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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 340
S7b_4.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         e-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 e-journals for coursework 360 0** 165 165 195 166 86* 108* 53* 45* 133* 60* 12* 42* 2** 12* 153 207
ONLINE 317 0 148 148 169 144 80 93 47 39 122 52 9 37 2 10 133 184
88.1 0 89.8 89.8 86.7 87 92.5 86.3 88.3 86.7 91.5 85.2 69.8 88.9 100 83.3 87 88.9
L L L L
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 82 0 39 39 43 37 17 28 15 8 26 18 2 9 0 3 35 47
22.7 0 23.3 23.3 22.1 22.3 19.4 25.8 28.3 17.8 19.7 29.6 16.3 22.2 0 25 22.7 22.6
  Your own institution's web site 81 0 39 39 42 29 21 31 6 12 38 18 2 4 0 1 26 55
22.5 0 23.6 23.6 21.6 17.3 24.4 29.1 11.7 26.7 28.2 29.6 18.6 8.9 20 8.3 16.8 26.7
E M HM HM
  Search engine 76 0 25 25 51 25 26 25 10 9 15 17 3 17 1 5 34 41
21 0 15 15 26.2 14.9 30.5 22.8 18.3 20 11.3 27.8 23.3 40 30 41.7 22.5 20
BC E J HIJ
  Online databases 69 0 35 35 34 29 17 23 6 7 43 8 1 3 0 1 35 34
19.2 0 21.1 21.1 17.5 17.6 19.7 21.2 11.7 15.6 32.4 13 4.7 6.7 20 8.3 23.2 16.2
HKLM
  Internet searches 41 0 16 16 25 24 10 7 4 5 19 8 1 4 0 0 14 27
11.3 0 9.6 9.6 12.7 14.5 11.2 6.4 8.3 11.1 14.1 13 7 8.9 0 0 8.9 13.1
  Web directory/subject related web site 25 0 13 13 13 11 8 7 5 3 4 2 1 8 1 1 12 14
7 0 7.6 7.6 6.5 6.4 8.9 6.5 10 6.7 2.8 3.7 9.3 20 30 8.3 7.6 6.6
JK
  Online abstracting and indexing services 11 0 7 7 4 7 3 1 1 2 6 0 1 2 0 0 7 4
3 0 4.3 4.3 2 4 3.9 0.9 1.7 4.4 4.2 0 4.7 4.4 0 0 4.7 1.8
K
  Department web page 11 0 6 6 5 7 1 3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 7
3 0 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.9 1.2 3 8.3 2.2 2.8 1.9 2.3 0 10 0 2.5 3.3
M
  Online reference service 7 0 4 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 3 4
1.9 0 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.8 3.3 0.9 1.7 2.2 1.4 0 2.3 4.4 0 8.3 2.1 1.8
  Your own personal electronic library/files 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1.2 0 2.5 2.5 0 2.5 0 0 1.7 0 1.4 1.9 2.3 0 0 0 2.5 0.1
  E-mail listservs 4 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
1 0 1.7 1.7 0.5 2.2 0 0 1.7 0 1.4 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 1.8
  Online bookstore 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0 1.1 1.1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 72 0 27 27 46 25 19 28 10 9 17 17 4 10 1 5 39 34
20.1 0 16.2 16.2 23.5 15 22.5 26.1 18.3 20 12.7 27.8 34.9 24.4 30 41.7 25.4 16.3
J HJ
  A librarian in your institution 46 0 11 11 36 17 6 23 4 4 15 11 1 6 1 4 24 22
12.8 0 6.5 6.5 18.2 10 7.5 21.4 8.3 8.9 11.3 18.5 11.6 13.3 30 33.3 15.7 10.8
BC EF
  Faculty members inside your institution 38 0 17 17 21 14 12 12 7 4 6 10 3 6 0 3 22 16
10.5 0 10.4 10.4 10.7 8.4 13.8 11.2 13.3 8.9 4.2 16.7 20.9 13.3 0 25 14.2 7.9
J J J
  Other students inside your institution 15 0 6 6 9 5 4 5 2 2 4 3 1 3 0 0 8 7
4.1 0 3.6 3.6 4.6 3.1 5.2 4.8 3.3 4.4 2.8 5.6 9.3 6.7 0 0 5.3 3.2
  Faculty members outside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0 1.2 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
  Other students outside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0.6 0
  Another institution's librarian 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
  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 49 0 25 25 24 21 11 17 4 3 21 13 1 5 1 2 23 26
13.6 0 15.1 15.1 12.3 12.9 12.4 15.6 6.7 6.7 15.5 22.2 9.3 11.1 30 16.7 15.1 12.5
HI
  Campus library 39 0 19 19 20 16 10 13 3 3 17 10 1 3 0 2 21 18
10.8 0 11.8 11.8 10 9.6 11.3 12.3 5 6.7 12.7 16.7 9.3 6.7 20 16.7 13.5 8.8
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
1.1 0 1.7 1.7 0.6 1.1 1.1 1 0 0 1.4 1.9 0 2.2 0 0 1.3 0.9
  Another library 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
0.8 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 2.8 0 0 1.4 1.9 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.8 0 1.8 1.8 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 1.4 1.9 0 0 0 0 0.7 0.9
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
 magazines and journals 0.8 0 1.8 1.8 0 1.2 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 4.4 0 0 1.3 0.4
J
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
0.8 0 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.9 0 4.4 0 0 0.6 1
J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0 0.2 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.1 0.4
  Physical bookstore 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
E-journals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Online (unspecified) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Other 12 0 7 7 5 6 3 3 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 7
3.3 0 4.2 4.2 2.5 3.6 3.3 2.8 1.7 6.7 4.2 1.9 2.3 2.2 0 0 3.3 3.3
DK/Refused 5 0 2 2 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
1.5 0 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.9 0.3 1.9 0 6.7 0 1.9 2.3 0 0 8.3 0.7 2.1
J 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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