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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 241

T7c_8.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Online 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 Online abstracts and indexes for teaching 173 126 47* 173 0** 68* 58* 47* 26** 29** 58* 32** 5** 20** 2** 0* 120* 53*
ONLINE 136 96 40 136 0 61 40 35 23 21 49 22 3 17 1 0 92 44
78.6 76.4 84.2 78.6 0 88.6 69.8 74.7 86.7 72.4 83.9 69 58.8 81.8 77.8 0 76.4 83.5
F
  Your own institution's web site 28 16 13 28 0 16 7 6 4 2 11 6 1 5 0 0 18 11
16.4 12.5 26.8 16.4 0 23.5 11.6 11.9 13.3 6.9 19.4 17.2 23.5 22.7 11.1 0 14.6 20.4
  Online databases 28 22 6 28 0 8 7 12 4 8 8 3 0 4 0 0 13 15
16 17.2 12.7 16 0 11.8 12.2 26.6 16.7 27.6 12.9 10.3 5.9 18.2 22.2 0 10.7 28
P
  Web directory/subject related web site 23 20 3 23 0 6 12 4 6 2 11 1 0 2 0 0 13 10
13.1 15.7 5.9 13.1 0 9.4 20.9 8.6 23.3 6.9 19.4 3.4 0 9.1 11.1 0 10.8 18.2
  Search engine 21 17 4 21 0 11 5 5 4 3 4 6 0 4 0 0 19 2
12.2 13.7 8.2 12.2 0 16.3 9 10.2 16.7 10.3 6.5 17.2 5.9 18.2 22.2 0 15.9 3.8
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 17 6 11 17 0 10 2 5 1 2 8 4 0 2 0 0 14 3
9.8 5 22.6 9.8 0 14.3 3.9 10.6 3.3 6.9 12.9 13.8 5.9 9.1 0 0 11.9 5.2
A
  Online abstracting and indexing services 8 8 0 8 0 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 3
4.5 6.2 0 4.5 0 3.2 6.5 4 3.3 3.4 6.5 3.4 0 4.5 11.1 0 4 5.8
  Internet searches 5 3 2 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
2.7 2.2 4 2.7 0 2.9 4 0.6 6.7 6.9 0 0 17.6 0 0 0 3.9 0
  Online reference service 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
1.7 2.4 0 1.7 0 1.6 1.5 2.1 3.3 3.4 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 1.6 2.1
  Department web page 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.1 0 4 1.1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 0
  E-mail listservs 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.1 1.5 0 1.1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 0
  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
  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 15 11 3 15 0 2 8 5 1 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 10 5
8.4 8.9 7.3 8.4 0 2.4 13.5 11 3.3 6.9 9.7 10.3 29.4 4.5 22.2 0 7.9 9.6
E
  Campus library 14 11 3 14 0 1 8 5 1 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 10 5
8.3 8.7 7.3 8.3 0 2.1 13.5 11 3.3 6.9 9.7 10.3 29.4 4.5 11.1 0 7.9 9.2
E
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.1 0 0 0.3
  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
  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
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
magazines and journals 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 10 8 2 10 0 3 5 2 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 9 2
6 6.6 4.5 6 0 4.9 9.2 3.8 6.7 10.3 0 13.8 5.9 4.5 0 0 7.2 3.4
  A librarian in your institution 9 7 2 9 0 3 5 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 7 2
5.4 5.7 4.5 5.4 0 4.5 9.2 1.9 3.3 10.3 0 13.8 0 4.5 0 0 6.2 3.4
  Colleagues inside your institution 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.7 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.9 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 0.2 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
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 8 2 10 0 3 3 4 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 2
5.7 6.3 4 5.7 0 4.1 5.5 8.2 3.3 10.3 6.5 0 5.9 9.1 0 0 6.6 3.6
DK/Refused 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.3 1.8 0 1.3 0 0 1.9 2.4 0 0 0 6.9 0 0 0 0 1.9 0
None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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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