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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 64
R7c_1.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Print or hardcopy books ? Do you ...
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 233 101 132 233 0 108 86 39 40 46 83 31 9 20 4 0 144 89
57.8 53.4 61.7 57.8 0 57.3 58.1 58.6 65.7 59 59.5 48.3 54.4 53.8 59.5 0 53.1 67.5
P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 82 32 51 82 0 40 30 13 11 11 41 9 3 6 1 0 46 37
20.4 16.6 23.8 20.4 0 21 20.2 19.3 18.6 14.1 29.7 13.8 17.5 15.4 16.7 0 16.8 27.9
IK P
  Online databases 47 23 24 47 0 19 18 11 15 10 9 6 1 5 2 0 33 14
11.7 12.1 11.4 11.7 0 10.2 11.9 15.7 24.3 12.8 6.8 8.6 5.3 12.8 26.2 0 12.2 10.9
JKL IJKL
  Your own institution's web site 31 11 21 31 0 19 11 1 4 6 11 4 2 3 0 0 13 18
7.8 5.5 9.7 7.8 0 10.3 7.1 1.9 7.1 7.7 8.1 6.9 12.3 7.7 4.8 0 4.8 13.9
P
  Search engine 27 17 10 27 0 12 8 8 3 7 11 2 1 4 0 0 22 5
6.8 9.1 4.7 6.8 0 6.1 5.4 11.9 4.3 9 8.1 3.4 3.5 10.3 0 0 8.2 3.9
  Web directory/subject related web site 16 10 7 16 0 4 7 5 3 2 6 3 1 2 0 0 10 6
4.1 5.1 3.2 4.1 0 2.3 5 7.1 4.3 2.6 4.1 5.2 3.5 5.1 4.8 0 3.9 4.5
  Internet searches 13 3 9 13 0 6 6 0 2 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 9 4
3.1 1.7 4.4 3.1 0 3.3 4.3 0 2.9 5.1 1.4 5.2 3.5 2.6 2.4 0 3.2 3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 3 4 7 0 3 3 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 4
1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 0 1.6 2.1 1.3 4.3 0 1.4 3.4 1.8 0 0 0 1.1 3
  Department web page 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
0.7 0 1.4 0.7 0 1.1 0.7 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0
J
  Online reference service 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0 0.7 0.4 1.5 0 2.6 0 0 3.5 0 4.8 0 1 0.2
HJK HJKM
  Online bookstore 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.7 0.1 0.4 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 3.5 0 0 0 0.5 0.2
HIJ
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.5 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 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 105 55 50 105 0 50 39 16 13 20 32 25 4 8 2 0 78 27
25.9 29 23.2 25.9 0 26.3 26.3 23.8 21.4 25.6 23 37.9 26.3 23.1 28.6 0 28.6 20.3
H
  Campus library 74 31 43 74 0 37 28 9 9 14 24 18 3 5 1 0 50 24
18.3 16.1 20.3 18.3 0 19.8 18.6 13.3 14.3 17.9 17.6 27.6 17.5 12.8 16.7 0 18.4 18.1
  References cited in books or journal articles 11 7 4 11 0 6 2 3 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 9 2
2.8 3.5 2.1 2.8 0 3.3 1.4 4.3 4.3 5.1 0 5.2 0 2.6 2.4 0 3.4 1.4
J J J J
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 9 9 0 9 0 2 5 2 1 1 6 0 1 1 0 0 9 1
2.4 4.8 0.1 2.4 0 1.3 3.3 3.1 1.4 1.3 4.1 0 5.3 2.6 2.4 0 3.2 0.7
B K K
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  6 5 1 6 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 0
magazines and journals 1.6 2.7 0.6 1.6 0 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 0 3.5 5.1 2.4 0 2.3 0
K K
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0.1 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 2.4 0 0.4 0.1
HIJ
  Another library 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0.4 0
  Physical bookstore 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0.4 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 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0.1 0
HIJK
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 28 10 18 28 0 14 11 3 3 7 9 3 2 3 0 0 23 5
6.9 5.1 8.5 6.9 0 7.5 7.3 4.3 4.3 9 6.8 5.2 14 7.7 4.8 0 8.4 3.8
H
  A librarian in your institution 15 7 8 15 0 9 4 2 2 4 6 0 1 3 0 0 14 1
3.7 3.5 3.9 3.7 0 4.7 2.9 3 2.9 5.1 4.1 0 3.5 7.7 4.8 0 5.1 0.9
K K K
  Colleagues inside your institution 11 2 9 11 0 5 5 0 0 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 7 4
2.7 1.1 4 2.7 0 2.9 3.6 0 0 3.8 2.7 3.4 10.5 0 0 0 2.6 2.9
HJM
  Colleagues outside your institution 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0.8 1.3 1.4 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0.7 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
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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-Journals 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.5 0 0.9 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Online (unspecified) 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 0 0.1 0 1.5 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0.4 0
HJK
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 15 9 7 15 0 7 5 3 2 1 9 1 0 2 0 0 12 3
3.8 4.5 3.1 3.8 0 4 3.2 4.3 2.9 1.3 6.8 1.7 0 5.1 0 0 4.6 2.1
DK/Refused 17 14 3 17 0 4 8 5 3 3 2 4 1 4 0 0 13 4
4.2 7.4 1.3 4.2 0 2.3 5.1 7.4 4.3 3.8 1.4 6.9 5.3 10.3 2.4 0 4.8 2.8
B J
None/No preferences 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.7 0.1 1.3 0.7 0 1.6 0 0 1.4 0 1.4 0 0 0 2.4 0 0.1 2.1
IK P

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