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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 113
R7c_8.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Online 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 Online abstracts and indexes for research 348 171 178 348 0** 151 130 68* 63* 75* 109* 47* 17* 32* 5* 0* 222 126*
ONLINE 262 112 150 262 0 114 103 45 51 50 88 29 13 26 4 0 163 99
75.2 65.6 84.4 75.2 0 75.9 79.1 66.3 80.6 66.7 81 61.9 76.3 82.4 83.9 0 73.3 78.6
A K K
  Online databases 49 16 32 49 0 21 21 7 9 7 17 4 3 7 2 0 22 27
14 9.6 18.1 14 0 13.7 16.3 10.2 13.9 9.3 15.5 9.5 15.3 20.6 45.2 0 9.7 21.4
A HIJKLM P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 46 18 28 46 0 21 17 8 4 4 21 8 3 7 0 0 33 13
13.1 10.5 15.6 13.1 0 13.8 13.2 11.3 5.6 5.3 19 16.7 15.3 20.6 6.5 0 14.8 10
HI HI HI
  Your own institution's web site 45 23 22 45 0 15 19 11 9 7 17 4 1 7 0 0 28 17
13 13.7 12.3 13 0 10.2 14.8 15.8 13.9 9.3 15.5 9.5 6.8 20.6 6.5 0 12.5 13.8
  Search engine 33 13 19 33 0 18 12 3 10 9 6 2 2 4 1 0 21 12
9.4 7.8 11 9.4 0 12.1 8.9 4.2 15.3 12 5.2 4.8 10.2 11.8 12.9 0 9.4 9.4
J
  Web directory/subject related web site 31 14 17 31 0 13 14 4 10 6 8 4 2 1 0 0 17 13
8.8 8.2 9.3 8.8 0 8.6 10.7 5.5 15.3 8 6.9 9.5 10.2 2.9 3.2 0 7.8 10.4
  Internet searches 27 11 17 27 0 16 7 5 4 6 11 3 1 1 0 0 22 5
7.8 6.2 9.4 7.8 0 10.4 5.4 6.7 6.9 8 10.3 7.1 6.8 2.9 3.2 0 10.1 3.8
  Online abstracting and indexing services 14 9 5 14 0 2 8 5 4 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 10 4
4.2 5.5 2.9 4.2 0 1.4 5.8 7 5.6 5.3 5.2 0 6.8 0 3.2 0 4.6 3.4
E KM K
  Department web page 9 4 5 9 0 3 4 2 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 3
2.5 2.2 2.9 2.5 0 2.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 5.3 1.7 0 1.7 2.9 0 0 2.7 2.2
  Online reference service 8 2 5 8 0 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 5
2.2 1.3 3 2.2 0 3.5 1.1 1.3 1.4 2.7 1.7 4.8 3.4 0 0 0 1.1 4
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.7 0 0.3 0 0.1 0 1.5 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0.5 0
HJK
  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 30 21 9 30 0 12 11 7 4 7 6 9 1 3 0 0 22 8
8.5 12.2 4.9 8.5 0 7.7 8.5 10.2 6.9 9.3 5.2 19 3.4 8.8 3.2 0 9.7 6.3
B JL
  Campus library 14 12 2 14 0 6 6 2 3 2 2 6 0 1 0 0 14 0
3.9 7 0.9 3.9 0 3.7 4.6 2.9 4.2 2.7 1.7 11.9 1.7 2.9 3.2 0 6.1 0
B J Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 6 4 2 6 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
1.7 2.3 1.1 1.7 0 1.3 0.7 4.4 2.8 4 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 1.9 1.4
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 4 2 2 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2
1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 0 0 2.3 1.4 0 0 1.7 2.4 0 2.9 0 0 0.9 1.5
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 3 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9 0 1.2 0.9 0 0 0 1.7 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
P
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0 0.9 0 1.5 0 2.7 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0.5 1
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 0 0 0.4 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
  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 29 18 10 29 0 11 10 8 5 7 9 4 1 1 1 0 16 13
8.3 10.7 5.9 8.3 0 7.2 7.6 11.8 8.3 9.3 8.6 9.5 6.8 2.9 9.7 0 7 10.4
  A librarian in your institution 13 9 4 13 0 5 4 4 3 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 9 4
3.8 5.3 2.3 3.8 0 3.2 3.3 6 4.2 2.7 3.4 7.1 1.7 2.9 3.2 0 4.2 3
  Colleagues inside your institution 11 6 5 11 0 5 3 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 6
3.2 3.5 2.9 3.2 0 3.3 2.5 4.4 1.4 5.3 5.2 0 1.7 0 6.5 0 2.2 4.9
KM
  Colleagues outside your institution 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
0.8 1.4 0.2 0.8 0 0.2 1.1 1.5 0 1.3 0 2.4 3.4 0 0 0 0.6 1.1
HJ
  Professional meetings 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0.6 0.7 0 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
  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) 6 2 4 6 0 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1.7 1.2 2.2 1.7 0 2.6 0.8 1.5 0 5.3 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 1.5
E-Journals 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 1.2 0 0.6 0 0 0 2.9 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 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 6 3 3 6 0 4 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 3
1.9 2 1.7 1.9 0 2.4 1.4 1.5 2.8 4 0 2.4 3.4 0 0 0 1.6 2.3
J
DK/Refused 13 11 2 13 0 6 3 4 1 2 4 3 1 2 0 0 12 1
3.8 6.7 1 3.8 0 4 2.4 5.8 1.4 2.7 3.4 7.1 6.8 5.9 3.2 0 5.4 0.9
B
None/No preferences 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0.3 0
HIJ

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