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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 1]: Tables 62-118. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 63
R7b_1.  When you are doing research, how do you find information about
         Print or hardcopy books ?
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 Print or hardcopy books for research 404 190 214 404 0** 189 148 67* 62* 78* 139* 65* 17* 36* 7* 0* 272 132*
ONLINE 328 160 168 328 0 144 125 59 53 65 105 54 14 31 6 0 217 110
81.2 84.2 78.5 81.2 0 76.3 84.2 88.1 85.7 83.3 75.7 82.8 87.7 84.6 78.6 0 79.9 83.7
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 111 47 64 111 0 50 44 17 15 13 51 18 5 7 2 0 65 45
27.4 24.6 29.9 27.4 0 26.4 29.6 25.5 24.3 16.7 36.5 27.6 28.1 20.5 26.2 0 24 34.5
I
  Online databases 93 48 44 93 0 37 38 17 25 18 21 15 2 10 3 0 61 32
23 25.5 20.7 23 0 19.5 25.9 26.1 40 23.1 14.9 22.4 10.5 28.2 40.5 0 22.3 24.3
IJKL L IJKL
  Search engine 73 46 27 73 0 26 32 16 10 16 21 13 3 9 1 0 56 17
18.2 24.1 12.9 18.2 0 13.6 21.6 23.2 15.7 20.5 14.9 20.7 21.1 25.6 9.5 0 20.7 13
B
  Your own institution's web site 57 23 34 57 0 29 21 6 5 12 21 8 3 7 0 0 28 29
14.1 12.2 15.7 14.1 0 15.6 14.4 9.2 8.6 15.4 14.9 12.1 19.3 20.5 4.8 0 10.1 22.2
N P
  Web directory/subject related web site 54 35 19 54 0 14 26 14 6 10 19 7 2 9 1 0 39 15
13.4 18.6 8.7 13.4 0 7.4 17.5 21.2 10 12.8 13.5 10.3 14 25.6 9.5 0 14.4 11.3
B E E HK
  Internet searches 43 18 25 43 0 19 20 4 5 8 9 13 2 5 0 0 24 19
10.6 9.3 11.8 10.6 0 9.9 13.6 5.9 8.6 10.3 6.8 20.7 10.5 12.8 4.8 0 8.8 14.3
JN
  Online bookstore 22 16 6 22 0 7 10 6 4 3 9 2 1 3 0 0 17 5
5.5 8.6 2.8 5.5 0 3.5 6.8 8.5 5.7 3.8 6.8 3.4 7 7.7 2.4 0 6.3 3.8
B
  Online abstracting and indexing services 18 12 7 18 0 7 5 6 4 4 4 3 1 2 0 0 13 6
4.6 6.1 3.2 4.6 0 3.9 3.5 8.6 7.1 5.1 2.7 5.2 5.3 5.1 2.4 0 4.6 4.4
  Online reference service 12 8 4 12 0 6 2 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 10 2
2.9 4.1 1.9 2.9 0 3.3 1.2 5.8 0 5.1 2.7 0 10.5 5.1 7.1 0 3.6 1.6
HJK HK
  Department web page 4 1 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1 0.5 1.5 1 0 1.2 1.3 0 0 3.8 0 0 1.8 2.6 0 0 1.6 0
J J
  E-mail listservs 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
0.7 1.5 0 0.7 0 0 1.4 1.3 1.4 0 0 1.7 0 2.6 0 0 1.1 0
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0 0.6 0.8 0 0 1.3 0 1.7 0 0 2.4 0 0.8 0.1
HJ
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 196 115 81 196 0 82 72 42 25 38 62 41 8 19 4 0 149 47
48.6 60.5 38.1 48.6 0 43.6 48.8 62.3 40 48.7 44.6 63.8 47.4 51.3 52.4 0 54.8 35.9
B E HJ Q
  Campus library 149 87 62 149 0 66 57 26 20 28 55 27 6 11 3 0 111 38
36.9 45.8 28.9 36.9 0 35 38.3 39 32.9 35.9 39.2 41.4 33.3 30.8 35.7 0 40.7 29.1
B Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 43 31 12 43 0 13 17 13 7 13 8 9 1 5 1 0 36 7
10.6 16.1 5.8 10.6 0 6.7 11.4 20 11.4 16.7 5.4 13.8 7 12.8 7.1 0 13.2 5.2
B E J Q
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  24 19 5 24 0 12 9 3 2 4 11 2 1 4 0 0 18 6
magazines and journals 6 9.9 2.5 6 0 6.5 6 4.4 2.9 5.1 8.1 3.4 5.3 10.3 2.4 0 6.7 4.4
B
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 22 19 2 22 0 8 6 7 3 3 9 3 2 1 0 0 19 3
5.4 10.1 1.2 5.4 0 4.4 4.3 10.4 4.3 3.8 6.8 5.2 12.3 2.6 4.8 0 6.9 2.3
B IM
  Another library 13 11 3 13 0 0 8 5 3 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 12 1
3.3 5.7 1.2 3.3 0 0.2 5.4 7.1 4.3 6.4 1.4 1.7 7 2.6 7.1 0 4.4 1
B E E J J
  Physical bookstore 9 6 3 9 0 3 3 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 1
2.3 3.3 1.4 2.3 0 1.5 2.1 4.8 0 2.6 2.7 5.2 0 0 2.4 0 3 0.9
H
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 8 5 3 8 0 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0
2 2.5 1.5 2 0 1.1 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.6 1.4 3.4 0 0 2.4 0 2.9 0.1
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 8 4 4 8 0 2 4 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 8 0
1.9 2 1.7 1.9 0 1.2 2.9 1.5 0 2.6 1.4 3.4 1.8 2.6 2.4 0 2.8 0
H
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 95 55 40 95 0 37 44 13 14 22 24 16 6 11 2 0 74 21
23.5 29 18.6 23.5 0 19.9 29.9 19.6 22.9 28.2 17.6 24.1 35.1 30.8 23.8 0 27.3 15.7
B J Q
  Colleagues inside your institution 63 40 24 63 0 24 30 9 10 14 17 11 4 7 1 0 45 19
15.7 21 11 15.7 0 13 20.3 13.2 15.7 17.9 12.2 17.2 24.6 17.9 14.3 0 16.5 14.1
B J
  A librarian in your institution 45 27 18 45 0 19 20 6 5 11 11 8 3 6 1 0 39 5
11.1 14.1 8.4 11.1 0 9.8 13.4 9.6 8.6 14.1 8.1 12.1 15.8 15.4 16.7 0 14.5 4
Q
  Colleagues outside your institution 18 12 5 18 0 6 7 4 4 6 0 3 2 3 0 0 14 4
4.4 6.4 2.5 4.4 0 3.3 5.1 5.8 5.7 7.7 0 5.2 10.5 7.7 2.4 0 5 3
J J J J J J
  Professional meetings 3 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
0.8 0.6 0.9 0.8 0 0.7 1.3 0 1.4 2.6 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 1.2 0
J
  Another institution's librarian 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0.6 0 1.4 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
E-journals 5 1 4 5 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1.2 0.5 1.8 1.2 0 1 1.3 1.5 0 1.3 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.4
Online (unspecified) 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 1.1 0.2 0.6 0 0.1 0.9 1.5 0 1.3 0 1.7 0 0 4.8 0 0.9 0
HJM
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
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 41 25 15 41 0 18 15 8 5 7 19 4 1 4 0 0 32 8
10.1 13.4 7.1 10.1 0 9.7 9.8 11.6 8.6 9 13.5 6.9 7 10.3 2.4 0 11.9 6.4
DK/Refused 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0.5 0 0.2 0 0 0.6 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
None/No preferences 20 1 19 20 0 16 4 0 4 5 9 1 0 1 0 0 6 14
5 0.5 9 5 0 8.7 2.5 0 5.7 6.4 6.8 1.7 0 2.6 2.4 0 2.2 10.8
A FG P

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