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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 |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
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| Base - Use Dissertations for
coursework |
243 |
0** |
130* |
130* |
113* |
107* |
66* |
70* |
26** |
29** |
94* |
59* |
11* |
18** |
1** |
5* |
114* |
129* |
| ONLINE |
171 |
0 |
97 |
97 |
74 |
74 |
49 |
47 |
18 |
15 |
68 |
40 |
8 |
16 |
1 |
5 |
83 |
88 |
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70.3 |
0 |
74.6 |
74.6 |
65.4 |
69.5 |
74.8 |
67.3 |
72.4 |
51.7 |
72 |
67.9 |
71.1 |
89.5 |
50 |
100 |
72.6 |
68.3 |
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| Online library catalogues and finding aids |
48 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
18 |
22 |
13 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
24 |
13 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
24 |
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19.7 |
0 |
23.2 |
23.2 |
15.8 |
20.5 |
19.7 |
18.5 |
13.8 |
6.9 |
26 |
22.6 |
15.8 |
15.8 |
0 |
0 |
20.7 |
18.9 |
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| Online databases |
42 |
0 |
27 |
27 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
21 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
23 |
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17.4 |
0 |
21.1 |
21.1 |
13.3 |
15.7 |
25.1 |
12.8 |
6.9 |
10.3 |
22 |
18.9 |
7.9 |
26.3 |
12.5 |
0 |
17.1 |
17.7 |
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| Search engine |
40 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
25 |
13 |
9 |
18 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
23 |
17 |
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16.5 |
0 |
11.4 |
11.4 |
22.3 |
12.2 |
13.3 |
25.9 |
20.7 |
17.2 |
12 |
15.1 |
15.8 |
31.6 |
12.5 |
40 |
19.8 |
13.6 |
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BC |
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E |
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| Your own institution's web site |
29 |
0 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
17 |
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11.9 |
0 |
11.9 |
11.9 |
12 |
8.5 |
15.7 |
13.6 |
20.7 |
13.8 |
2 |
17 |
18.4 |
21.1 |
0 |
40 |
10.1 |
13.6 |
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J |
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| Internet searches |
25 |
0 |
16 |
16 |
10 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
7 |
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10.4 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
8.6 |
11.8 |
13.4 |
5.5 |
17.2 |
10.3 |
10 |
5.7 |
13.2 |
21.1 |
0 |
0 |
16.2 |
5.3 |
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Q |
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| Web directory/subject related web site |
17 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
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6.8 |
0 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
6.2 |
7.6 |
2.3 |
9.9 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
8 |
3.8 |
7.9 |
15.8 |
25 |
20 |
6.8 |
6.9 |
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| Online abstracting and indexing services |
6 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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2.3 |
0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
3.4 |
0 |
2 |
3.8 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
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| Online reference service |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
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2.1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
4.4 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
4.6 |
0 |
3.4 |
0 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
0 |
12.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
0.9 |
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BC |
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J |
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| Department web page |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
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1.7 |
0 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
2.7 |
0.9 |
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| Your own personal electronic library/files |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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0.9 |
0 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
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| E-mail listservs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Online bookstore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| PERSONAL ASSISTANCE |
90 |
0 |
38 |
38 |
52 |
38 |
17 |
35 |
11 |
16 |
34 |
19 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
36 |
54 |
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37.1 |
0 |
29.4 |
29.4 |
46 |
36 |
25.3 |
49.8 |
41.4 |
55.2 |
36 |
32.1 |
44.7 |
21.1 |
75 |
20 |
31.2 |
42.3 |
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BC |
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F |
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| Faculty members inside your institution |
63 |
0 |
29 |
29 |
34 |
28 |
13 |
22 |
11 |
11 |
24 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
35 |
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26 |
0 |
22.7 |
22.7 |
29.7 |
26.3 |
19.9 |
31.2 |
41.4 |
37.9 |
26 |
17 |
34.2 |
15.8 |
37.5 |
0 |
24.3 |
27.5 |
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K |
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| A librarian in your institution |
45 |
0 |
17 |
17 |
29 |
16 |
8 |
21 |
3 |
6 |
15 |
15 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
29 |
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18.6 |
0 |
12.8 |
12.8 |
25.2 |
15.2 |
11.5 |
30.4 |
10.3 |
20.7 |
16 |
24.5 |
15.8 |
21.1 |
37.5 |
20 |
14.4 |
22.3 |
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BC |
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EF |
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| Other students inside your institution |
16 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
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6.4 |
0 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
7 |
6 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
20.7 |
4 |
3.8 |
7.9 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
5.6 |
7.2 |
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| Professional meetings |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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0.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
2.7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
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| Faculty members outside your institution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
0 |
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J |
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| Other students outside your institution |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Another institution's librarian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT |
71 |
0 |
43 |
43 |
28 |
33 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
10 |
23 |
19 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
39 |
32 |
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29.3 |
0 |
33.2 |
33.2 |
24.8 |
30.6 |
30.8 |
26 |
44.8 |
34.5 |
24 |
32.1 |
36.8 |
15.8 |
25 |
20 |
34.1 |
25.1 |
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| Campus library |
67 |
0 |
40 |
40 |
27 |
31 |
18 |
17 |
11 |
9 |
23 |
18 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
38 |
29 |
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27.7 |
0 |
30.9 |
30.9 |
24.1 |
29.5 |
28 |
24.8 |
41.4 |
31 |
24 |
30.2 |
28.9 |
15.8 |
25 |
20 |
33.3 |
22.8 |
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| Printed abstracting and indexing services |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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0.9 |
0 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
0 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
3.4 |
0 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.6 |
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| Another library |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.8 |
0 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1 |
0 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
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| References cited in books or journal
articles |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.7 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
0 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
0 |
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JK |
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| Physical bookstore |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.6 |
0 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
1.3 |
0 |
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JK |
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| Printed library catalogues and finding aids |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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0.6 |
0 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.5 |
0.7 |
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JK |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Online (unspecified) |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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1.2 |
0 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
2.9 |
0 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
1.5 |
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| E-journals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Other |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
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3 |
0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
5.3 |
2.8 |
1.8 |
4.3 |
3.4 |
0 |
4 |
3.8 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3.7 |
2.3 |
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| DK/Refused |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
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2 |
0 |
1.6 |
1.6 |
2.5 |
1.8 |
1.7 |
2.7 |
0 |
3.4 |
2 |
1.9 |
0 |
5.3 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
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| None/No preference |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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