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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 106

R7c_7.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Print abstracts and indexes ? 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 abstracts and indexes for research 292 156 136 292 0** 129* 115* 49* 49* 60* 102* 30** 17* 32* 3** 0* 189 104*
ONLINE 209 96 113 209 0 98 79 32 40 38 75 15 12 27 2 0 124 84
71.5 61.4 83 71.5 0 76 69.3 64.6 82.1 63.3 74.1 48.1 69 85.3 75 0 66 81.5
A I I P
  Online databases 53 24 29 53 0 25 16 12 12 11 17 2 2 7 1 0 29 24
18 15.1 21.3 18 0 19.7 13.6 23.8 25 18.3 16.7 7.4 13.8 20.6 43.7 0 15.4 22.7
  Your own institution's web site 42 18 24 42 0 25 15 3 5 3 23 3 2 6 0 0 20 22
14.4 11.4 17.9 14.4 0 19.1 12.8 5.7 10.7 5 22.2 11.1 13.8 17.6 0 0 10.8 20.9
G I I P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 37 11 26 37 0 23 13 1 5 2 13 6 1 9 0 0 20 17
12.7 7.1 19.1 12.7 0 18 11.2 2.3 10.7 3.3 13 18.5 8.6 29.4 12.5 0 10.8 16.2
A G HIJL
  Web directory/subject related web site 23 18 6 23 0 8 9 6 6 6 6 2 1 2 0 0 18 5
8 11.4 4.1 8 0 6.5 8 11.8 12.5 10 5.6 7.4 8.6 5.9 0 0 9.8 4.8
B
  Search engine 20 5 15 20 0 9 9 2 3 5 8 0 3 2 0 0 15 6
6.9 3.4 10.9 6.9 0 7.3 7.9 3.7 5.4 8.3 7.4 0 17.2 5.9 12.5 0 7.7 5.5
A H
  Online abstracting and indexing services 19 12 8 19 0 3 14 3 5 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 14 5
6.6 7.4 5.7 6.6 0 2.3 11.9 5.7 10.7 13.3 3.7 0 1.7 5.9 6.3 0 7.7 4.8
E L
  Internet searches 8 4 4 8 0 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 4
2.8 2.4 3.3 2.8 0 2.4 3.6 2 3.6 1.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 0 0 0 2.1 4
  Online reference service 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1 1.4 0.6 1 0 0.7 0.3 3.8 3.6 1.7 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 1.2 0.8
  Department web page 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 1.2 0 0.6 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
E
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 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
  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 39 28 11 39 0 16 15 8 5 7 13 9 3 1 0 0 30 8
13.2 17.8 7.9 13.2 0 12.1 12.8 17.1 10.7 11.7 13 29.6 17.2 2.9 12.5 0 16 8
B M
  Campus library 29 19 10 29 0 12 11 6 4 6 9 7 2 1 0 0 23 6
9.9 12.1 7.4 9.9 0 9.6 9.2 12.6 7.1 10 9.3 22.2 13.8 2.9 6.3 0 12.2 5.9
M
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 4 4 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
1.4 2.5 0.2 1.4 0 1.7 1.7 0 1.8 0 1.9 3.7 1.7 0 0 0 1.6 1.1
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  3 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
magazines and journals 0.9 1.8 0 0.9 0 0 1.6 1.8 1.8 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 0.8 0.3 0.3 0 1.7 0 0 1.7 0 6.3 0 0.8 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0.7 0 0.4 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
  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
  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Another library 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 17 11 7 17 0 4 12 1 2 5 4 2 1 3 0 0 13 4
5.8 6.7 4.8 5.8 0 3.2 10.4 1.9 3.6 8.3 3.7 7.4 6.9 8.8 12.5 0 7 3.6
E
  A librarian in your institution 11 8 3 11 0 1 9 1 1 3 2 2 0 3 0 0 9 2
3.9 5.3 2.1 3.9 0 1.1 7.8 1.9 1.8 5 1.9 7.4 1.7 8.8 6.3 0 5 1.8
E
  Colleagues inside your institution 6 2 4 6 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 2
1.9 1.2 2.7 1.9 0 1.9 2.7 0 1.8 3.3 1.9 0 3.4 0 6.3 0 1.9 1.8
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0.2 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 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
  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
Online (unspecified) 5 4 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1.6 2.9 0.2 1.6 0 0.7 0.9 5.9 0 3.3 1.9 0 5.2 0 0 0 2.4 0.3
H
E-Journals 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 0 1.4 0.6 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
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 14 12 2 14 0 5 4 5 0 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 12 2
4.9 8 1.4 4.9 0 3.7 3.8 10.5 0 10 3.7 11.1 1.7 2.9 0 0 6.6 1.8
B H
DK/Refused 6 5 1 6 0 3 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 3.1 0.7 2 0 2.1 2.7 0 1.8 3.3 1.9 3.7 0 0 0 0 1.5 2.9
None/No preferences 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.3 0 0.7 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0

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