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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 92

R7c_5.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Magazines ? 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 Magazines for research 196 120 77* 196 0** 83* 73* 40* 24** 28** 60* 45* 10* 27** 3** 0* 137 60*
ONLINE 117 61 56 117 0 47 52 18 16 15 43 21 5 15 2 0 75 42
59.6 51.1 73 59.6 0 56.3 71.3 45 66.7 53.6 71.9 47.5 51.5 55.2 61.1 0 54.9 70.5
A G K
  Online databases 36 11 26 36 0 14 20 2 4 6 15 8 0 3 1 0 20 16
18.5 8.9 33.6 18.5 0 17 27.5 5 14.8 21.4 25 17.5 3 10.3 27.8 0 14.9 26.6
A G L
  Search engine 23 18 4 23 0 5 10 7 5 3 8 2 1 4 0 0 17 6
11.5 15.3 5.4 11.5 0 6.3 13.6 18.4 22.2 10.7 12.5 5 6.1 13.8 5.6 0 12.3 9.5
  Web directory/subject related web site 14 10 4 14 0 5 6 3 5 2 0 3 1 3 0 0 10 5
7.2 8.6 5 7.2 0 6.2 8.3 7.4 22.2 7.1 0 7.5 6.1 10.3 5.6 0 7 7.8
J
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 14 5 9 14 0 7 4 2 1 1 8 1 1 2 0 0 9 5
6.9 3.9 11.7 6.9 0 8.9 5.9 4.7 3.7 3.6 12.5 2.5 9.1 6.9 11.1 0 6.5 8
  Your own institution's web site 13 9 5 13 0 7 3 4 0 1 4 4 1 3 0 0 7 6
6.7 7.1 6.1 6.7 0 8.4 3.4 9.4 0 3.6 6.2 10 9.1 10.3 11.1 0 5.3 10
  Internet searches 7 4 3 7 0 4 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 1
3.6 3.3 4.1 3.6 0 4.3 4.9 0 3.7 3.6 3.1 5 12.1 0 0 0 4.3 2.2
  Online abstracting and indexing services 6 4 2 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
3 3.1 2.8 3 0 2.6 5.1 0 0 0 9.4 0 3 0 0 0 3 3.1
  Online reference service 4 1 3 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
1.9 0.8 3.8 1.9 0 2.3 2.6 0 0 3.6 3.1 0 0 3.4 0 0 1.4 3.2
  Department web page 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.4 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.2 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
  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 49 40 9 49 0 18 15 16 4 8 11 16 2 7 1 0 42 7
24.9 33.2 11.9 24.9 0 21.7 20.3 40.3 14.8 28.6 18.7 35 24.2 27.6 22.2 0 30.4 12.4
B F Q
  Campus library 25 17 8 25 0 7 8 9 3 3 6 10 1 2 1 0 18 7
12.8 14.3 10.5 12.8 0 9 11.5 23.3 11.1 10.7 9.4 22.5 15.2 6.9 16.7 0 13 12.4
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 10 10 0 10 0 4 5 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 10 0
 magazines and journals 5.2 8.6 0 5.2 0 4.4 6.2 5 3.7 10.7 6.2 2.5 6.1 3.4 0 0 7.5 0
B
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 4 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
2.7 3.4 1.5 2.7 0 2.9 0 7.1 0 0 3.1 5 0 3.4 5.6 0 3.8 0
F
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 5 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0
2.6 4.2 0 2.6 0 2.7 1.3 4.9 0 7.1 0 0 3 10.3 0 0 3.7 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.6 0.9 0 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Another library 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.8 0 0.5 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0.7 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 10 6 4 10 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 7 3
5.2 5 5.5 5.2 0 7.3 1.6 7.7 3.7 7.1 0 10 9.1 6.9 5.6 0 5.2 5.3
J J
  A librarian in your institution 6 3 3 6 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 3
2.9 2.6 3.3 2.9 0 2.9 1.6 5.2 3.7 0 0 7.5 3 3.4 5.6 0 1.8 5.3
  Colleagues inside your institution 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 0 4 0 0 0 3.6 0 2.5 3 3.4 0 0 2.4 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 0 0.3 0 2.5 0 3.6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.9 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
Online (unspecified) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1.2 0 3.1 1.2 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 3 0 5.6 0 0.3 3.1
E-Journals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 1.2 0.4 0 1.1 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
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 12 9 3 12 0 5 5 2 3 1 4 2 1 2 0 0 8 4
6.2 7.5 4 6.2 0 6.2 6.9 4.7 11.1 3.6 6.2 5 6.1 6.9 0 0 6 6.5
DK/Refused 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
1.4 2.2 0 1.4 0 2.1 0 2.3 0 3.6 0 0 6.1 3.4 5.6 0 1.7 0.5
JK
None/No preferences 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.1 0.9 1.3 1.1 0 2.6 0 0 0 3.6 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0.8 1.7

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