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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 248

T7c_9.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Online databases, data sets or data sources ?
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 databases, data sets or  296 222 74* 296 0** 110* 117* 68* 36* 68* 88* 62* 8** 31* 3** 0* 217 79*
data sources for teaching
ONLINE 196 152 44 196 0 76 76 44 22 42 62 38 7 22 2 0 145 50
66.1 68.4 59.2 66.1 0 68.5 65.1 64 61 61.8 70.2 61.8 86.2 72.7 73.3 0 67.1 63.5
  Search engine 47 36 10 47 0 22 12 12 4 16 6 13 2 5 0 0 37 10
15.7 16.4 13.8 15.7 0 20 10.6 17.7 12.2 23.5 6.4 21.8 24.1 15.2 13.3 0 16.9 12.5
J J
  Online databases 36 27 9 36 0 16 11 9 4 11 9 7 0 4 1 0 24 12
12.2 12.4 11.7 12.2 0 14.6 9.5 12.9 12.2 16.2 10.6 10.9 3.4 12.1 20 0 11.2 14.8
  Your own institution's web site 34 23 11 34 0 14 14 6 5 5 13 7 1 3 0 0 25 9
11.5 10.6 14.3 11.5 0 13 11.8 8.5 14.6 7.4 14.9 10.9 10.3 9.1 6.7 0 11.4 11.8
  Web directory/subject related web site 31 28 3 31 0 8 19 5 4 4 17 2 1 3 1 0 24 8
10.5 12.5 4.5 10.5 0 6.9 16.2 6.8 9.8 5.9 19.1 3.6 13.8 9.1 20 0 10.9 9.5
IK
  Internet searches 21 16 5 21 0 6 10 5 3 4 8 3 1 3 0 0 16 5
7.2 7.1 7.3 7.2 0 5.4 8.8 7.3 7.3 5.9 8.5 5.5 10.3 9.1 0 0 7.4 6.4
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 17 14 3 17 0 7 4 7 2 0 8 4 1 3 0 0 14 3
5.9 6.3 4.6 5.9 0 6.1 3.6 9.6 4.9 0 8.5 7.3 10.3 9.1 0 0 6.5 4.2
I I I
  Online reference service 5 5 0 5 0 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 1
1.8 2.3 0 1.8 0 0.2 3.5 1.4 0 1.5 2.1 0 3.4 6.1 6.7 0 2 1.2
  Department web page 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.8 0 3 0.8 0 1.7 0.2 0 0 1.5 0 0 3.4 3 0 0 0.6 1.2
A
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.5 0.7 0 0.5 0 0.4 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 3.4 0 6.7 0 0.1 1.6
  Your own personal electronic library/files 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0.4
  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
  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 40 28 12 40 0 12 17 11 4 13 9 10 0 3 0 0 32 8
13.6 12.8 16.1 13.6 0 11.2 14.4 16.2 12.2 19.1 10.6 16.4 3.4 9.1 13.3 0 15 9.9
  Campus library 25 17 8 25 0 9 9 7 4 7 8 6 0 1 0 0 19 6
8.5 7.8 10.3 8.5 0 8.2 7.4 10.7 9.8 10.3 8.5 9.1 3.4 3 6.7 0 8.8 7.6
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 3 2 5 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1.8 1.4 2.9 1.8 0 1.9 1.8 1.5 0 4.4 0 3.6 0 0 0 0 2.4 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 5 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
1.6 2.2 0 1.6 0 0.8 1 4.1 0 0 2.1 1.8 0 6.1 0 0 1.4 2.3
I
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
magazines and journals 0.7 0.5 1.4 0.7 0 0 1.7 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 0.8 0 0.6 0 0 1.6 0 2.4 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 1.5 0.4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0.5 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
0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.7 0 0.1 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 24 13 10 24 0 10 8 6 4 5 4 9 0 2 0 0 14 9
8 6 14 8 0 9.3 6.5 8.4 9.8 7.4 4.3 14.5 3.4 6.1 6.7 0 6.5 12
A
  Colleagues inside your institution 14 6 8 14 0 7 6 2 3 3 2 6 0 1 0 0 7 7
4.8 2.8 11 4.8 0 6.2 4.8 2.7 7.3 4.4 2.1 9.1 3.4 3 0 0 3.3 9.1
A
  A librarian in your institution 6 4 2 6 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
2.1 1.7 3 2.1 0 2.2 0.8 4 2.4 0 2.1 3.6 0 3 6.7 0 1.8 2.8
  Colleagues outside your institution 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 0 0.9 1.6 0 1.5 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0.9 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 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 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.5 0 0.4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0.5 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 14 8 6 14 0 4 7 3 2 3 8 0 0 1 0 0 9 5
4.6 3.4 8.2 4.6 0 3.8 5.7 4.1 4.9 4.4 8.5 0 3.4 3 6.7 0 4.1 6
DK/Refused 21 20 2 21 0 8 9 5 4 5 6 3 0 3 0 0 15 7
7.3 8.8 2.5 7.3 0 7.2 7.3 7.2 12.2 7.4 6.4 5.5 3.4 9.1 0 0 6.8 8.6
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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