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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 290

T7c_15.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Pre-prints ?
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 Pre-prints for teaching 84* 71* 13** 84* 0** 32** 34** 18** 16** 21** 21** 11** 3** 12** 1** 0* 62* 22**
ONLINE 33 29 5 33 0 14 10 9 6 8 6 6 1 7 0 0 24 10
39.7 40.2 36.9 39.7 0 44.9 30.3 47.9 38.9 38.1 27.3 50 40 53.8 66.7 0 38.3 43.7
  Web directory/subject related web site 11 11 0 11 0 3 4 4 2 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 10 1
13 15.4 0 13 0 9.4 11.4 22.2 11.1 9.5 18.2 20 10 7.7 0 0 16.2 4
  Search engine 6 5 1 6 0 3 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
7.2 7.1 7.8 7.2 0 10.3 5.5 5 5.6 14.3 0 10 0 7.7 33.3 0 6.6 9.1
  Your own institution's web site 6 4 2 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 3
7 5.1 17.6 7 0 12.9 2.6 5 5.6 0 0 20 0 23.1 0 0 4.8 13.4
  Internet searches 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
4.4 4 6.9 4.4 0 11.7 0 0 5.6 4.8 0 0 0 15.4 0 0 4.4 4.6
  Online databases 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2.6 2.6 2.3 2.6 0 0 0.9 10.2 5.6 4.8 0 0 10 0 0 0 3.5 0
  Online reference service 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2.2 2.6 0 2.2 0 0 5.5 0 0 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.6
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
1.7 1.6 2.3 1.7 0 0 4.3 0 5.6 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0.9 4
  Online abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1.2 1.4 0 1.2 0 0 0 5.4 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 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
0.2 0.2 0 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3 0 0.3 0
  Department web page 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 21 15 6 21 0 7 10 4 4 6 6 2 1 2 0 0 16 5
25.3 21.2 48.4 25.3 0 21.6 30.9 21.3 27.8 28.6 27.3 20 40 15.4 0 0 26.2 22.8
  Colleagues inside your institution 12 6 6 12 0 5 5 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 8 4
14.3 8.2 48.4 14.3 0 15.3 15.4 10.5 27.8 9.5 9.1 20 20 7.7 0 0 12.9 18.3
  A librarian in your institution 4 4 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
4.9 5.7 0 4.9 0 0 9.1 5.4 0 4.8 9.1 0 10 7.7 0 0 6.6 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
4.6 5.4 0 4.6 0 3.1 5.5 5.4 0 9.5 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 4.6
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1.5 1.8 0 1.5 0 3.1 0.9 0 0 4.8 0 0 10 0 0 0 2.1 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 17 15 2 17 0 6 8 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 0 0 13 4
20.3 21.3 14.7 20.3 0 18.1 22.1 20.6 22.2 19 18.2 30 20 15.4 0 0 21.5 16.8
  Campus library 12 10 2 12 0 5 4 3 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 9 3
14.4 14.4 14.7 14.4 0 15.3 13.2 15.2 11.1 14.3 9.1 30 10 15.4 0 0 15 12.8
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  3 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
magazines and journals 3.3 3.9 0 3.3 0 2.8 5.5 0 5.6 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1.2 1.4 0 1.2 0 0 0 5.4 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 1.2 0 1 0 0 2.6 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.3 0.4 0 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0.5 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 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 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 5 5 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
5.9 7 0 5.9 0 6.6 5.5 5.4 5.6 14.3 0 0 0 7.7 33.3 0 6.6 4
DK/Refused 7 7 0 7 0 3 4 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 5 3
8.8 10.4 0 8.8 0 8.8 11.1 4.8 5.6 0 27.3 0 0 7.7 0 0 7.5 12.6
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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