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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 368
S7b_8.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Online abstracts and indexes?
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 Online abstracts and indexes for coursework 481 0** 212 212 269 219 105* 157 69* 61* 162* 88* 15* 57* 5** 25* 213 268
ONLINE 412 0 182 182 230 183 94 135 61 57 133 72 12 50 4 22 188 224
85.5 0 85.6 85.6 85.5 83.4 89.7 85.8 88.5 93.4 82.6 81 82.7 88.5 88.9 88 88.2 83.5
KL
  Search engine 113 0 28 28 84 37 16 59 15 17 23 22 6 19 2 10 62 50
23.4 0 13.2 13.2 31.4 16.9 15.6 37.6 21.8 27.9 14 25.3 36.5 32.8 33.3 40 29.2 18.7
BC EF J J J Q
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 88 0 46 46 42 49 14 24 11 9 26 22 2 12 1 4 39 49
18.2 0 21.6 21.6 15.6 22.6 13.5 15.4 16.7 14.8 16.3 25.3 13.5 21.3 11.1 16 18.4 18.1
  Your own institution's web site 87 0 33 33 54 32 15 41 17 13 26 16 3 5 1 7 34 54
18.1 0 15.5 15.5 20.2 14.6 13.9 25.9 24.4 21.3 16.3 17.7 21.2 8.2 14.8 28 15.7 20
EF M M M
  Online databases 83 0 45 45 38 26 31 25 13 12 32 13 1 7 2 3 40 43
17.2 0 21.2 21.2 14.1 11.9 30.1 16.2 19.2 19.7 19.8 15.2 7.7 11.5 37 12 18.9 15.9
EG
  Internet searches 64 0 31 31 33 34 17 14 13 10 21 6 2 8 0 4 33 32
13.4 0 14.5 14.5 12.5 15.3 16.3 8.7 19.2 16.4 12.8 6.3 15.4 14.8 3.7 16 15.3 11.8
K
  Web directory/subject related web site 37 0 10 10 27 11 10 16 6 9 11 2 2 3 1 3 17 20
7.7 0 4.7 4.7 10.1 4.9 9.5 10.3 9 14.8 7 2.5 11.5 4.9 14.8 12 8.1 7.3
BC K K
  Online abstracting and indexing services 33 0 16 16 18 11 7 15 4 5 15 6 0 2 0 1 19 14
6.9 0 7.3 7.3 6.5 5.1 7 9.2 6.4 8.2 9.3 6.3 0 3.3 3.7 4 8.8 5.3
  Online reference service 21 0 14 14 7 14 4 3 4 1 8 2 0 5 0 1 7 14
4.4 0 6.8 6.8 2.5 6.4 4 1.9 6.4 1.6 4.7 2.5 0 8.2 7.4 4 3.4 5.2
D D
  Department web page 16 0 6 6 10 8 2 7 1 3 6 2 1 2 0 2 9 8
3.4 0 3 3 3.7 3.5 1.9 4.2 1.3 4.9 3.5 2.5 3.8 3.3 3.7 8 4.1 2.9
  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 0.1 0.1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0.1 0
JK
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 125 0 52 52 73 48 25 52 18 15 30 34 5 13 2 8 54 71
26 0 24.4 24.4 27.2 21.7 24 33.3 26.9 24.6 18.6 38 34.6 23 37 32 25.3 26.5
E J J
  A librarian in your institution 76 0 21 21 55 23 13 40 10 4 19 27 2 7 1 6 37 39
15.8 0 9.7 9.7 20.6 10.7 12.1 25.4 14.1 6.6 11.6 30.4 13.5 13.1 25.9 24 17.2 14.7
BC EF HIJLM
  Faculty members inside your institution 68 0 32 32 36 28 15 25 12 12 19 10 3 7 1 4 26 41
14.1 0 14.9 14.9 13.4 12.6 14.2 16.1 17.9 19.7 11.6 11.4 21.2 11.5 18.5 16 12.4 15.4
  Other students inside your institution 20 0 11 11 9 6 8 6 4 4 4 4 0 3 0 1 8 12
4.2 0 5 5 3.5 2.7 7.6 3.9 5.1 6.6 2.3 5.1 1.9 4.9 3.7 4 3.7 4.5
  Faculty members outside your institution 4 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
0.9 0 2 2 0 1.3 1.3 0 1.3 0 1.2 0 1.9 1.6 3.7 0 0.6 1.1
D D K
  Other students outside your institution 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.6 0 0.4 0.4 0.7 0 0.9 1.2 0 0 1.2 0 0 1.6 0 0 0.4 0.7
  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 91 0 33 33 58 30 22 39 11 11 28 25 3 8 1 3 40 51
18.9 0 15.7 15.7 21.5 13.7 20.8 25.1 16.7 18 17.4 27.8 23.1 14.8 22.2 12 19 18.9
E
  Campus library 72 0 24 24 48 20 18 34 8 9 26 17 3 5 1 3 31 41
14.9 0 11.1 11.1 18 9.3 16.8 21.6 11.5 14.8 16.3 19 21.2 8.2 22.2 12 14.5 15.3
E M
  References cited in books or journal articles 9 0 6 6 3 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 5 5
1.9 0 2.8 2.8 1.2 1.8 1.9 2 2.6 1.6 1.2 3.8 1.9 1.6 0 0 2.2 1.7
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 9 0 4 4 5 6 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 7
1.8 0 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.6 2 0.6 1.3 1.6 1.2 2.5 0 4.9 0 0 1 2.5
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 0 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
1.1 0 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.3 0 0 3.8 0 1.6 0 0 1.4 0.8
J
  Another library 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.8 1.3 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.7
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 0 0 0.8 0.4 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.3 0 1.6 0 0 0.5 0.3
  Physical bookstore 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.4 0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0 0.8 0.7 1.3 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
  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) 4 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
0.8 0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.3 0 0.7 0 1.6 1.2 1.3 0 0 0 0 0.5 1.1
E-journals 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.7 0 1 1 0.4 1.4 0.3 0 0 0 1.2 1.3 1.9 0 0 0 0 1.2
Other 18 0 7 7 11 8 2 7 2 1 6 7 1 2 0 0 9 9
3.7 0 3.3 3.3 4 3.7 2.2 4.7 2.6 1.6 3.5 7.6 5.8 3.3 0 0 4.1 3.4
DK/Refused 7 0 1 1 6 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 3
1.5 0 0.5 0.5 2.2 3.2 0 0 0 0 2.3 2.5 0 0 0 4 1.9 1.1
G
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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