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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question T7: Tables 190-308 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 191
T7b_1.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Print or hardcopy books ?
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 Print or hardcopy books for teaching 529 360 169 529 0** 222 184 123 73* 135 130* 110* 21* 57* 4** 0* 373 156
ONLINE 345 262 83 345 0 135 113 97 55 81 79 72 14 42 3 0 247 98
65.2 72.7 49.3 65.2 0 60.6 61.4 79.4 74.7 60 60.9 65.3 65.8 73.8 86.4 0 66.1 63.1
B EF I
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 72 50 22 72 0 28 29 15 11 12 26 16 2 6 0 0 50 22
13.6 14 12.7 13.6 0 12.4 15.8 12.6 14.5 8.9 20.3 14.3 8.2 9.8 4.5 0 13.4 14.1
I
  Web directory/subject related web site 64 57 7 64 0 15 18 31 9 21 11 9 3 9 1 0 42 22
12 15.9 3.8 12 0 6.7 9.8 25.1 12 15.6 8.7 8.2 16.4 16.4 22.7 0 11.2 14.1
B EF
  Search engine 62 45 17 62 0 24 25 13 7 17 9 17 3 8 1 0 47 15
11.7 12.5 10 11.7 0 10.7 13.7 10.5 9.6 12.6 7.2 15.3 12.3 14.8 18.2 0 12.7 9.3
  Your own institution's web site 57 36 21 57 0 27 19 11 10 6 21 11 0 8 1 0 32 25
10.8 10 12.4 10.8 0 12.1 10.5 8.7 13.3 4.4 15.9 10.2 1.4 14.8 18.2 0 8.6 16
IL IL L IL P
  Online reference service 49 45 4 49 0 21 15 12 4 10 9 7 6 12 1 0 37 12
9.3 12.5 2.4 9.3 0 9.6 8.4 10 6 7.4 7.2 6.1 26 21.3 22.7 0 10 7.4
B HIJK HIJK
  Internet searches 45 35 10 45 0 17 15 13 6 10 8 12 2 7 0 0 38 7
8.5 9.8 5.8 8.5 0 7.5 8.2 10.6 8.4 7.4 5.8 11.2 9.6 11.5 9.1 0 10.1 4.6
  Online databases 43 34 10 43 0 20 9 14 7 11 8 12 2 3 1 0 33 10
8.2 9.3 5.7 8.2 0 9.2 4.8 11.5 9.6 8.1 5.8 11.2 8.2 4.9 22.7 0 8.9 6.4
F
  Online bookstore 32 30 1 32 0 8 11 13 6 6 8 4 1 7 0 0 29 2
6 8.5 0.8 6 0 3.7 6 10.2 8.4 4.4 5.8 4.1 4.1 11.5 4.5 0 7.9 1.5
B E Q
  Online abstracting and indexing services 9 8 1 9 0 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 7 2
1.7 2.1 0.8 1.7 0 0.4 2.3 3.2 1.2 2.2 1.4 1 1.4 3.3 0 0 1.9 1.4
E
  Department web page 6 1 5 6 0 4 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
1.2 0.4 2.9 1.2 0 1.7 0.7 0.8 2.4 2.2 0 1 1.4 0 0 0 1.1 1.2
A
  Your own personal electronic library/files 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 1.3 0.2 0 0 0 1.4 0 1.4 1.6 0 0 0.8 0
I
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0 0.1 0.7 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0.2 0.1
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 289 224 66 289 0 99 107 84 49 73 66 65 7 27 2 0 220 69
54.6 62.1 38.7 54.6 0 44.5 57.9 68.2 67.5 54.1 50.7 59.2 32.9 47.5 59.1 0 58.9 44.4
B E E JLM L L L Q
  Campus library 207 158 49 207 0 67 82 58 36 50 51 48 5 16 1 0 154 53
39.1 43.9 28.9 39.1 0 30 44.5 47.6 49.4 37 39.1 43.9 23.3 27.9 36.4 0 41.4 33.8
B E E LM L LM
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 76 65 11 76 0 26 27 23 11 20 19 15 2 9 0 0 62 15
14.4 18.1 6.5 14.4 0 11.7 14.7 18.8 15.7 14.8 14.5 13.3 8.2 16.4 9.1 0 16.5 9.4
B
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  25 24 1 25 0 6 12 8 4 4 9 2 1 5 0 0 23 2
 magazines and journals 4.8 6.7 0.5 4.8 0 2.7 6.3 6.2 4.8 3 7.2 2 5.5 8.2 4.5 0 6.1 1.5
B Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 24 20 4 24 0 8 9 7 5 8 4 3 1 3 0 0 19 5
4.5 5.5 2.4 4.5 0 3.4 5 5.7 7.2 5.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 4.9 4.5 0 5.1 3.2
  Another library 19 15 4 19 0 3 11 5 4 5 6 2 0 2 1 0 14 4
3.5 4.1 2.3 3.5 0 1.4 5.8 4.1 4.8 3.7 4.3 2 0 3.3 13.6 0 3.9 2.8
E
  Physical bookstore 14 11 3 14 0 9 3 2 4 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 9 5
2.7 3.1 1.7 2.7 0 4.1 1.6 1.6 4.8 1.5 1.4 4.1 1.4 3.3 4.5 0 2.4 3.3
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 7 6 1 7 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 1
1.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 0 1 1.8 1.6 1.2 0.7 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 1.7 0.7
IJ
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 4 3 1 4 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0 0 1.6 0.8 2.4 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.7 0.7
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 160 92 68 160 0 73 56 31 18 45 24 43 9 20 1 0 110 51
30.3 25.6 40.2 30.3 0 32.9 30.4 25.4 25.3 33.3 18.8 38.8 43.8 34.4 27.3 0 29.3 32.6
A J J HJ J
  Colleagues inside your institution 122 62 60 122 0 59 43 20 12 37 21 30 8 13 1 0 83 39
23 17.1 35.5 23 0 26.4 23.3 16.4 16.9 27.4 15.9 27.6 37 23 18.2 0 22.1 25.1
A G HJ
  A librarian in your institution 49 39 10 49 0 15 20 14 8 9 8 15 2 7 1 0 36 13
9.2 10.8 5.8 9.2 0 6.7 10.9 11.2 10.8 6.7 5.8 13.3 8.2 13.1 18.2 0 9.6 8.3
  Colleagues outside your institution 28 27 1 28 0 8 7 13 4 8 2 10 1 3 0 0 22 6
5.3 7.5 0.7 5.3 0 3.5 3.9 10.6 6 5.9 1.4 9.2 4.1 4.9 0 0 5.8 4
B EF J
  Professional meetings 7 7 0 7 0 6 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 2
1.4 1.9 0.2 1.4 0 2.7 0.6 0 1.2 1.5 2.9 0 2.7 0 0 0 1.4 1.2
K
  Another institution's librarian 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.4 0.6 0 0.4 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.6 0 0 0.5 0
Students 4 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
0.8 1.1 0.2 0.8 0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0 0.7 1.4 1 1.4 0 0 0 1.1 0
Personal office/Lab 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.2 0 0 0.5 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Online (unspecified) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.1 0
I
Author 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 49 34 15 49 0 27 12 9 6 10 15 10 3 5 0 0 33 16
9.3 9.4 8.9 9.3 0 12.3 6.7 7.4 8.4 7.4 11.6 9.2 13.7 8.2 4.5 0 8.7 10.6
DK/Refused 11 4 7 11 0 7 4 0 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 6
2.2 1.2 4.3 2.2 0 3.2 2.3 0 3.6 1.5 1.4 4.1 1.4 0 4.5 0 1.4 4.1
A
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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