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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 362
S7c_7.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Print abstracts and indexes ? 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 Print abstracts and indexes for coursework 423 0** 214 214 209 200 100* 123* 52* 47* 177* 85* 13* 35* 6* 7* 197 226
ONLINE 277 0 140 140 137 128 71 78 34 32 120 50 9 24 3 3 131 145
65.5 0 65.5 65.5 65.5 63.9 70.9 63.7 66.1 68.1 68.1 59.2 69.6 68.4 54.1 42.9 66.8 64.4
  Your own institution's web site 74 0 38 38 36 29 21 24 10 10 32 17 2 2 1 1 37 37
17.5 0 17.5 17.5 17.4 14.4 20.9 19.7 18.6 21.3 18.1 19.7 15.2 5.3 8.1 14.3 18.9 16.2
M M
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 55 0 28 28 27 30 8 17 5 4 30 10 1 3 0 1 14 41
13 0 13.3 13.3 12.8 15 8.3 13.6 10.2 8.5 17 11.8 10.9 7.9 5.4 14.3 7 18.2
P
  Online databases 47 0 25 25 22 20 15 12 6 5 21 9 1 4 1 0 24 23
11.1 0 11.8 11.8 10.3 9.8 15.5 9.6 11.9 10.6 11.7 10.5 8.7 10.5 18.9 0 12.2 10.1
  Search engine 37 0 12 12 25 16 7 14 4 7 9 7 1 7 0 0 21 16
8.7 0 5.7 5.7 11.7 7.9 7.2 11.2 8.5 14.9 5.3 7.9 10.9 21.1 5.4 0 10.7 7
J JK
  Internet searches 22 0 12 12 10 15 4 3 4 2 9 1 0 5 0 0 11 11
5.2 0 5.5 5.5 4.9 7.6 4.1 2.3 8.5 4.3 5.3 1.3 2.2 13.2 2.7 0 5.4 5
K K
  Web directory/subject related web site 20 0 9 9 11 7 9 5 4 1 6 3 1 3 1 1 14 6
4.8 0 4.4 4.4 5.1 3.4 8.6 3.8 8.5 2.1 3.2 3.9 10.9 7.9 8.1 14.3 7.1 2.8
IJ
  Online abstracting and indexing services 10 0 7 7 3 6 1 3 0 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 4 7
2.5 0 3.2 3.2 1.7 3 1.3 2.6 0 2.1 4.3 1.3 4.3 0 2.7 0 1.8 3
H H
  Department web page 6 0 4 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 2
1.3 0 2 2 0.5 2.2 0 0.9 0 2.1 1.1 1.3 4.3 2.6 0 0 1.6 1
H
  Online reference service 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
1 0 1 1 1 0.6 3 0 0 2.1 1.1 1.3 0 0 2.7 0 1 1
H
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0 1 1 0 0.1 1.9 0 0 0 1.1 0 2.2 0 0 0 1.1 0
K
  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
  Online 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 74 0 47 47 27 35 22 18 8 8 28 20 1 6 2 1 37 38
17.6 0 22.1 22.1 13 17.3 22.3 14.3 15.3 17 16 23.7 10.9 15.8 32.4 14.3 18.7 16.6
D D HJL
  Campus library 64 0 41 41 23 30 21 13 6 8 24 16 1 6 2 1 28 35
15 0 19 19 10.9 14.8 20.6 10.9 11.9 17 13.8 18.4 8.7 15.8 24.3 14.3 14.3 15.7
D D L
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 5 0 3 3 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
1.3 0 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.8 1.7 0 1.1 2.6 0 0 5.4 0 1.8 0.8
IJM
  References cited in books or journal articles 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0 1.6 1.7 0 0 1.3 2.2 0 0 0 1.2 0
J
  Another library 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0.9 0.9 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.6 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 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0.1
HIJK
  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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 51 0 19 19 32 25 5 21 8 5 19 10 2 6 1 1 25 25
12 0 8.8 8.8 15.2 12.3 4.6 17.5 15.3 10.6 10.6 11.8 13 15.8 8.1 14.3 12.9 11.2
F
  A librarian in your institution 33 0 9 9 24 12 4 16 7 2 11 6 1 5 1 1 15 18
7.8 0 4 4 11.7 6.1 4.3 13.4 13.6 4.3 6.4 6.6 6.5 13.2 8.1 14.3 7.7 7.9
BC F
  Faculty members inside your institution 16 0 9 9 6 12 0 4 0 2 8 4 1 1 0 0 9 7
3.7 0 4.4 4.4 3 5.8 0.3 3.3 0 4.3 4.3 5.3 6.5 2.6 0 0 4.7 2.9
F H
  Other students inside your institution 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0 0.8 1.7 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.4
  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
  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
  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
Online (unspecified) 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.5 0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.9 0.3 0 0 0 1.1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0.1 0.8
K
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 9 0 2 2 6 5 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 8
2 0 1 1 3.1 2.5 1 2 1.7 0 2.1 1.3 4.3 0 2.7 28.6 0.3 3.5
I I P
DK/Refused 9 0 4 4 5 5 1 3 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 8
2.2 0 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.5 1 2.5 1.7 2.1 2.1 3.9 0 0 2.7 0 0.7 3.5
None 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0

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