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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 283

T7c_14.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Technical Reports ?
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 Technical Reports for teaching 137 109* 28** 137 0** 58* 50* 29** 26** 27** 39** 12** 9* 21** 1** 0* 101* 36**
ONLINE 84 68 16 84 0 34 31 19 16 17 28 6 4 12 1 0 61 23
61.2 62.3 57.1 61.2 0 57.6 62 67.3 60 63 71.4 45.5 48.4 56.5 57.1 0 60.2 64.1
  Search engine 21 15 6 21 0 11 3 7 1 7 9 0 1 2 1 0 18 2
15.2 13.7 21.2 15.2 0 18.7 5.8 24.4 3.3 25.9 23.8 0 12.9 8.7 42.9 0 18.3 6.6
  Online databases 16 14 3 16 0 5 8 4 6 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 8 8
12 12.4 10.1 12 0 8.6 15.6 12.5 23.3 11.1 9.5 9.1 3.2 8.7 14.3 0 8.1 23
  Web directory/subject related web site 16 15 1 16 0 6 8 2 4 2 6 2 0 2 0 0 12 4
11.4 13.5 3.2 11.4 0 10.1 15.6 6.6 13.3 7.4 14.3 18.2 3.2 8.7 0 0 11.7 10.5
  Internet searches 14 11 4 14 0 5 5 4 1 2 6 2 1 3 0 0 11 3
10.5 10 12.8 10.5 0 9.3 9.9 14.2 3.3 7.4 14.3 18.2 9.7 13 0 0 11.3 8.4
  Your own institution's web site 7 5 2 7 0 3 4 0 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3
5.1 4.8 6.3 5.1 0 5.7 7.4 0 13.3 7.4 0 0 6.5 4.3 0 0 4.2 7.7
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2
2.5 3.1 0 2.5 0 2.6 0 6.6 0 0 4.8 0 6.5 4.3 0 0 1.5 5.3
  Online reference service 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 2.5 0 2 0 0 3.8 3.1 3.3 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 0
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1.4 0.9 3.6 1.4 0 0 3.9 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 1.9 0
  Department web page 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.9 1.1 0 0.9 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4.3 0 0 0.3 2.6
  Online bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0.3 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
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 29 22 6 29 0 11 13 5 4 8 8 1 3 5 0 0 26 3
21 20.7 22.4 21 0 18.9 26 16.8 16.7 29.6 19 9.1 32.3 21.7 14.3 0 25.3 8.9
  Campus library 18 15 3 18 0 8 7 3 4 6 2 1 1 3 0 0 17 1
12.9 13.4 11.1 12.9 0 13.9 13.3 10.1 16.7 22.2 4.8 9.1 16.1 13 0 0 16.5 2.8
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 6 6 0 6 0 0 4 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0
4.6 5.8 0 4.6 0 0.5 8.2 6.7 0 3.7 9.5 0 6.5 4.3 0 0 5.9 0.8
  References cited in books or journal articles 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
1.9 0.4 7.8 1.9 0 4 0.6 0 0 0 4.8 0 6.5 0 14.3 0 0.7 5.3
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.9 1.1 0 0.9 0 0.5 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4.3 0 0 1.2 0
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.7 0 3.6 0.7 0 0 2 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
  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 11 7 4 11 0 7 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 8 4
8.3 6.5 15.4 8.3 0 12.1 5 6.2 13.3 7.4 4.8 18.2 6.5 4.3 14.3 0 7.5 10.5
  A librarian in your institution 5 4 1 5 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
3.8 3.6 4.6 3.8 0 2.2 4.4 6.2 6.7 0 4.8 9.1 3.2 0 14.3 0 2.3 8.1
  Colleagues inside your institution 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
2.9 0.9 10.7 2.9 0 6.7 0 0 3.3 3.7 0 9.1 0 4.3 0 0 3 2.5
  Professional meetings 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.6 2 0 1.6 0 3.2 0.6 0 3.3 3.7 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 2.1 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
  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
Author 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4 1.7 0 1.4 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0
Online (unspecified) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.8 0 4 0.8 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1
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
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
Other 6 5 0 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 2
4.1 4.9 1 4.1 0 2 5.3 6.5 3.3 0 0 9.1 9.7 13 0 0 3.5 5.9
DK/Refused 4 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
3.1 3.9 0 3.1 0 4.2 1.8 3.3 6.7 0 0 9.1 3.2 4.3 14.3 0 1.6 7.5
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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