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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 262
T7c_11.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Proprietary software or application ?
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 Proprietary software or application for teaching 190 129 61* 190 0** 65* 62* 63* 29* 61* 34** 31** 14* 20** 1** 0* 144 46*
ONLINE 75 56 19 75 0 23 19 32 14 21 17 9 5 8 1 0 57 18
39.4 43.3 31.1 39.4 0 35.8 30.8 51.5 48.5 34.4 50 28.6 34.7 42.9 60 0 39.7 38.4
F
  Search engine 20 16 4 20 0 2 4 15 3 7 4 3 1 2 0 0 14 6
10.4 12.6 5.8 10.4 0 2.7 5.7 23.1 9.1 11.5 11.1 10.7 8.2 9.5 0 0 9.5 13.3
EF
  Web directory/subject related web site 17 15 2 17 0 4 5 8 3 5 4 2 2 2 0 0 14 4
9.2 11.9 3.5 9.2 0 5.9 8.4 13.3 9.1 8.2 11.1 7.1 12.2 9.5 20 0 9.6 7.7
  Internet searches 12 8 4 12 0 6 2 4 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 8 4
6.3 6.2 6.6 6.3 0 9 3.8 6.1 15.2 3.3 5.6 3.6 4.1 9.5 20 0 5.7 8.2
I
  Your own institution's web site 6 3 3 6 0 2 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0
3.4 2.5 5.4 3.4 0 2.4 4.8 3 6.1 4.9 0 3.6 4.1 0 0 0 4.5 0
  Online databases 6 4 2 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2 0 5.1 0 4.5 3 3.3 5.6 0 2 4.8 20 0 3.6 2.2
  Department web page 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
2 1.5 3.3 2 0 3.1 3 0 3 0 5.6 3.6 0 0 0 0 1.3 4.3
  Your own personal electronic library/files 3 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
1.6 0.9 3.1 1.6 0 3.3 1.5 0 0 0 5.6 0 2 4.8 0 0 1.3 2.6
  Online abstracting and indexing services 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1.5 2.2 0 1.5 0 0 3 1.6 0 1.6 5.6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  Online reference service 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.5 2.2 0 1.5 0 4.3 0 0 3 1.6 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 2 0
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0.5 0.2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.2 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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 59 34 26 59 0 20 23 16 8 22 8 13 4 5 0 0 50 10
31.3 26.4 41.8 31.3 0 31.1 37 25.9 27.3 36.1 22.2 42.9 26.5 23.8 20 0 34.6 21.1
A
  Colleagues inside your institution 51 27 25 51 0 18 18 15 7 21 6 11 3 4 0 0 42 10
27.1 20.8 40.2 27.1 0 27.5 29.6 24.2 24.2 34.4 16.7 35.7 18.4 19 20 0 29 21.1
A
  Colleagues outside your institution 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
1.9 2.8 0 1.9 0 2.2 3.5 0 3 1.6 0 3.6 4.1 0 0 0 2.5 0
  A librarian in your institution 3 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 0 1.4 3 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 4.8 0 0 2 0
  Professional meetings 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
0.9 1.3 0 0.9 0 0 0.9 1.8 0 0 0 3.6 4.1 0 0 0 1.2 0
I
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 20 11 9 20 0 10 7 3 1 6 6 2 2 3 0 0 16 4
10.6 8.8 14.3 10.6 0 14.9 11.6 5 3 9.8 16.7 7.1 16.3 14.3 20 0 10.9 9.6
H
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 9 9 0 9 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 9 0
4.7 6.7 0.5 4.7 0 5.6 6.9 1.6 0 3.3 5.6 3.6 8.2 14.3 0 0 6 0.6
H
  Campus library 9 0 8 9 0 6 3 0 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 3
4.5 0.1 13.8 4.5 0 8.8 4.7 0 0 4.9 11.1 3.6 4.1 0 20 0 3.8 6.9
A G
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 0.4 0 1.6 0 1.6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.2 2.2
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 0 0 1.9 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.8 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
  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
  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
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 23 19 4 23 0 7 8 8 4 8 2 4 3 2 0 0 13 10
12.2 14.7 7 12.2 0 10.3 13.7 12.9 15.2 13.1 5.6 14.3 18.4 9.5 0 0 9 22.3
P
DK/Refused 12 9 4 12 0 5 4 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 8 4
6.5 6.8 5.8 6.5 0 7.9 6.9 4.6 6.1 6.6 5.6 7.1 4.1 9.5 0 0 5.8 8.5
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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