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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 226
T7b_6.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Papers delivered at professional meetings ?
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 Papers delivered at professional  192 149 42* 192 0** 64* 78* 50* 26** 35* 43** 55* 9** 23** 1** 0* 129 63*
meetings for teaching
ONLINE 112 85 27 112 0 39 39 33 12 22 26 34 6 11 1 0 78 34
58.4 56.9 63.8 58.4 0 61.4 50.7 66.7 48.3 62.9 60.9 61.2 66.7 48 71.4 0 60.1 55
  Web directory/subject related web site 35 31 4 35 0 9 17 9 3 9 9 8 3 4 0 0 22 14
18.4 20.6 10.5 18.4 0 14.1 21.6 18.8 10.3 25.7 21.7 14.3 30 16 0 0 16.7 21.8
  Search engine 29 22 6 29 0 7 11 11 6 6 8 6 1 2 1 0 25 4
14.9 15 14.4 14.9 0 10.2 14.4 21.6 24.1 17.1 17.4 10.2 10 8 42.9 0 19.2 5.9
Q
  Internet searches 20 17 3 20 0 7 6 7 4 2 2 9 1 2 0 0 16 4
10.5 11.2 8 10.5 0 10.4 8.1 14.4 17.2 5.7 4.3 16.3 10 8 14.3 0 12.4 6.7
  Online databases 18 12 6 18 0 6 6 6 3 4 2 7 1 2 0 0 12 6
9.3 7.9 14.1 9.3 0 10 7.1 11.9 10.3 11.4 4.3 12.2 6.7 8 14.3 0 9.1 9.7
  Your own institution's web site 10 6 4 10 0 6 2 3 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 7 3
5.5 4.3 9.7 5.5 0 9.3 2 5.9 0 5.7 4.3 6.1 3.3 12 14.3 0 5.5 5.4
  Department web page 10 7 2 10 0 3 4 3 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 5
5 5 5.3 5 0 4.9 4.8 5.5 6.9 0 13 4.1 0 0 0 0 3.6 8
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 7 3 4 7 0 5 0 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 3
3.9 2.2 9.5 3.9 0 8.5 0 3.9 0 2.9 8.7 2 6.7 4 0 0 3.3 5.1
F
  Online reference service 6 6 0 6 0 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
3.4 4.1 0.7 3.4 0 2.2 5.2 2 0 2.9 8.7 2 6.7 0 0 0 3.9 2.3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 4 4 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0
2.3 2.9 0 2.3 0 2.7 2.2 2 0 2.9 0 4.1 13.3 0 0 0 3.4 0
  Online bookstore 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 84 73 12 84 0 22 38 24 10 14 15 30 4 11 0 0 65 19
43.9 48.6 27.5 43.9 0 34.5 49.2 47.8 37.9 40 34.8 55.1 43.3 48 28.6 0 50.5 30.3
B Q
  Campus library 57 45 12 57 0 18 26 13 9 7 8 25 3 6 0 0 40 17
29.7 30.3 27.5 29.7 0 27.4 33.8 26 34.5 20 17.4 44.9 36.7 24 14.3 0 30.8 27.2
I
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 21 18 2 21 0 5 12 4 2 2 6 7 1 4 0 0 17 4
10.8 12.4 5.3 10.8 0 7.1 15.8 7.8 6.9 5.7 13 12.2 10 16 0 0 12.9 6.5
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  18 18 0 18 0 6 7 5 0 4 2 9 1 2 0 0 17 1
  magazines and journals 9.2 11.8 0 9.2 0 8.7 8.5 10.7 0 11.4 4.3 16.3 10 8 0 0 12.8 1.6
B Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 10 10 0 10 0 3 4 3 0 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 10 0
5.4 6.8 0.7 5.4 0 5.3 5.3 5.7 0 8.6 4.3 4.1 3.3 12 14.3 0 8 0
Q
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 7 7 0 7 0 0 4 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
3.5 4.4 0 3.5 0 0 4.8 5.8 3.4 5.7 8.7 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 1.6
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.7 0.9 0 0.7 0 0.5 0 2.2 0 0 0 2 3.3 0 0 0 1.1 0
  Another library 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.7 0 0.5 0 1.6 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Physical 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 71 55 16 71 0 23 30 19 11 11 9 26 3 10 0 0 45 26
37.1 36.9 38.1 37.1 0 35.7 38.2 37.2 44.8 31.4 21.7 46.9 36.7 44 14.3 0 35.2 41.2
  Professional meetings 37 36 1 37 0 11 14 12 4 8 4 11 2 7 0 0 25 12
19.1 23.8 2.6 19.1 0 16.7 18.2 23.6 17.2 22.9 8.7 20.4 20 32 14.3 0 19 19.5
B
  Colleagues inside your institution 24 12 12 24 0 8 14 2 4 3 6 7 1 4 0 0 17 7
12.5 8 28.6 12.5 0 12.4 18.2 3.9 13.8 8.6 13 12.2 16.7 16 0 0 13.3 11.1
A G
  A librarian in your institution 16 13 3 16 0 5 6 5 3 1 2 9 0 1 0 0 9 7
8.2 8.4 7.3 8.2 0 8.2 7.3 9.7 10.3 2.9 4.3 16.3 3.3 4 0 0 6.9 10.8
  Colleagues outside your institution 9 5 4 9 0 3 4 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4
4.6 3.5 8.6 4.6 0 4.3 5.2 4 17.2 8.6 0 2 3.3 0 0 0 4 5.8
  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
Online (unspecified) 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1 0.6 2.4 1 0 0 2.4 0 3.4 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Personal office/Lab 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Author 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Students 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.5 0.7 0 0.5 0 0 0 2 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Other 21 18 3 21 0 7 8 6 2 5 2 6 1 5 0 0 14 7
10.8 12 6.6 10.8 0 10.2 10.4 12.2 6.9 14.3 4.3 10.2 16.7 20 28.6 0 10.8 10.7
DK/Refused 6 4 1 6 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2
3 2.9 3.3 3 0 2 4.2 2.2 0 0 4.3 6.1 3.3 0 14.3 0 2.5 3.8
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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