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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 254
T7b_10.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Manuscripts and other primary source documents ?
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 Manuscripts and other primary source 283 189 94* 283 0** 133 90* 59* 50* 61* 68* 73* 8** 21** 1** 0* 208 75*
 documents for teaching
ONLINE 195 140 55 195 0 85 60 49 40 45 38 46 7 18 1 0 148 47
68.8 73.9 58.6 68.8 0 63.9 66.5 83.4 80.7 73.8 55.6 63.1 79.3 82.6 87.5 0 71 62.6
B EF JK
  Web directory/subject related web site 55 45 10 55 0 16 22 18 11 10 17 10 3 5 1 0 44 12
19.6 23.9 10.9 19.6 0 11.6 24.1 30.5 21.1 16.4 25 13.8 31 21.7 37.5 0 21 15.7
B E E
  Search engine 52 41 11 52 0 29 12 12 11 17 6 11 1 6 0 0 39 13
18.5 21.9 11.8 18.5 0 21.8 12.8 19.8 22.8 27.9 8.3 15.4 13.8 26.1 25 0 18.9 17.4
J
  Online databases 38 27 11 38 0 13 11 13 11 14 6 4 0 2 0 0 28 10
13.4 14.3 11.5 13.4 0 10.1 12 22.7 22.8 23 8.3 6.2 0 8.7 25 0 13.5 12.9
E K K
  Your own institution's web site 26 21 5 26 0 8 10 9 4 4 6 6 1 5 0 0 20 6
9.2 11.3 4.8 9.2 0 5.8 10.7 14.4 8.8 6.6 8.3 7.7 17.2 21.7 12.5 0 9.4 8.4
  Internet searches 26 17 9 26 0 13 6 6 7 6 4 4 1 3 0 0 18 7
9.1 9.2 9.1 9.1 0 10 7.2 10.1 14 9.8 5.6 6.2 17.2 13 25 0 8.9 9.9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 26 15 10 26 0 12 12 2 5 2 6 9 1 3 0 0 19 6
9 8.1 10.9 9 0 8.7 13 3.6 10.5 3.3 8.3 12.3 10.3 13 0 0 9.4 8.1
  Online reference service 14 14 0 14 0 3 3 8 3 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 10 4
5.1 7.4 0.3 5.1 0 2.6 3.6 13.1 5.3 3.3 2.8 6.2 6.9 13 0 0 5 5.3
B EF
  Online abstracting and indexing services 8 7 1 8 0 4 0 4 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3
2.9 3.7 1.2 2.9 0 3.3 0 6.4 3.5 6.6 0 3.1 0 0 12.5 0 2.6 3.7
F
  Online bookstore 6 6 0 6 0 2 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
2.1 3.2 0 2.1 0 1.4 3.3 1.9 0 0 5.6 3.1 0 0 0 0 2.9 0
  Department web page 6 2 4 6 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 0.9 4.3 2 0 3.7 0 1.5 7 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 1.4 3.8
I
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.8 0.6 1.2 0.8 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 1.1 0
  E-mail listservs 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 0.8 0 1.5 1.8 0 0 0 0 4.3 12.5 0 1 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 170 129 41 170 0 82 49 39 24 36 36 56 4 14 1 0 136 34
60.1 68.4 43.4 60.1 0 61.7 54.1 65.8 47.4 59 52.8 76.9 44.8 65.2 62.5 0 65.5 45.2
B HIJ Q
  Campus library 132 98 34 132 0 60 40 32 21 27 28 43 3 10 0 0 106 26
46.7 52 35.9 46.7 0 45.4 44.2 53.5 42.1 44.3 41.7 58.5 31 47.8 25 0 50.9 35.1
B Q
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 38 35 3 38 0 20 10 8 3 12 8 9 1 6 0 0 32 6
13.4 18.5 3.1 13.4 0 14.7 10.9 14.1 5.3 19.7 11.1 12.3 13.8 26.1 0 0 15.5 7.5
B H
  References cited in books or journal articles 15 14 1 15 0 5 4 5 1 4 0 8 0 2 0 0 13 2
5.2 7.2 1.2 5.2 0 4 4.7 8.8 1.8 6.6 0 10.8 0 8.7 12.5 0 6.1 2.7
J
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  12 11 1 12 0 6 4 2 4 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 10 2
magazines and journals 4.2 5.9 1 4.2 0 4.8 4.2 3 8.8 3.3 0 3.1 6.9 13 0 0 4.9 2.4
J
  Another library 11 10 1 11 0 1 5 5 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 10 1
3.8 5.2 1.2 3.8 0 0.7 5.5 8.5 5.3 4.9 2.8 3.1 0 4.3 12.5 0 4.7 1.3
E E
  Physical bookstore 9 8 1 9 0 5 2 2 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 1
3.2 4.3 1.1 3.2 0 3.9 2.2 3.2 3.5 6.6 0 4.6 0 0 0 0 4 1.2
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 6 6 0 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 0
2.1 3.2 0 2.1 0 2.4 2.1 1.7 0 1.6 5.6 1.5 0 0 12.5 0 2.9 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 5 4 1 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
1.9 2.2 1.2 1.9 0 2.5 0 3.4 1.8 0 0 4.6 0 4.3 12.5 0 1.6 2.7
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 79 46 32 79 0 49 16 14 9 18 13 29 2 7 0 0 58 20
27.8 24.6 34.3 27.8 0 36.6 17.2 24.2 17.5 29.5 19.4 40 20.7 34.8 25 0 28 27.3
F HJ
  Colleagues inside your institution 50 28 22 50 0 30 12 7 8 13 8 16 1 5 0 0 35 14
17.6 14.9 23 17.6 0 22.7 13.6 12 15.8 21.3 11.1 21.5 10.3 21.7 0 0 17 19.1
  A librarian in your institution 36 24 12 36 0 24 3 9 4 7 8 15 1 3 0 0 29 7
12.8 12.7 13.2 12.8 0 18 3.6 15.5 7 11.5 11.1 20 6.9 13 25 0 14.1 9.3
F F H
  Colleagues outside your institution 25 22 3 25 0 18 3 4 1 4 8 9 0 4 0 0 19 6
8.9 11.8 2.9 8.9 0 13.5 3.3 7 1.8 6.6 11.1 12.3 0 17.4 0 0 9.2 8
B F H
  Professional meetings 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.9 1.3 0 0.9 0 1.1 1.1 0 0 1.6 0 1.5 3.4 0 0 0 1.2 0
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.7 0 0.5 0 0 0.2 1.9 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 12.5 0 0.6 0
Personal office/Lab 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
Online (unspecified) 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 1.4 0 0 1.8 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
Author 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.6 0 0.4 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0.4
Other 24 18 6 24 0 13 6 5 4 8 6 4 0 2 0 0 17 7
8.5 9.6 6.3 8.5 0 9.7 6.5 8.9 7 13.1 8.3 6.2 3.4 8.7 12.5 0 8.2 9.2
DK/Refused 5 3 2 5 0 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
1.8 1.6 2.3 1.8 0 2.4 1.1 1.5 1.8 3.3 0 1.5 0 4.3 12.5 0 1.6 2.4
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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