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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 198
T7b_2.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Print or hardcopy journals ?
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 journals for teaching 425 321 105* 425 0** 148 162 115 65* 85* 133* 81* 12* 47* 3** 0* 288 137*
ONLINE 317 245 72 317 0 99 119 99 55 63 94 60 9 34 2 0 214 104
74.6 76.5 68.7 74.6 0 67 73.3 86.1 83.8 74.1 70.4 75 75.6 74 62.5 0 74.1 75.6
EF
  Online databases 83 59 24 83 0 26 35 22 17 12 32 17 0 5 0 0 44 38
19.5 18.4 22.6 19.5 0 17.4 21.7 19 25.7 14.1 23.9 20.8 2.4 10 12.5 0 15.4 28
LM L L P
  Search engine 62 57 5 62 0 20 15 28 11 18 8 12 3 10 1 0 47 15
14.6 17.9 4.4 14.6 0 13.2 9.2 23.8 16.2 21.2 5.6 15.3 22 22 25 0 16.3 10.9
B EF J J J J J
  Web directory/subject related web site 62 55 7 62 0 10 23 28 11 16 13 12 1 7 0 0 46 15
14.5 17.1 6.5 14.5 0 7.1 14.1 24.6 17.6 18.8 9.9 15.3 9.8 16 6.3 0 16.1 11.1
B EF
  Your own institution's web site 59 46 14 59 0 19 26 13 10 8 23 7 3 9 0 0 39 20
13.9 14.2 12.9 13.9 0 13 16.4 11.6 14.9 9.4 16.9 8.3 22 20 6.3 0 13.6 14.4
IK
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 57 36 20 57 0 16 24 17 10 6 19 17 1 4 0 0 44 13
13.3 11.4 19.3 13.3 0 10.8 14.7 14.5 14.9 7.1 14.1 20.8 12.2 8 6.3 0 15.2 9.3
I
  Internet searches 36 30 7 36 0 15 10 12 7 8 8 7 1 7 0 0 29 7
8.6 9.3 6.4 8.6 0 9.8 6.4 10 10.8 9.4 5.6 8.3 4.9 14 0 0 10.2 5
  Online abstracting and indexing services 27 18 9 27 0 7 10 11 3 10 8 4 1 2 0 0 16 11
6.4 5.6 8.8 6.4 0 4.6 5.9 9.3 4.1 11.8 5.6 5.6 4.9 4 0 0 5.7 7.9
  Online reference service 17 14 3 17 0 7 6 4 4 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 12 5
4 4.4 2.9 4 0 4.4 3.9 3.7 5.4 2.4 2.8 5.6 9.8 4 12.5 0 4.2 3.6
I
  Online bookstore 4 4 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1 1.3 0 1 0 0.7 0.8 1.7 1.4 2.4 0 1.4 2.4 0 0 0 1.5 0
J
  Your own personal electronic library/files 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 2.1 0 0 0 1.2 0 1.4 0 2 0 0 0.7 0.7
  Department web page 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0 0.6 0 1.6 2.7 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0.6
  E-mail listservs 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0.6 0 0.5 0 0.1 0 1.6 1.4 1.2 0 0 0 0 6.3 0 0.7 0.1
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 260 220 40 260 0 83 91 85 38 62 70 52 7 31 2 0 184 76
61.1 68.5 38.4 61.1 0 56.3 56.3 74 58.1 72.9 52.1 63.9 56.1 66 62.5 0 64 55.2
B EF J
  Campus library 210 176 33 210 0 71 73 65 32 53 55 43 5 21 1 0 144 65
49.3 55 31.7 49.3 0 48.1 45.3 56.3 48.6 62.4 40.8 52.8 43.9 46 43.7 0 50.1 47.5
B J
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 57 54 3 57 0 18 20 20 11 14 11 10 1 10 0 0 47 11
13.5 16.9 3.1 13.5 0 12.1 12.3 17 16.2 16.5 8.5 12.5 9.8 22 6.3 0 16.3 7.7
B J Q
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines  47 41 6 47 0 12 13 22 6 13 15 6 1 7 0 0 37 10
  and journals 11.1 12.8 5.7 11.1 0 8.2 7.9 19.2 9.5 15.3 11.3 6.9 4.9 14 6.3 0 13 7
EF
  References cited in books or journal articles 27 23 4 27 0 10 11 6 1 4 8 10 1 4 0 0 19 8
6.3 7.1 3.9 6.3 0 6.8 6.5 5.5 1.4 4.7 5.6 12.5 4.9 8 6.3 0 6.7 5.6
H
  Another library 13 11 2 13 0 2 2 9 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 5
3 3.5 1.7 3 0 1.4 1.3 7.6 5.4 8.2 0 1.4 2.4 2 0 0 2.8 3.4
EF J J J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 11 10 2 11 0 3 5 4 2 1 8 0 0 1 0 0 10 2
2.7 3 1.8 2.7 0 2 2.9 3.2 2.7 1.2 5.6 0 0 2 6.3 0 3.3 1.4
  Physical bookstore 5 3 2 5 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1
1.2 1 1.9 1.2 0 1.5 1.2 1 2.7 0 0 4.2 0 0 6.3 0 1.4 0.9
J
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 4 4 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
0.9 1.2 0 0.9 0 0 0.6 2.6 0 0 1.4 1.4 0 2 0 0 1 0.7
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 89 63 26 89 0 30 31 28 10 27 15 20 3 14 1 0 64 25
20.9 19.6 24.9 20.9 0 20.2 19.1 24.4 14.9 31.8 11.3 25 22 30 18.7 0 22.1 18.5
HJ J HJ
  Colleagues inside your institution 60 39 21 60 0 21 25 14 7 20 8 12 1 11 0 0 45 14
14 12.1 20.1 14 0 14.3 15.3 11.9 10.8 23.5 5.6 15.3 12.2 24 6.3 0 15.7 10.4
HJ J J
  A librarian in your institution 41 35 6 41 0 15 8 18 4 10 8 15 1 3 0 0 29 12
9.6 10.8 5.9 9.6 0 10.1 5.2 15.2 6.8 11.8 5.6 18.1 9.8 6 12.5 0 10 8.6
F HJ
  Colleagues outside your institution 17 17 0 17 0 3 8 6 1 5 2 6 0 4 0 0 11 6
4 5.3 0 4 0 2 5 5.1 1.4 5.9 1.4 6.9 0 8 0 0 3.9 4.2
B J
  Another institution's librarian 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
1 0.7 1.9 1 0 1.4 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.2 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.5
  Professional meetings 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
0.7 0.6 1.1 0.7 0 0.9 0 1.6 0 0 1.4 1.4 0 0 6.3 0 1 0.1
Online (unspecified) 6 6 0 6 0 1 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
1.4 1.9 0 1.4 0 0.7 3.1 0 2.7 1.2 1.4 1.4 2.4 0 0 0 1.4 1.4
Students 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
0.9 1.2 0 0.9 0 0.6 0 2.5 1.4 1.2 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7
Personal office/Lab 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0 0.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 2 6.3 0 0.4 0.2
HIJK
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 26 24 2 26 0 9 9 7 4 5 4 7 1 5 1 0 21 5
6.1 7.4 2.2 6.1 0 6.3 5.8 6.3 6.8 5.9 2.8 8.3 7.3 10 18.7 0 7.2 3.8
DK/Refused 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0.9 0.9 0 0 1.2 0 1.4 4.9 0 0 0 0.9 0
HJM
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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