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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 383
S7c_10.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Manuscripts and other primary source documents ? 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 Manuscripts and other primary source 447 0** 192 192 255 194 91* 161 58* 48* 167* 101* 10* 37* 4** 21* 182 265
 documents for coursework
ONLINE 258 0 103 103 155 110 52 96 38 28 98 53 5 20 2 14 100 158
57.8 0 53.7 53.7 60.8 56.4 56.9 59.9 65.2 58.3 58.4 52.2 50 55 54.2 66.7 55.1 59.6
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 55 0 24 24 31 34 6 16 9 4 21 17 0 4 0 1 23 33
12.4 0 12.6 12.6 12.2 17.3 6.5 9.8 15.2 8.3 12.4 16.7 2.8 10 0 4.8 12.4 12.3
F
  Your own institution's web site 53 0 24 24 29 19 15 19 11 8 17 8 2 5 0 2 21 33
11.9 0 12.5 12.5 11.5 9.9 16.8 11.7 19.7 16.7 10.1 7.8 22.2 12.5 4.2 9.5 11.3 12.4
K K
  Online databases 48 0 23 23 25 20 10 18 6 5 28 4 0 3 0 1 30 18
10.8 0 12 12 9.9 10.3 11 11.3 10.6 10.4 16.9 4.4 2.8 7.5 8.3 4.8 16.7 6.7
K Q
  Search engine 41 0 6 6 35 12 7 21 4 5 11 8 1 5 0 6 10 31
9.1 0 3.3 3.3 13.5 6.3 7.8 13.3 7.6 10.4 6.7 7.8 13.9 12.5 4.2 28.6 5.5 11.6
BC
  Internet searches 25 0 7 7 18 14 1 10 2 4 11 4 0 1 0 2 4 21
5.6 0 3.6 3.6 7 7.2 1.2 6.1 3 8.3 6.7 4.4 2.8 2.5 4.2 9.5 2.3 7.8
P
  Web directory/subject related web site 18 0 10 10 8 4 6 8 4 0 6 6 0 2 1 1 7 12
4.1 0 5.3 5.3 3.3 2 7 5.1 6.1 0 3.4 5.6 0 5 20.8 4.8 3.6 4.5
  Department web page 8 0 5 5 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 6
1.8 0 2.6 2.6 1.2 1.6 3.3 1.3 1.5 2.1 1.1 2.2 2.8 5 0 0 1.2 2.3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 6 0 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 5
1.4 0 1 1 1.7 1.2 3.1 0.7 1.5 2.1 1.1 2.2 2.8 0 0 0 0.7 1.9
  Online reference service 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
0.3 0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.5 4.8 0.7 0.1
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
  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 96 0 40 40 56 42 16 38 13 9 34 26 3 7 1 5 32 65
21.6 0 20.9 20.9 22.1 21.7 17.2 23.9 22.7 18.8 20.2 25.6 25 17.5 12.5 23.8 17.5 24.4
  Faculty members inside your institution 51 0 22 22 29 21 8 22 10 7 15 12 1 3 0 2 14 37
11.3 0 11.3 11.3 11.4 10.6 8.7 13.7 16.7 14.6 9 12.2 13.9 7.5 8.3 9.5 7.4 14
  A librarian in your institution 41 0 15 15 26 19 6 15 1 2 19 12 1 3 0 3 16 25
9.1 0 7.6 7.6 10.3 10 6.6 9.6 1.5 4.2 11.2 12.2 8.3 7.5 4.2 14.3 8.8 9.4
H H H
  Other students inside your institution 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.7 0 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.1 1.9 0.6 3 0 0 0 2.8 2.5 0 0 0.6 0.7
J JK
  Professional meetings 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
  Another institution's librarian 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
  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 72 0 40 40 32 31 17 23 5 8 28 18 2 8 1 1 40 32
16.1 0 20.8 20.8 12.6 16.1 19.1 14.4 9.1 16.7 16.9 17.8 19.4 22.5 29.2 4.8 22.1 12
D D Q
  Campus library 66 0 36 36 30 29 15 23 5 8 26 16 1 7 1 1 36 31
14.8 0 18.8 18.8 11.9 14.7 16 14.4 9.1 16.7 15.7 15.6 13.9 20 29.2 4.8 19.5 11.6
Q
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.7 0.7 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 1.1 2.8 0 0 0 0.8 0
HJ
  Another library 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0.4
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 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 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 0 0.2 0
HJK
  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 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
Online (unspecified) 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.6 0 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.8 0 0 0 0.8 0.4
HJ
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 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
1.4 0 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.5 3.5 0 0 0 2.2 0 2.8 2.5 4.2 4.8 0.8 1.8
G HK
DK/Refused 11 0 6 6 5 6 3 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 4
2.4 0 2.9 2.9 2 3 3.1 1.2 3 6.3 2.2 1.1 0 2.5 0 0 3.7 1.4
None 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.4

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