 1 1 16 13
3.8 0 4.7 4.7 2.9 2.8 5.8 3.6 5.6 3 3.2 3.2 7.8 4.2 7 2.6 4.2 3.4
  Another library 10 0 1 1 9 6 0 4 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 6
1.3 0 0.4 0.4 2.2 1.6 0.1 1.9 0.9 1.5 1.6 2.4 0 0 2.8 0 1 1.6
BC LM
  References cited in books or journal articles 10 0 4 4 7 7 0 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 8 2
1.3 0 0.9 0.9 1.6 1.8 0.1 1.5 1.9 0.7 0.8 2.4 1.7 0 4.2 2.6 2.1 0.5
IJM
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 9 0 2 2 7 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 6
1.1 0 0.5 0.5 1.7 1.3 0.6 1.4 1.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.7 2.1 5.6 0 0.8 1.5
IJK
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 7 0 5 5 2 4 2 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
0.9 0 1.3 1.3 0.5 1.1 1 0.5 2.8 2.2 0 0.8 0.9 0 0 0 0.6 1.2
J J J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.3 0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.7 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0.5 0
JKM
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
magazines and journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Online (unspecified) 7 0 3 3 4 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 3
0.9 0 0.7 0.7 1 1.4 0.8 0 0.9 0 1.6 0 3.4 1 0 0 1 0.8
IK
E-journals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0.3 0
Other 27 0 16 16 11 17 6 4 4 3 8 6 1 3 1 2 10 17
3.4 0 4.3 4.3 2.6 4.5 3 2 3.7 2.2 3.2 4 4.3 3.1 8.5 5.1 2.5 4.3
I
DK/Refused 10 0 4 4 5 3 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 4 5
1.2 0 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.6 1.4 0 1.5 0 1.6 1.7 4.2 0 2.6 1.1 1.3
J HJ
None/No preference 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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