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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 234

T7c_7.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Print abstracts and indexes ?
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 abstracts and indexes for teaching 154 110* 44* 154 0** 58* 53* 43* 37* 25** 43** 29** 6** 13** 1** 0* 107* 47*
ONLINE 86 62 24 86 0 31 25 30 22 13 24 13 4 8 1 0 53 33
55.7 56.2 54.4 55.7 0 54.2 46.4 69 59.5 52 56.5 46.2 63.6 64.3 100 0 49.5 69.8
F P
  Your own institution's web site 19 13 6 19 0 8 6 4 2 1 9 2 1 3 0 0 8 10
12.1 11.8 12.7 12.1 0 13.9 11.8 10 4.8 4 21.7 7.7 22.7 21.4 0 0 7.6 22.1
P
  Online databases 16 10 6 16 0 5 8 3 5 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 11 5
10.2 9.1 12.8 10.2 0 8.3 14.7 7.2 14.3 12 8.7 11.5 0 0 50 0 10.1 10.4
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 12 8 4 12 0 3 3 6 2 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 9 3
7.8 7.4 8.8 7.8 0 5.7 5.1 14.1 4.8 4 8.7 7.7 22.7 14.3 0 0 8.4 6.6
  Web directory/subject related web site 11 7 4 11 0 3 3 5 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 5
7.1 6.3 9.1 7.1 0 5.2 6 11 9.5 12 4.3 7.7 4.5 0 0 0 5.4 10.9
  Search engine 11 9 2 11 0 6 2 3 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 2
6.9 8 4 6.9 0 10.1 3.3 6.9 14.3 12 0 3.8 4.5 7.1 0 0 8 4.3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 7 0 7 0 0 1 6 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 2
4.5 6.3 0 4.5 0 0.5 1.7 13.4 4.8 4 4.3 3.8 4.5 7.1 0 0 4.9 3.7
EF
  Internet searches 3 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
1.9 1.6 2.7 1.9 0 3.6 1.7 0 2.4 4 0 0 0 7.1 25 0 2 1.9
  Online bookstore 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
1.8 2.5 0 1.8 0 0 0 6.5 0 0 4.3 0 0 7.1 0 0 0.9 4
  Department web page 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1.4 0.3 4.3 1.4 0 3.2 0.5 0 0 0 4.3 0 4.5 0 0 0 0.3 4
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.8 1.2 0 0.8 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 25 0 1.2 0
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 1.7 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
  Online reference service 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 1.5 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 41 33 8 41 0 11 20 10 8 6 11 11 2 3 0 0 36 5
26.5 29.8 18.3 26.5 0 18.8 38.2 22.5 21.4 24 26.1 38.5 27.3 21.4 0 0 33.5 10.6
E Q
  Campus library 37 29 8 37 0 11 16 10 7 5 11 9 2 3 0 0 32 5
23.8 26 18.3 23.8 0 18.8 30.4 22.5 19 20 26.1 30.8 27.3 21.4 0 0 29.7 10.6
Q
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 2.8 0 2 0 0 5.9 0 2.4 0 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 2.9 0
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 0 1.9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 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
  References cited in books or journal articles 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
  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
  Another library 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
  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 21 10 11 21 0 13 6 3 6 4 6 3 0 2 0 0 13 8
13.8 9.4 25 13.8 0 22 10.9 6.5 16.7 16 13 11.5 4.5 14.3 0 0 12.1 17.7
A
  Colleagues inside your institution 16 7 9 16 0 11 4 2 6 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 9 7
10.4 6.6 19.9 10.4 0 18.1 6.9 4.3 16.7 12 13 0 4.5 7.1 0 0 8 15.8
A
  A librarian in your institution 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
2.8 1.9 5.1 2.8 0 3.9 2.1 2.1 0 0 0 11.5 0 7.1 0 0 3.1 2
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 0 1.9 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 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
  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
Personal office/lab 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 0 2 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
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
Students 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 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.8 1.2 0 0.8 0 1.7 0.5 0 0 4 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 1.2 0
DK/Refused 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4 1 2.3 1.4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 2 0
None 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.2 1.7 0 1.2 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 0

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