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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 212

T7b_4.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         e-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 e-journals for teaching 156 103* 53* 156 0** 75* 49* 33** 37* 31* 39** 26** 6** 16** 1** 0* 110* 46*
ONLINE 135 95 40 135 0 65 40 30 34 26 32 22 6 14 1 0 96 39
86.7 92.5 75.5 86.7 0 86.8 83.3 91.6 92.9 83.9 81 87 95.5 88.2 100 0 87.6 84.7
B
  Search engine 29 23 6 29 0 14 8 7 7 5 9 3 1 3 0 0 26 3
18.6 22 11.7 18.6 0 19.2 15.7 21.3 19 16.1 23.8 13 18.2 17.6 33.3 0 23.8 5.9
Q
  Online databases 29 20 9 29 0 14 9 6 6 9 6 4 1 2 0 0 23 6
18.4 18.9 17.3 18.4 0 18.2 18.9 18 16.7 29 14.3 17.4 18.2 11.8 66.7 0 20.7 12.7
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 27 17 10 27 0 8 12 7 9 2 6 8 1 2 0 0 14 13
17.3 16.1 19.7 17.3 0 11.3 24.6 20.2 23.8 6.5 14.3 30.4 13.6 11.8 0 0 13.2 27.4
  Your own institution's web site 25 17 8 25 0 12 10 3 6 3 6 6 2 3 0 0 13 12
16 16 16 16 0 16.3 20.4 8.8 16.7 9.7 14.3 21.7 27.3 17.6 0 0 11.6 26.5
P
  Web directory/subject related web site 23 22 1 23 0 8 4 11 4 7 4 3 2 3 0 0 16 7
14.8 21.2 2.2 14.8 0 10.3 9 33.5 11.9 22.6 9.5 13 27.3 17.6 0 0 14.5 15.5
B
  Internet searches 20 15 5 20 0 9 8 4 7 3 6 2 1 1 0 0 18 2
12.8 14.5 9.5 12.8 0 11.9 15.5 11.1 19 9.7 14.3 8.7 18.2 5.9 0 0 16.6 3.8
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 2 5 7 0 4 1 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
4.3 1.8 9 4.3 0 5 2.1 5.7 2.4 6.5 9.5 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 6
  E-mail listservs 4 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
2.4 3.6 0 2.4 0 3.8 1.8 0 2.4 3.2 0 0 0 11.8 0 0 2.6 2
  Department web page 3 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 1.2 3.3 2 0 2.4 2.7 0 4.8 3.2 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 2 1.9
  Online reference service 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
1.5 2.3 0 1.5 0 0.4 4.3 0 2.4 0 0 0 9.1 5.9 0 0 0.8 3.2
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 1 0 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2
  Online bookstore 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 36 26 10 36 0 15 12 8 6 11 8 6 2 3 0 0 30 6
22.8 25.1 18.4 22.8 0 20.7 24 25.8 16.7 35.5 19 21.7 36.4 17.6 33.3 0 26.8 13.2
  Campus library 27 20 8 27 0 10 11 6 6 8 4 4 2 3 0 0 21 6
17.5 19 14.4 17.5 0 13.7 22 19.2 16.7 25.8 9.5 17.4 31.8 17.6 0 0 19.2 13.2
  References cited in books or journal articles 9 6 3 9 0 5 2 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
5.9 6 5.7 5.9 0 6.5 4.5 6.6 2.4 9.7 9.5 4.3 4.5 0 33.3 0 7.6 1.9
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  5 5 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
 magazines and journals 3.3 5 0 3.3 0 2.5 4.7 3.1 2.4 3.2 4.8 4.3 4.5 0 0 0 3.9 1.9
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
1 1.5 0 1 0 0.4 0 3.9 0 3.2 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 1.4 0
  Another library 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.9 1.4 0 0.9 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 4.3 4.5 0 0 0 1.3 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 3.1 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Physical bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0.3 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 ASSISTANCE 35 21 14 35 0 14 13 8 4 10 8 6 2 6 0 0 26 9
22.3 20 27 22.3 0 18.2 27.8 23.9 11.9 32.3 19 21.7 27.3 35.3 0 0 23.9 18.6
H
  Colleagues inside your institution 21 10 11 21 0 9 12 0 1 5 6 4 1 4 0 0 14 7
13.4 9.2 21.5 13.4 0 12.3 24.2 0 2.4 16.1 14.3 17.4 18.2 23.5 0 0 12.9 14.5
H
  A librarian in your institution 18 12 6 18 0 7 4 7 4 4 4 3 1 2 0 0 14 3
11.3 11.4 11.2 11.3 0 9.2 8.2 20.8 9.5 12.9 9.5 13 18.2 11.8 0 0 13.1 7.2
  Colleagues outside your institution 3 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
1.9 1.8 2.1 1.9 0 2.4 2.3 0 2.4 0 0 4.3 0 5.9 0 0 1.6 2.4
  Professional meetings 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.4 1 2.1 1.4 0 0 2.3 3.1 0 3.2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 0.9 2.4
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.9 1.4 0 0.9 0 0.4 0 3.4 0 0 0 4.3 4.5 0 0 0 1.3 0
Personal office/Lab 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4 1.8 0.6 1.4 0 2.5 0.6 0 0 0 4.8 0 4.5 0 0 0 1.7 0.6
Students 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 1.2 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
Online (unspecified) 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
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 15 8 7 15 0 7 4 4 2 2 8 2 0 1 0 0 12 3
9.5 7.6 13.1 9.5 0 9.1 8.3 11.9 4.8 6.5 19 8.7 4.5 5.9 0 0 10.7 6.5
DK/Refused 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
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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