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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 347
S7b_5.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Magazines?
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 Magazines for coursework 408 0** 125 125 283 183 72* 152 41* 36* 135* 106* 11* 53* 2** 23* 209 199
ONLINE 308 0 102 102 206 134 59 115 33 29 102 77 8 42 1 16 158 150
75.5 0 81.8 81.8 72.7 73.1 81.2 75.6 80.9 80.6 75 72.6 66.7 78.9 80 69.6 75.7 75.2
  Search engine 92 0 20 20 72 25 22 45 8 6 34 18 3 15 0 8 53 39
22.5 0 16 16 25.4 13.5 30.3 29.6 19.1 16.7 25 16.8 25.6 28.1 20 34.8 25.3 19.6
E E
  Your own institution's web site 72 0 24 24 48 31 11 30 5 8 36 13 1 5 0 3 24 47
17.5 0 19.3 19.3 16.8 17 14.8 19.5 12.8 22.2 26.4 12.6 10.3 8.8 20 13 11.7 23.6
KM P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 66 0 24 24 42 24 16 26 9 13 13 16 2 10 0 3 29 37
16.1 0 19.2 19.2 14.8 13 21.9 17.1 21.3 36.1 9.7 14.7 15.4 19.3 10 13 13.7 18.7
JK
  Internet searches 50 0 21 21 29 32 7 11 4 3 15 15 2 9 0 2 27 23
12.2 0 16.9 16.9 10.1 17.5 9.4 7.1 8.5 8.3 11.1 13.7 17.9 17.5 10 8.7 12.9 11.4
G
  Online databases 49 0 22 22 26 24 7 17 5 4 11 18 1 8 0 1 28 21
11.9 0 18 18 9.2 13.1 10 11.4 12.8 11.1 8.3 16.8 5.1 15.8 10 4.3 13.4 10.3
D D
  Web directory/subject related web site 34 0 9 9 25 15 4 15 5 2 11 7 1 5 1 3 22 12
8.3 0 7.5 7.5 8.7 8.4 5.6 9.6 12.8 5.6 8.3 6.3 5.1 8.8 30 13 10.8 5.8
  Online reference service 20 0 10 10 10 11 5 4 5 0 6 3 1 3 0 2 13 7
4.8 0 7.6 7.6 3.6 5.8 6.9 2.7 12.8 0 4.2 3.2 5.1 5.3 0 8.7 6.2 3.4
IK I
  Department web page 10 0 5 5 5 9 0 1 3 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 7 3
2.5 0 4.2 4.2 1.7 5 0 0.6 6.4 0 2.8 3.2 2.6 0 0 0 3.5 1.4
G
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 0 3 3 4 1 1 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 6 1
1.7 0 2 2 1.5 0.6 1.9 2.8 2.1 0 0 4.2 2.6 0 10 4.3 2.8 0.5
J J
  Online bookstore 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
0.5 0 1.6 1.6 0 0.6 1.3 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 1.8 0 0 0 1
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0 0.7 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.1 0.5
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 129 0 43 43 86 59 21 49 15 7 43 34 5 16 0 9 68 60
31.5 0 34.5 34.5 30.2 32 29 32.1 36.2 19.4 31.9 31.6 41 29.8 20 39.1 32.6 30.3
I
  Campus library 112 0 37 37 74 50 17 45 12 6 38 31 4 12 0 8 61 51
27.4 0 29.9 29.9 26.3 27 23.5 29.6 29.8 16.7 27.8 29.5 35.9 22.8 20 34.8 29.1 25.6
I
  Physical bookstore 10 0 4 4 6 5 2 4 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 1 6 4
2.6 0 3.4 3.4 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.5 0 0 1.4 4.2 2.6 5.3 0 4.3 3 2.1
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 9 0 6 6 3 2 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 6
 magazines and journals 2.2 0 5 5 1 1.1 5.8 1.8 2.1 0 0 2.1 2.6 10.5 0 0 1.4 3
D D E J IJK
  References cited in books or journal articles 6 0 0 0 6 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4
1.4 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 2.4 4.3 2.8 1.4 0 0 1.8 0 0 0.9 1.8
E K
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
1.2 0 2.4 2.4 0.7 2.1 1.5 0 0 0 2.8 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0.9
  Another library 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
1 0 1.8 1.8 0.7 0.5 1.9 1.2 4.3 2.8 0 1.1 2.6 0 0 0 1.2 0.9
J J
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.8 0 1.8 1.8 0.3 1.1 1.5 0 2.1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0.5 1
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1
HIJKM
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 126 0 33 33 93 54 19 52 11 8 39 40 3 14 0 10 67 59
30.9 0 26.2 26.2 33 29.7 26.8 34.3 25.5 22.2 29.2 37.9 30.8 26.3 20 43.5 32.2 29.6
  A librarian in your institution 84 0 16 16 68 35 11 39 6 6 23 26 2 12 0 10 43 41
20.7 0 12.9 12.9 24.1 19.2 14.5 25.4 14.9 16.7 16.7 24.2 15.4 22.8 10 43.5 20.8 20.6
BC
  Faculty members inside your institution 55 0 21 21 34 24 10 21 7 4 13 22 2 3 0 4 33 22
13.5 0 16.7 16.7 12.2 13.2 13.5 14 17 11.1 9.7 21.1 15.4 5.3 10 17.4 15.8 11.2
JM
  Other students inside your institution 27 0 15 15 12 16 5 7 2 0 11 11 1 2 0 0 16 11
6.7 0 12 12 4.3 8.6 6.5 4.4 4.3 0 8.3 10.5 10.3 3.5 0 0 7.6 5.7
D D I I
  Faculty members outside your institution 6 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
1.5 0 3.4 3.4 0.7 1.1 3.1 1.2 2.1 0 1.4 3.2 0 0 0 0 1.5 1.5
  Other students outside your institution 3 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.8 0 1.8 1.8 0.4 0.6 1.5 0.7 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.1
  Professional meetings 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 0.7 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 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
Online (unspecified) 7 0 2 2 5 6 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 5
1.6 0 1.5 1.5 1.7 3.1 1.2 0 4.3 0 1.4 1.1 0 3.5 0 0 1 2.3
E-journals 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
Other 10 0 3 3 7 5 2 3 1 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 3 7
2.4 0 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.6 1.9 2.1 5.6 2.8 1.1 2.6 3.5 0 0 1.6 3.3
DK/Refused 5 0 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
1.2 0 0.7 0.7 1.4 2.2 1.3 0 0 2.8 1.4 1.1 0 1.8 0 0 1 1.4
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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