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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 255
T7c_10.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         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 133 90 43 133 0 49 50 33 32 31 28 26 6 10 1 0 97 36
47.1 47.8 45.5 47.1 0 37.1 55.7 56.2 63.2 50.8 41.7 35.4 65.5 47.8 50 0 46.9 47.5
E E JK
  Search engine 25 19 6 25 0 13 7 6 6 10 2 4 1 2 0 0 20 5
8.9 10 6.7 8.9 0 9.7 7.2 9.8 12.3 16.4 2.8 6.2 10.3 8.7 0 0 9.8 6.5
J
  Web directory/subject related web site 25 18 7 25 0 2 15 8 4 3 9 6 1 1 0 0 21 4
8.8 9.6 7.2 8.8 0 1.5 16.1 14.1 8.8 4.9 13.9 7.7 17.2 4.3 12.5 0 10.2 5
E E
  Online databases 23 14 9 23 0 7 11 6 8 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 14 9
8.2 7.6 9.3 8.2 0 5 12 9.5 15.8 13.1 5.6 4.6 0 0 12.5 0 6.9 11.7
K
  Your own institution's web site 17 14 3 17 0 6 4 8 2 3 4 3 1 4 0 0 12 5
6.1 7.3 3.6 6.1 0 4.4 4.1 12.9 3.5 4.9 5.6 4.6 17.2 17.4 12.5 0 5.7 7.3
E
  Internet searches 14 8 6 14 0 8 4 2 4 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 10 4
5 4.2 6.7 5 0 6.3 4.3 3.4 8.8 4.9 5.6 3.1 10.3 0 0 0 5 5.2
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 14 7 7 14 0 5 7 1 4 1 6 1 1 2 0 0 11 3
4.9 3.5 7.6 4.9 0 4.1 8 1.7 7 1.6 8.3 1.5 6.9 8.7 0 0 5.2 4
  Online reference service 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1
1.6 2.3 0 1.6 0 0.8 2.6 1.6 0 0 0 3.1 3.4 8.7 0 0 1.6 1.5
  Online abstracting and indexing services 4 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1.4 2.1 0 1.4 0 1.6 0 3.2 1.8 4.9 0 0 0 0 12.5 0 1 2.5
  Department web page 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
1.3 0.5 3.1 1.3 0 2.8 0 0 5.3 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.8
P
  Online bookstore 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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 1.2 0.4 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0.5 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 93 66 27 93 0 45 30 18 9 18 26 32 2 5 1 0 71 22
32.8 34.8 28.8 32.8 0 33.7 32.8 30.7 17.5 29.5 38.9 44.6 24.1 21.7 37.5 0 34.3 28.8
H H
  Campus library 57 35 22 57 0 28 20 9 5 7 17 24 1 3 0 0 41 16
20.1 18.4 23.4 20.1 0 20.8 21.9 15.7 10.5 11.5 25 32.3 13.8 13 12.5 0 19.5 21.7
HI
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 18 15 3 18 0 8 7 3 0 6 8 3 1 0 0 0 15 3
6.3 7.9 3.1 6.3 0 5.8 7.6 5.3 0 9.8 11.1 4.6 10.3 0 0 0 7.3 3.4
H H
  References cited in books or journal articles 8 7 1 8 0 4 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 8 1
3 3.9 1.2 3 0 3.3 2.3 3.3 1.8 3.3 0 6.2 0 4.3 12.5 0 3.6 1.2
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1.1 1.7 0 1.1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 2.8 1.5 0 0 12.5 0 1.5 0
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
 magazines and journals 1 1.4 0 1 0 0.7 1 1.5 3.5 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 1.3 0
  Physical bookstore 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 0 0.8 0 1.7 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Another library 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0.5 0 0.4 0 0 0 1.7 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0 0 1.5 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 33 13 20 33 0 24 6 3 4 5 8 11 1 5 0 0 21 12
11.8 7.1 21.2 11.8 0 17.9 7 5.3 8.8 8.2 11.1 15.4 6.9 21.7 0 0 10.2 16.1
A FG
  Colleagues inside your institution 19 5 14 19 0 13 5 1 4 4 2 7 0 3 0 0 11 8
6.8 2.6 15.2 6.8 0 9.5 6 1.9 7 6.6 2.8 9.2 3.4 13 0 0 5.3 11
A
  A librarian in your institution 12 6 6 12 0 9 1 2 1 0 6 4 0 1 0 0 8 4
4.2 3.3 6 4.2 0 6.8 1 3.4 1.8 0 8.3 6.2 0 4.3 0 0 3.9 5.2
  Colleagues outside your institution 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 1.4 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0.9 0
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0.1 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
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
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
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 6 4 2 6 0 5 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
2 2 2 2 0 3.5 1 0 3.5 1.6 2.8 0 0 4.3 0 0 1.4 3.7
DK/Refused 14 12 2 14 0 6 3 5 3 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 11 3
4.9 6.3 2.3 4.9 0 4.8 3.2 7.8 5.3 8.2 2.8 4.6 0 4.3 12.5 0 5.3 3.9
None 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.8 1 0.3 0.8 0 1.4 0.3 0 0 0 2.8 0 3.4 0 0 0 1 0

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