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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 390
S7c_11.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Proprietary software or application ? 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 Proprietary software or application 314 0** 140 140 174 144 76* 94* 43* 47* 86* 53* 24* 45* 3** 13* 178 136
 for coursework
ONLINE 142 0 57 57 84 71 32 39 12 21 45 25 11 20 2 6 82 59
45 0 40.9 40.9 48.4 49.2 41.6 41.5 28.6 44.7 52.2 46.8 45.2 43.7 61.1 46.2 46 43.7
H
  Search engine 49 0 9 9 40 24 8 17 4 6 13 10 4 7 0 5 27 22
15.7 0 6.7 6.7 22.9 16.9 10.9 17.7 10.2 12.8 15.2 19.1 15.5 14.6 11.1 38.5 15.1 16.4
BC
  Your own institution's web site 24 0 15 15 9 17 2 6 3 5 8 3 2 4 0 0 11 13
7.7 0 10.7 10.7 5.2 11.6 2.1 6.3 6.1 10.6 8.7 6.4 7.1 8.3 5.6 0 6.3 9.4
F
  Online databases 16 0 7 7 9 5 5 7 0 2 9 1 1 2 1 0 10 6
5.1 0 5.1 5.1 5.2 3.2 6.3 7.3 0 4.3 10.9 2.1 2.4 4.2 38.9 0 5.8 4.3
H
  Internet searches 14 0 8 8 7 8 5 1 1 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 9 5
4.5 0 5.4 5.4 3.8 5.4 6.8 1.2 2 4.3 4.3 8.5 4.8 4.2 0 0 5.1 3.7
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 14 0 5 5 8 7 3 4 1 1 2 4 1 3 0 1 7 6
4.3 0 3.9 3.9 4.7 4.9 4 3.8 2 2.1 2.2 8.5 6 6.2 5.6 7.7 4.2 4.5
  Web directory/subject related web site 9 0 2 2 7 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 4
2.8 0 1.5 1.5 3.8 1.2 5.3 3.1 6.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 4.8 2.1 0 0 2.9 2.7
  Department web page 8 0 7 7 1 4 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
2.5 0 4.9 4.9 0.5 2.8 5 0 2 4.3 4.3 0 1.2 2.1 0 0 4.4 0
D D G Q
  Online reference service 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1 0 0.2 0.2 1.7 1.5 0 1.1 0 2.1 2.2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.7 1.4
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 0 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.2 1.2 1.1 0 2.1 0 0 1.2 2.1 0 0 1.2 0
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 0 1.3 1.3 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
  Online bookstore 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 1.2 0 0 0 0.2 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 124 0 62 62 62 50 34 40 22 21 26 20 9 20 1 4 63 61
39.4 0 44.3 44.3 35.4 34.5 44.9 42.3 51 44.7 30.4 38.3 38.1 45.8 16.7 30.8 35.2 44.8
J
  Faculty members inside your institution 73 0 40 40 33 28 20 25 12 13 17 9 7 12 0 2 44 28
23.1 0 28.4 28.4 18.8 19.2 26 26.6 28.6 27.7 19.6 17 28.6 27.1 11.1 15.4 24.8 20.9
  A librarian in your institution 32 0 10 10 22 11 8 13 4 3 8 8 0 7 0 2 12 19
10.1 0 7.2 7.2 12.4 7.7 10.2 13.7 8.2 6.4 8.7 14.9 1.2 16.7 5.6 15.4 6.9 14.3
L L
  Other students inside your institution 16 0 11 11 5 9 5 2 5 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 6 10
5.2 0 7.8 7.8 3.1 6.2 7.2 2 12.2 10.6 0 6.4 7.1 2.1 0 0 3.5 7.4
J J J J
  Another institution's librarian 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.9 0 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.2 0 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Other students outside your institution 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 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0.2
  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
  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 25 0 9 9 16 12 4 9 2 2 9 6 1 3 0 2 17 8
8.1 0 6.5 6.5 9.4 8.4 5.4 9.7 4.1 4.3 10.9 10.6 6 6.2 11.1 15.4 9.7 6
  Campus library 19 0 5 5 14 8 3 8 2 1 8 4 1 2 0 1 11 8
6.1 0 3.5 3.5 8.1 5.6 3.8 8.7 4.1 2.1 8.7 8.5 4.8 4.2 11.1 7.7 6.2 6
  References cited in books or journal articles 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 0 1.3 1.3 0.6 2.1 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.1 0 0 0 0 1.7 0
  Physical bookstore 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.6 0 1.4 1.4 0 0.7 1.2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 1.1 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0.3 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 0.6 0
  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 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0.2 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
  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
  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
Online (unspecified) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.2 0 0 0 2.1 1.2 0 5.6 0 0.8 0.1
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 7 0 4 4 3 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 1
2.1 0 2.8 2.8 1.6 3.7 1.7 0 2 4.3 2.2 0 7.1 0 5.6 0 3.4 0.4
KM
DK/Refused 15 0 6 6 8 5 5 5 5 1 4 1 1 2 0 1 9 6
4.6 0 4.6 4.6 4.7 3.4 6.1 5.3 12.2 2.1 4.3 2.1 2.4 4.2 0 7.7 4.9 4.3
None 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6

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