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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 76

R7a_3. When you are doing research, how do you find information about e-books?
       That is, as you gather references and citations for your research, but
       before you actually try to get the specific information?
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 - Responsibility is Research 58* 26** 31** 58* 0** 26** 26** 6** 13** 7** 15** 12** 4** 6** 1** 0* 44* 14**
Ask someone to assist you 16 8 8 16 0 8 7 1 4 3 0 6 1 3 0 0 12 3
27.1 29.8 24.9 27.1 0 30.6 26.1 16.2 26.7 42.9 0 45.5 14.3 50 33.3 0 28.3 23.6
Go to print sources 17 12 5 17 0 7 6 4 5 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 11 6
28.9 44.5 15.7 28.9 0 27.8 21.5 67.2 40 28.6 25 18.2 14.3 50 0 0 24.5 42.6
Go online 52 23 29 52 0 23 26 4 11 7 15 9 4 6 1 0 41 11
90.6 89.1 91.9 90.6 0 90.1 96.7 65.2 86.7 100 100 72.7 92.9 100 100 0 93.4 81.8

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