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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 99
R7c_6.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Papers delivered at professional meetings ? 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 Papers delivered at professional meetings for research 359 198 160 359 0** 164 126 69* 54* 78* 118* 59* 19* 29* 2** 0* 227 131*
ONLINE 158 83 75 158 0 82 52 24 32 37 49 18 11 11 1 0 102 56
44.1 41.7 46.9 44.1 0 50 41.1 35.4 59 47.4 41.3 30.2 56.9 38.7 44.4 0 44.7 43
K K
  Web directory/subject related web site 49 32 17 49 0 22 19 8 8 9 21 4 2 5 0 0 33 16
13.6 16.2 10.4 13.6 0 13.4 14.7 11.7 14.8 11.5 17.5 7.5 9.2 16.1 11.1 0 14.4 12
  Online databases 32 15 16 32 0 14 14 4 9 9 9 2 2 0 0 0 22 10
8.9 7.8 10.2 8.9 0 8.5 10.9 6 16.4 11.5 7.9 3.8 10.8 0 22.2 0 9.7 7.4
KM M
  Search engine 17 9 9 17 0 13 2 2 2 5 6 1 1 3 0 0 12 6
4.9 4.4 5.4 4.9 0 8.1 1.7 3.1 3.3 6.4 4.8 1.9 6.2 9.7 0 0 5.2 4.3
F
  Your own institution's web site 16 5 11 16 0 7 6 3 3 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 7 9
4.5 2.5 7.1 4.5 0 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.9 3.8 6.3 1.9 10.8 0 0 0 3.2 6.9
KM
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 16 5 11 16 0 10 5 1 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 9 6
4.4 2.4 6.9 4.4 0 6.1 3.7 1.6 3.3 0 4.8 7.5 10.8 6.5 0 0 4.1 4.9
I I I
  Online abstracting and indexing services 12 7 5 12 0 6 4 2 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 4
3.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 0 3.8 3.2 2.7 8.2 6.4 0 1.9 3.1 3.2 0 0 3.6 2.9
J J J
  Internet searches 8 5 3 8 0 4 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 4
2.3 2.6 1.9 2.3 0 2.6 0 5.7 6.6 1.3 0 3.8 1.5 3.2 11.1 0 1.9 2.9
F J
  Department web page 4 1 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
1 0.5 1.7 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 2.6 0 1.9 3.1 0 0 0 0.7 1.6
J
  Online reference service 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 0.9 0.2 0.6 0 0.2 1.5 0 1.6 1.3 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 1 0
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 1 0 0.6 0 0.6 0.8 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 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 79 41 38 79 0 28 33 18 9 17 24 15 3 10 1 0 47 31
21.9 20.7 23.4 21.9 0 17.3 26 25.4 16.4 21.8 20.6 24.5 15.4 35.5 44.4 0 20.8 23.8
HL
  Professional meetings 37 29 8 37 0 9 16 12 4 6 13 8 1 5 0 0 22 15
10.3 14.6 5 10.3 0 5.5 12.8 17.1 6.6 7.7 11.1 13.2 7.7 16.1 22.2 0 9.8 11.2
B E
  Colleagues inside your institution 27 3 23 27 0 16 11 0 4 7 6 4 1 4 0 0 15 12
7.4 1.7 14.6 7.4 0 9.8 8.4 0 8.2 9 4.8 7.5 7.7 12.9 0 0 6.6 8.8
A G G
  A librarian in your institution 9 3 6 9 0 2 4 3 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 5 4
2.5 1.5 3.8 2.5 0 1.3 3.2 4.2 1.6 2.6 3.2 1.9 0 3.2 22.2 0 2.2 3
  Colleagues outside your institution 5 5 0 5 0 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
1.3 2.4 0 1.3 0 0 1.5 4.2 0 2.6 1.6 0 0 3.2 0 0 1.7 0.8
E
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 64 37 27 64 0 25 25 14 9 11 23 16 3 3 0 0 43 20
17.7 18.6 16.7 17.7 0 15.4 19.4 20.2 16.4 14.1 19 26.4 13.8 9.7 11.1 0 19 15.5
  Campus library 27 13 14 27 0 13 8 6 4 5 9 6 1 1 0 0 16 11
7.5 6.4 8.9 7.5 0 8.1 6.4 8.3 8.2 6.4 7.9 9.4 7.7 3.2 11.1 0 6.8 8.7
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  11 9 2 11 0 1 7 3 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 9 2
magazines and journals 3.2 4.7 1.4 3.2 0 0.7 5.6 4.7 1.6 2.6 1.6 11.3 0 0 0 0 4.1 1.6
E HIJL
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 9 4 5 9 0 8 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 5 5
2.6 2.1 3.2 2.6 0 4.6 0.8 1.3 1.6 1.3 3.2 3.8 3.1 3.2 0 0 2 3.7
  References cited in books or journal articles 9 6 3 9 0 2 3 4 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 0
2.4 2.9 1.8 2.4 0 1.2 2.2 5.5 4.9 2.6 1.6 1.9 0 3.2 0 0 3.8 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 5 0 5 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1.4 2.5 0 1.4 0 0.6 3 0.4 0 1.3 3.2 0 1.5 0 0 0 2.2 0
  Another library 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.5 0 1.2 0.5 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0.1 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
Online (unspecified) 10 1 9 10 0 8 1 1 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 6
2.9 0.7 5.6 2.9 0 4.8 1.2 1.5 1.6 2.6 4.8 0 4.6 3.2 0 0 1.9 4.5
A K
Personal Office/Lab 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0.9 0 0.5 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
E-Journals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
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 25 21 4 25 0 11 5 9 2 7 6 6 1 4 0 0 18 7
7 10.7 2.5 7 0 7 3.6 13.3 3.3 9 4.8 9.4 7.7 12.9 0 0 8.1 5.2
B F
DK/Refused 16 11 5 16 0 6 9 1 1 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 8 8
4.5 5.7 3 4.5 0 3.7 7.2 1.5 1.6 5.1 4.8 9.4 0 0 0 0 3.6 6
None/No preferences 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 0 1.3 1.5 0 0 0 3.2 0 1.5 0 0 0 1 1.4

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