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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 355
S7c_6.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Papers delivered at professional meetings ? Do you ...
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 117 0 71 71 47 58 30 29 20 14 43 15 5 13 1 6 51 66
48.3 0 47.1 47.1 50.1 45.4 48.2 55.2 56.1 41.2 51.1 34.2 54.8 51.9 50 66.7 49.7 47.2
  Online databases 22 0 12 12 11 5 9 9 6 5 8 1 0 1 0 1 7 15
9.1 0 7.7 7.7 11.4 3.6 14 16.5 17.1 14.7 8.9 2.6 0 3.7 14.3 11.1 6.6 10.9
E E KL
  Your own institution's web site 21 0 13 13 8 13 5 3 4 4 8 3 1 0 0 1 8 13
8.7 0 8.9 8.9 8.5 10.2 8.3 5.7 12.2 11.8 8.9 7.9 9.7 0 0 11.1 8.1 9.2
  Search engine 21 0 10 10 10 7 6 7 3 2 4 3 1 7 0 0 12 8
8.5 0 6.8 6.8 11.1 5.7 9.8 13.5 7.3 5.9 4.4 7.9 12.9 29.6 7.1 0 12 5.8
  Web directory/subject related web site 16 0 13 13 3 12 1 3 1 1 9 1 1 2 1 0 8 8
6.5 0 8.4 8.4 3.5 9.4 1.3 5.7 2.4 2.9 11.1 2.6 9.7 7.4 28.6 0 7.6 5.7
  Internet searches 13 0 9 9 4 8 2 3 3 0 6 3 1 0 0 1 7 7
5.4 0 5.9 5.9 4.7 6 3.7 6.1 7.3 0 6.7 7.9 6.5 0 0 11.1 6.4 4.8
I
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 13 0 10 10 3 7 4 2 2 1 6 2 1 1 0 1 4 9
5.4 0 6.6 6.6 3.5 5.4 6.7 4 4.9 2.9 6.7 5.3 6.5 3.7 0 11.1 4.1 6.4
  Department web page 4 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 2
1.8 0 0.9 0.9 3.4 1.9 0 3.8 2.4 2.9 0 0 6.5 0 0 22.2 1.9 1.8
JK
  Online abstracting and indexing services 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
1.2 0 0.6 0.6 2 1.5 1.5 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 3.7 0 0 0.9 1.3
  Online reference service 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1.1 0 1.3 1.3 0.9 1.5 1.4 0 2.4 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 1.3
  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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0.3 0
J
  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 78 0 54 54 24 42 21 15 5 14 32 16 2 6 1 2 32 46
32.1 0 35.9 35.9 26.1 33.1 33.8 27.9 14.6 41.2 37.8 36.8 25.8 22.2 50 22.2 31.1 32.9
H H H
  Faculty members inside your institution 58 0 42 42 16 33 15 10 4 10 26 9 2 4 1 2 26 32
23.9 0 28 28 17.2 25.6 24.7 18.8 12.2 29.4 31.1 21.1 19.4 14.8 35.7 22.2 25.3 22.8
H
  A librarian in your institution 11 0 3 3 8 6 1 5 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 3 9
4.7 0 2.3 2.3 8.6 4.3 1.8 9.1 2.4 0 4.4 10.5 3.2 7.4 7.1 0 2.5 6.4
BC
  Professional meetings 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 0 3.3 3.3 0 1.5 4.8 0 0 8.8 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 2.1
  Other students inside your institution 4 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
1.5 0 2.3 2.3 0.3 1.7 2.5 0 0 2.9 0 5.3 3.2 0 7.1 0 1.4 1.6
J
  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
  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
  Faculty members 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 23 0 17 17 6 11 6 6 3 4 6 8 1 2 0 0 9 14
9.5 0 11.6 11.6 6.1 9 9.6 10.7 7.3 11.8 6.7 18.4 12.9 7.4 0 0 8.7 10.2
  Campus library 14 0 12 12 2 9 4 2 1 4 2 7 1 0 0 0 6 8
5.9 0 8.2 8.2 2.2 6.8 5.8 3.8 2.4 11.8 2.2 15.8 9.7 0 0 0 5.7 6.1
HJ
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 0 4 4 1 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
2 0 2.6 2.6 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.7 4.9 0 2.2 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 3.4
  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 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0.7
  Another library 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
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 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 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
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 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) 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 6 0 2 2 4 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2
2.4 0 1.4 1.4 4 3.8 1.4 0 9.8 0 0 0 3.2 3.7 0 11.1 3.8 1.3
JK J
DK/Refused 9 0 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 7
3.8 0 2.8 2.8 5.4 2.9 5.2 4.2 4.9 2.9 0 7.9 3.2 11.1 0 0 2.2 5
J J
None 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1.9 0 0 0 5 3.6 0 0 2.4 0 4.4 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 0.6
BC

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