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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 269
T7c_12.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Data ?
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 Data for teaching 264 186 79* 264 0** 112* 85* 68* 48* 63* 75* 37* 8** 32* 1** 0* 174 91*
ONLINE 124 94 30 124 0 49 40 35 26 31 36 9 2 20 1 0 89 36
46.9 50.5 38.4 46.9 0 43.4 47.5 52 52.7 49.2 47.5 24.2 28.6 61.8 85.7 0 51 39
K K K K
  Search engine 25 19 6 25 0 13 5 7 4 8 8 3 1 1 0 0 19 6
9.4 10.3 7.4 9.4 0 11.8 5.7 10.2 9.1 12.7 10 9.1 7.1 2.9 14.3 0 11.1 6.3
  Online databases 25 19 6 25 0 10 7 8 9 8 2 1 0 5 0 0 16 8
9.3 10.2 7.1 9.3 0 8.5 7.8 12.5 18.2 12.7 2.5 3 0 14.7 14.3 0 9.5 9
JK J
  Internet searches 19 13 6 19 0 8 9 3 4 3 9 0 1 2 0 0 16 3
7.3 7.2 7.4 7.3 0 6.8 10.3 4.3 9.1 4.8 12.5 0 7.1 5.9 0 0 9.3 3.4
  Web directory/subject related web site 19 17 2 19 0 5 7 7 2 5 2 1 0 8 0 0 12 7
7.1 9 2.7 7.1 0 4.6 8.2 9.8 3.6 7.9 2.5 3 3.6 26.5 28.6 0 7 7.4
HIJK
  Your own institution's web site 17 14 4 17 0 6 6 6 4 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 14 4
6.6 7.3 4.9 6.6 0 5.2 7 8.4 7.3 7.9 7.5 3 0 5.9 28.6 0 7.9 4.2
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 8 5 3 8 0 4 3 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 3
3 2.6 3.9 3 0 3.4 3.7 1.5 3.6 1.6 5 3 3.6 0 0 0 3 3
  Department web page 4 2 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
1.6 1.2 2.6 1.6 0 2.1 0 2.8 0 0 2.5 3 3.6 2.9 0 0 0.2 4.3
P
  Online reference service 4 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1.4 1 2.4 1.4 0 0 4.4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0
E
  Online abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.6 0 0.4 0 0 0.3 1.3 1.8 0 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 0.5 0.3
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0.5 0 0.4 0 0.9 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
  Online bookstore 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.5 0 0.4 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 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 82 61 21 82 0 32 25 25 13 18 26 12 3 8 0 0 52 29
30.8 32.7 26.4 30.8 0 28.9 28.9 36.5 27.3 28.6 35 33.3 39.3 26.5 14.3 0 30.2 32
  Campus library 44 30 14 44 0 17 13 14 7 8 17 9 2 1 0 0 24 20
16.7 16.1 18.1 16.7 0 15.6 15 20.5 14.5 12.7 22.5 24.2 25 2.9 14.3 0 13.9 21.9
M M
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 19 16 3 19 0 10 5 4 4 5 4 3 1 3 0 0 15 4
7.2 8.8 3.5 7.2 0 8.8 5.8 6.3 7.3 7.9 5 9.1 7.1 8.8 0 0 8.8 4.1
  References cited in books or journal articles 7 6 1 7 0 1 5 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 3
2.5 3 1.3 2.5 0 0.9 5.6 1.3 1.8 3.2 2.5 0 0 5.9 0 0 2.2 3
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 6 5 1 6 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2
 magazines and journals 2.2 2.7 1.2 2.2 0 1.9 1.1 4.2 1.8 1.6 2.5 0 3.6 5.9 0 0 2.4 2
  Physical bookstore 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
1.6 1.2 2.4 1.6 0 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.8 3.2 0 0 3.6 2.9 0 0 1.9 1
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 2.8 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 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
  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 ASSISTANCE 29 9 20 29 0 17 10 2 5 8 2 11 2 1 0 0 18 11
11 4.9 25.1 11 0 15.3 11.6 3.1 10.9 12.7 2.5 30.3 21.4 2.9 0 0 10.4 12.1
A G HIJM
  Colleagues inside your institution 21 6 15 21 0 13 7 1 4 7 0 8 1 1 0 0 13 8
8.1 3.2 19.5 8.1 0 12 8 1.7 9.1 11.1 0 21.2 14.3 2.9 0 0 7.5 9.1
A G J J JM
  A librarian in your institution 7 3 3 7 0 3 3 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 2
2.5 1.7 4.2 2.5 0 2.3 3.5 1.5 0 1.6 2.5 9.1 3.6 0 0 0 2.7 2.1
H
  Another institution's librarian 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 1.1 0.3 0 0.8 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.4 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 0 0 0 0.2 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0 0 1.3 1.8 0 0 0 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 15 10 5 15 0 8 4 3 3 3 6 1 1 2 0 0 8 7
5.6 5.3 6.2 5.6 0 6.9 5.1 4.2 5.5 4.8 7.5 3 7.1 5.9 0 0 4.8 7.1
DK/Refused 14 11 3 14 0 6 6 2 1 3 6 3 0 1 0 0 5 9
5.3 6 3.8 5.3 0 5.6 6.9 2.9 1.8 4.8 7.5 9.1 3.6 2.9 0 0 3 9.7
P
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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