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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 354
S7b_6.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Papers delivered at professional meetings?
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 Papers delivered at professional meetings  243 0** 150 150 93* 127* 63* 53* 36* 34* 85* 43* 9* 25** 2** 9* 103* 140
for coursework
ONLINE 144 0 83 83 62 69 38 37 24 16 53 21 6 16 2 7 60 84
59.5 0 55.1 55.1 66.7 54.2 61.4 70.1 65.9 47.1 62.2 50 67.7 63 78.6 77.8 58.3 60.4
  Search engine 40 0 18 18 22 15 10 15 8 4 8 7 2 9 0 2 18 22
16.5 0 12.1 12.1 23.7 11.7 16.1 28.8 22 11.8 8.9 15.8 25.8 37 14.3 22.2 17.6 15.7
BC E J
  Online databases 35 0 23 23 12 8 17 10 6 6 11 6 0 3 1 2 12 22
14.3 0 15.4 15.4 12.5 6 27.4 18.4 17.1 17.6 13.3 13.2 3.2 11.1 21.4 22.2 11.8 16.1
E E
  Your own institution's web site 27 0 15 15 13 14 8 5 4 5 8 4 1 2 0 3 10 17
11.3 0 9.8 9.8 13.7 11 13.5 9.4 12.2 14.7 8.9 10.5 12.9 7.4 0 33.3 10 12.2
  Web directory/subject related web site 27 0 17 17 10 16 3 8 3 2 15 3 1 2 1 0 13 14
11.1 0 11.3 11.3 10.8 12.5 4.9 14.9 7.3 5.9 17.8 7.9 12.9 7.4 35.7 0 12.4 10.1
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 21 0 13 13 8 9 8 5 2 2 9 6 1 1 0 1 7 14
8.8 0 8.9 8.9 8.8 6.8 12.2 9.7 4.9 5.9 11.1 13.2 6.5 3.7 7.1 11.1 7 10.2
  Internet searches 20 0 12 12 8 11 4 5 4 2 6 4 1 1 0 2 10 10
8.3 0 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.7 6 10.1 9.8 5.9 6.7 10.5 16.1 3.7 7.1 22.2 9.8 7.2
  Department web page 8 0 2 2 5 3 0 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 5
3.1 0 1.6 1.6 5.4 2.6 0.5 7.3 4.9 2.9 2.2 0 9.7 0 0 22.2 2.2 3.7
K
  Online reference service 5 0 4 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
2.2 0 2.8 2.8 1.3 1.9 4.7 0 2.4 0 4.4 0 6.5 0 7.1 0 1.6 2.7
IK
  Online abstracting and indexing services 5 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 2
1.9 0 1.9 1.9 2 3 1.5 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 3.7 0 0 2.7 1.3
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.9 0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.2 3.2 0 2.4 0 0 2.6 3.2 0 0 0 1.1 0.8
J
  Online bookstore 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0 0 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0.9 0
  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 107 0 70 70 38 54 32 22 11 20 38 21 4 8 2 3 44 64
44.2 0 46.5 46.5 40.5 42.5 50.5 40.8 31.7 58.8 44.4 50 45.2 33.3 64.3 33.3 42.2 45.7
H
  Faculty members inside your institution 75 0 54 54 22 38 25 13 8 16 26 15 3 5 1 2 30 45
31.1 0 35.8 35.8 23.4 29.7 39.4 24.5 22 47.1 31.1 34.2 32.3 18.5 42.9 22.2 29.3 32.3
H
  A librarian in your institution 26 0 9 9 17 9 6 11 2 2 9 6 0 5 1 1 10 15
10.5 0 6 6 17.9 7.3 8.9 20.1 4.9 5.9 11.1 13.2 3.2 18.5 35.7 11.1 9.9 11
BC E
  Other students inside your institution 14 0 10 10 4 7 5 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 6 8
5.7 0 6.4 6.4 4.5 5.8 8.6 1.9 7.3 5.9 2.2 7.9 19.4 3.7 7.1 11.1 5.6 5.7
J
  Professional meetings 10 0 9 9 1 4 6 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 7
3.9 0 5.7 5.7 1.1 3 9.3 0 2.4 11.8 4.4 0 0 3.7 0 0 2.9 4.7
G K
  Another institution's librarian 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.8 0 1.3 1.3 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 0
  Faculty members outside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 0.7 0.7 0 0 1.6 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
  Other students outside your institution 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 57 0 36 36 22 26 18 14 11 10 13 15 2 5 1 2 21 36
23.7 0 24 24 23.2 20.6 28 26.1 29.3 29.4 15.6 34.2 22.6 18.5 21.4 22.2 20.6 25.9
J
  Campus library 47 0 30 30 18 22 14 11 8 10 9 12 2 4 0 2 18 29
19.5 0 19.7 19.7 19 17.6 22.2 20.9 22 29.4 11.1 28.9 19.4 14.8 7.1 22.2 17.5 21
J J
  References cited in books or journal articles 7 0 6 6 1 5 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
2.8 0 3.9 3.9 0.9 3.7 1.8 1.7 7.3 0 2.2 5.3 0 0 0 0 1.1 4
  Physical bookstore 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.3 0 0.8 0.8 2 0 1.9 3.5 0 0 2.2 0 3.2 3.7 0 0 3 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.9 0 0.1 0.1 2.2 0.1 0 3.9 0 0 0 2.6 0 3.7 7.1 0 1.3 0.7
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0 0.2 0.2 1.2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 2.6 3.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.8
J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 0.6 0.6 0 0 1.4 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
  Another library 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 0 0 0.1
  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) 5 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
2 0 1.2 1.2 3.2 2.1 1.8 1.9 4.9 2.9 0 2.6 0 3.7 0 0 0.9 2.8
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 16 0 6 6 11 11 3 3 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 2 10 7
6.8 0 3.9 3.9 11.4 8.4 4.6 5.4 14.6 0 4.4 7.9 0 7.4 7.1 22.2 9.4 4.8
BC I
DK/Refused 8 0 3 3 5 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 4
3.2 0 2 2 5.2 2.9 4.7 2.1 2.4 5.9 2.2 2.6 0 7.4 0 0 3.7 2.8
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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