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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 326
S7b_2.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Print or hardcopy journals?
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 journals for coursework 596 0** 318 318 279 294 132 170 86* 79* 209 110* 22* 60* 9* 21* 279 317
ONLINE 438 0 239 239 199 203 106 129 64 59 154 77 15 47 6 15 195 243
73.4 0 75.3 75.3 71.3 69 80.3 75.8 74.5 74.7 73.9 70.4 66.2 78.5 68.6 71.4 69.8 76.7
E
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 124 0 64 64 59 57 25 42 19 8 55 22 3 11 1 4 54 69
20.8 0 20.3 20.3 21.3 19.3 19 24.5 22.4 10.1 26.1 20.4 13 18.5 15.7 19 19.4 21.9
I IL
  Your own institution's web site 109 0 51 51 58 42 26 42 16 16 28 29 2 9 1 7 44 65
18.3 0 16 16 20.9 14.1 19.4 24.6 18.4 20.3 13.5 26.5 10.4 15.4 13.7 33.3 15.7 20.5
E JL
  Online databases 94 0 58 58 36 32 36 25 16 12 32 19 2 9 3 1 38 55
15.7 0 18.2 18.2 12.9 11 27.4 15 18.4 15.2 15.3 17.3 9.1 15.4 31.4 4.8 13.8 17.5
EG IJKLM
  Search engine 78 0 37 37 41 25 20 33 10 11 21 17 4 12 1 3 46 32
13 0 11.7 11.7 14.5 8.4 15.4 19.3 11.2 13.9 9.9 15.3 16.9 20 7.8 14.3 16.5 9.9
E E Q
  Internet searches 54 0 24 24 30 35 8 10 8 9 17 9 2 7 1 1 26 27
9 0 7.6 7.6 10.6 12 6.1 6.1 9.2 11.4 8.1 8.2 9.1 12.3 5.9 4.8 9.5 8.6
  Web directory/subject related web site 45 0 24 24 21 18 15 12 9 5 15 6 2 7 1 1 21 24
7.5 0 7.5 7.5 7.6 6 11.2 7.3 10.2 6.3 7.2 5.1 9.1 10.8 11.8 4.8 7.5 7.6
  Department web page 20 0 10 10 10 11 2 7 5 3 6 2 2 1 0 1 10 10
3.4 0 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.9 1.4 4 6.1 3.8 2.7 2 9.1 1.5 0 4.8 3.8 3
JKMN
  Online abstracting and indexing services 17 0 10 10 7 6 9 2 3 3 6 4 0 1 0 0 7 10
2.9 0 3.2 3.2 2.5 2 7 1.2 3.1 3.8 2.7 4.1 1.3 1.5 3.9 0 2.6 3.1
EG
  Online reference service 11 0 6 6 5 7 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 7 4
1.8 0 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.2 1.5 1.2 2 1.3 1.8 0 0 3.1 2 9.5 2.4 1.2
K
  Your own personal electronic library/files 6 0 4 4 2 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 5 1
1.1 0 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.8 0 0.6 0 2.5 0.9 0 2.6 1.5 0 4.8 1.9 0.3
HK
  Online bookstore 5 0 5 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2
0.8 0 1.6 1.6 0 1 1.6 0 0 0 0.9 2 0 1.5 0 0 1.1 0.6
  E-mail listservs 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 193 0 81 81 112 84 41 68 23 22 58 43 9 23 2 13 95 98
32.4 0 25.4 25.4 40.3 28.5 31.3 39.8 26.5 27.8 27.9 38.8 39 38.5 25.5 61.9 33.9 31
BC E
  A librarian in your institution 135 0 37 37 98 54 22 58 18 10 45 30 2 20 1 9 61 74
22.6 0 11.5 11.5 35.2 18.5 16.8 34.2 20.4 12.7 21.6 27.6 9.1 32.3 11.8 42.9 21.7 23.4
BC EF L ILN ILN
  Faculty members inside your institution 99 0 52 52 47 40 27 32 12 14 23 25 7 11 2 6 45 54
16.7 0 16.5 16.5 16.9 13.8 20.3 19 14.3 17.7 10.8 22.4 32.5 18.5 17.6 28.6 16.2 17.1
J HIJM
  Other students inside your institution 28 0 21 21 7 10 11 7 2 6 8 4 1 5 0 2 13 15
4.7 0 6.5 6.5 2.7 3.4 8.3 4.2 2 7.6 3.6 4.1 6.5 7.7 2 9.5 4.7 4.7
E
  Faculty members outside your institution 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
0.7 0 1.3 1.3 0 1 0.8 0 0 0 0.9 2 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.9
  Other students outside your institution 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
  Another institution's librarian 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0
  Professional meetings 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 174 0 98 98 76 70 50 53 20 23 60 41 8 14 3 4 95 79
29.1 0 30.8 30.8 27.1 23.8 38.1 31.4 23.5 29.1 28.8 37.8 33.8 23.1 37.3 19 33.9 24.9
E H Q
  Campus library 152 0 85 85 67 63 41 49 18 22 51 38 7 10 2 4 84 68
25.5 0 26.8 26.8 24.1 21.3 31.1 28.6 20.4 27.8 24.3 34.7 32.5 16.9 27.5 19 30.1 21.5
E HM M Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 12 0 10 10 2 5 7 0 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 10
2 0 3.1 3.1 0.7 1.7 5.1 0 1 1.3 3.6 2 0 0 0 0 0.8 3
G
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 8 0 8 8 0 2 5 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 0
1.3 0 2.4 2.4 0 0.7 4.1 0 1 1.3 0.9 3.1 1.3 0 2 0 2.7 0
D D EG M Q
  Physical bookstore 6 0 5 5 1 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
1.1 0 1.6 1.6 0.4 1.8 0.8 0 1 1.3 0.9 1 1.3 1.5 2 0 1.6 0.6
  Another library 5 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 4
0.9 0 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.5 1.4 1.2 0 0 0.9 2 1.3 0 0 4.8 0.5 1.3
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 5 0 1 1 4 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 2
0.9 0 0.4 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 2.2 1 0 1.8 0 0 0 5.9 0 1.1 0.6
HIKLM
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
0.6 0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 2 0 1 0.3
J IJK
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.2 0 0.3 0.3 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 2 0 0.4 0
HIJK
E-journals 7 0 6 6 1 6 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
1.1 0 1.8 1.8 0.4 1.9 0 0.7 1 1.3 1.8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
P
Online (unspecified) 4 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
0.7 0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0 0 0.9 1 0 1.5 3.9 0 0.4 1
HIL
Other 24 0 16 16 8 12 6 5 4 4 8 3 0 4 0 1 11 13
4 0 4.9 4.9 2.9 4.2 4.5 3.1 4.1 5.1 3.6 3.1 1.3 6.2 2 4.8 3.9 4
DK/Refused 5 0 3 3 2 5 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
0.8 0 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.6 0 0 3.1 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.8 0.8
J
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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