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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 2]: Tables 119-180. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 120
R7c_9.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Online databases, data sets or data sources ? 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 databases, data sets or data sources for research 324 162 162 324 0** 143 131 50* 49* 63* 98* 62* 15* 33* 5** 0* 200 124*
ONLINE 219 103 115 219 0 98 83 37 40 39 60 44 12 21 3 0 131 87
67.5 63.9 71.1 67.5 0 68.5 63.8 74.4 80.4 61.9 61.5 70.9 80.4 65.7 60.7 0 65.6 70.6
IJ I
  Online databases 43 19 25 43 0 18 18 7 10 10 8 7 2 7 1 0 30 14
13.4 11.5 15.3 13.4 0 12.5 14.2 14.1 19.6 15.9 7.7 10.9 13.7 20 21.4 0 15 10.9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 42 16 26 42 0 23 12 6 7 6 17 9 2 1 0 0 25 16
12.8 9.7 16 12.8 0 16.4 9.5 11.6 14.3 9.5 17.3 14.5 11.8 2.9 0 0 12.6 13.2
  Your own institution's web site 41 21 20 41 0 14 19 7 8 4 13 8 2 7 0 0 20 21
12.7 12.8 12.6 12.7 0 10.1 14.9 14.7 16.1 6.3 13.5 12.7 11.8 20 0 0 10 17
I
  Search engine 31 17 15 31 0 14 12 5 2 9 6 10 2 2 1 0 20 11
9.7 10.3 9.1 9.7 0 10 9.1 10.2 3.6 14.3 5.8 16.4 15.7 5.7 14.3 0 10.1 9
H H
  Web directory/subject related web site 29 17 12 29 0 12 11 6 5 4 11 4 1 3 1 0 17 12
9.1 10.8 7.3 9.1 0 8.5 8.6 11.9 10.7 6.3 11.5 7.3 5.9 8.6 14.3 0 8.5 10.1
  Internet searches 20 7 13 20 0 14 5 1 4 2 6 4 2 2 0 0 11 9
6.2 4.5 7.8 6.2 0 10.1 3.5 2 7.1 3.2 5.8 7.3 15.7 5.7 3.6 0 5.4 7.5
I
  Online abstracting and indexing services 6 4 2 6 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
2 2.5 1.4 2 0 0 2.6 5.8 3.6 6.3 0 0 3.9 0 0 0 2.5 1
E J JK
  Online reference service 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
0.9 0.6 1.3 0.9 0 0.7 0.8 1.9 3.6 0 0 0 0 2.9 7.1 0 1 0.8
  Department web page 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.7 1.2 0.2 0.7 0 0.2 0.7 2.2 1.8 0 0 1.8 2 0 0 0 0.6 0.9
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 44 22 22 44 0 24 15 5 4 13 13 6 1 7 1 0 23 21
13.6 13.5 13.7 13.6 0 16.9 11.1 10.5 8.9 20.6 13.5 9.1 5.9 20 10.7 0 11.7 16.7
L
  Colleagues inside your institution 18 7 12 18 0 11 6 2 3 8 4 1 0 3 0 0 12 7
5.7 4.1 7.3 5.7 0 7.4 4.5 4 5.4 12.7 3.8 1.8 0 8.6 3.6 0 5.9 5.4
KL
  A librarian in your institution 16 7 9 16 0 10 4 2 1 2 6 3 1 3 0 0 5 11
4.8 4.3 5.3 4.8 0 7 2.8 3.9 1.8 3.2 5.8 5.5 3.9 8.6 7.1 0 2.3 8.9
P
  Colleagues outside your institution 5 4 1 5 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 0
1.6 2.6 0.6 1.6 0 0.6 2.2 2.6 0 3.2 1.9 0 2 2.9 0 0 2.6 0
  Another institution's librarian 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.9 1.9 0 0.9 0 1.3 0.9 0 0 0 1.9 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 2.4
P
  Professional meetings 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0 0.6 0.8 0 1.8 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 28 16 12 28 0 8 17 4 3 5 9 7 1 3 1 0 24 4
8.7 10.2 7.3 8.7 0 5.6 12.8 7.1 5.4 7.9 9.6 10.9 7.8 8.6 10.7 0 12.1 3.3
Q
  Campus library 19 11 8 19 0 5 12 2 2 5 4 4 1 3 0 0 16 3
5.9 7 4.9 5.9 0 3.4 9 4.8 3.6 7.9 3.8 7.3 7.8 8.6 3.6 0 8.1 2.4
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0 1.3 1.4 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0
  References cited in books or journal articles 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.6 0 1.2 0.6 0 0.6 0.9 0 1.8 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.7
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and journals 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.6 1.2 0 0.6 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.7 0 0.3 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
  Another library 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 0 0 7.1 0 0.1 0.1
  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 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
Online (unspecified) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 0 1.2 0.6 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
E-Journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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 16 11 5 16 0 6 7 3 1 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 13 4
5 7 3.1 5 0 4.1 5.5 6.3 1.8 3.2 9.6 5.5 2 0 7.1 0 6.3 3
DK/Refused 15 9 6 15 0 5 9 1 2 4 4 2 1 2 1 0 9 6
4.5 5.4 3.7 4.5 0 3.5 6.7 1.8 3.6 6.3 3.8 3.6 3.9 5.7 10.7 0 4.3 4.9
None/No preferences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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