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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 417

S7b_15.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Pre-prints?
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 Pre-prints for coursework 120* 0** 68* 68* 52* 61* 29** 30** 17** 19** 45** 10** 6** 18** 1** 4* 69* 51*
ONLINE 75 0 41 41 34 34 19 23 13 14 23 7 3 11 1 4 40 36
62.5 0 60 60 66 54.7 64.2 77.1 78.9 73.7 50 66.7 45.5 63.2 50 100 57.3 69.6
  Search engine 30 0 12 12 18 9 4 17 4 3 11 3 1 7 0 1 19 10
24.9 0 18 18 34 15 13.9 55.9 21.1 15.8 25 33.3 18.2 36.8 0 25 28.3 20.3
  Internet searches 15 0 5 5 10 9 3 3 4 2 6 1 1 2 0 0 8 7
12.3 0 7.2 7.2 19 14 10.7 10.1 21.1 10.5 12.5 11.1 9.1 10.5 0 0 11.8 12.9
  Your own institution's web site 14 0 7 7 7 4 5 5 0 4 4 2 1 3 0 1 8 6
12 0 10.2 10.2 14.3 6.9 17.5 17.2 0 21.1 8.3 22.2 9.1 15.8 0 25 12.1 11.9
  Online databases 14 0 12 12 2 8 5 1 2 5 4 0 0 2 0 1 6 8
11.3 0 17 17 3.7 12.4 17 3.4 10.5 26.3 8.3 0 0 10.5 16.7 25 8.5 15.1
  Web directory/subject related web site 7 0 5 5 2 2 3 2 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4
5.5 0 6.7 6.7 4 2.9 9.5 6.9 15.8 5.3 0 11.1 0 10.5 0 0 4.1 7.5
  Online reference service 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
3.7 0 4.8 4.8 2.2 1.6 11.8 0 0 10.5 0 22.2 0 0 16.7 0 1.7 6.4
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 4 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
3.7 0 4.5 4.5 2.5 3.1 4.2 4.3 5.3 0 4.2 0 4.5 0 33.3 25 4.9 2
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.8 0 3.2 3.2 0 1.4 4.5 0 5.3 5.3 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 1.9 1.7
  Department web page 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1.1 0 1.9 1.9 0 1.6 1 0 0 5.3 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 1.9 0
  Online bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 0.6
  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
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 52 0 26 26 26 25 11 17 4 10 21 4 3 7 1 2 31 22
43.7 0 38.1 38.1 51.1 40.3 38.5 55.8 26.3 52.6 45.8 44.4 45.5 42.1 50 50 44.7 42.2
  Faculty members inside your institution 34 0 19 19 15 18 9 7 4 6 11 4 3 5 0 0 15 18
28 0 27.7 27.7 28.3 28.8 31 23.5 26.3 31.6 25 44.4 40.9 26.3 16.7 0 21.9 36.3
  A librarian in your institution 24 0 5 5 19 11 0 14 0 2 15 1 0 4 0 2 13 11
20.2 0 7.4 7.4 37.1 17.2 0.6 45.5 0 10.5 33.3 11.1 0 21.1 33.3 50 19.5 21.1
BC
  Other students inside your institution 8 0 4 4 4 2 4 2 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 4
6.9 0 6.2 6.2 7.9 3.5 14.6 6.3 0 15.8 8.3 0 9.1 5.3 0 0 6.1 7.9
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 29 0 16 16 13 9 6 13 2 5 11 3 1 5 1 1 16 13
24.1 0 23.3 23.3 25 15.5 22.4 43.5 10.5 26.3 25 33.3 18.2 26.3 66.7 25 22.7 26
  Campus library 27 0 14 14 13 7 6 13 2 5 9 3 1 5 1 1 14 13
22.3 0 20.2 20.2 25 11.9 22.4 43.5 10.5 26.3 20.8 33.3 13.6 26.3 66.7 25 19.9 25.4
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.6 0 2.7 2.7 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 0
  Another library 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1.2 0 0.4 0.4 2.2 0.5 0 3.8 0 0 0 11.1 4.5 0 0 0 0.4 2.2
  Physical bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 0.6
  References cited in books or journal articles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
3.1 0 0 0 7.3 6.1 0 0 0 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 3.7
BC
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 5 5 4 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 4 5
7.3 0 7.1 7.1 7.6 7.6 7.7 6.3 0 0 12.5 22.2 0 5.3 0 0 5.5 9.9
DK/Refused 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
3.1 0 0 0 7.3 6.1 0 0 0 0 8.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 3.7
BC
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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