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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 133
R7b_11.  When you are doing research, how do you find information about
         Proprietary software or application ?
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 Proprietary software or application for research 253 137 116 253 0** 113* 97* 44* 49* 72* 58* 32** 12* 26** 2** 0* 174 79*
ONLINE 165 94 71 165 0 72 61 33 33 53 32 22 7 16 2 0 119 46
65.4 68.7 61.6 65.4 0 64.1 62.8 74.7 67.9 73.6 54.8 69 53.5 60.7 92.9 0 68.8 58.1
L
  Search engine 70 44 26 70 0 26 27 17 11 24 15 9 2 7 1 0 53 16
27.6 31.8 22.6 27.6 0 23.2 27.5 38.8 23.2 33.3 25.8 27.6 18.6 28.6 21.4 0 30.8 20.5
  Internet searches 42 19 23 42 0 18 20 4 11 14 4 6 1 6 0 0 30 12
16.6 13.9 19.7 16.6 0 16.3 20.4 8.6 23.2 19.4 6.5 17.2 9.3 21.4 14.3 0 17.4 14.6
J
  Web directory/subject related web site 37 28 10 37 0 9 16 13 5 14 4 7 2 5 1 0 29 9
14.8 20.3 8.3 14.8 0 7.9 16.2 29.3 10.7 19.4 6.5 20.7 18.6 17.9 28.6 0 16.5 11.2
B E
  Online databases 25 11 13 25 0 13 8 3 5 6 8 2 1 2 1 0 14 11
9.8 8.3 11.5 9.8 0 11.7 8.7 7.1 10.7 8.3 12.9 6.9 9.3 7.1 28.6 0 8 13.7
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 17 7 10 17 0 8 8 1 3 4 6 2 1 2 0 0 9 9
6.8 5 8.8 6.8 0 7.5 8 2.1 5.4 5.6 9.7 6.9 4.7 7.1 7.1 0 5 10.7
  Your own institution's web site 13 9 4 13 0 10 2 1 3 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 11 2
5.1 6.5 3.4 5.1 0 8.6 2.2 2.1 5.4 8.3 0 3.4 9.3 7.1 0 0 6.1 2.7
J
  Online reference service 11 10 1 11 0 3 6 2 0 3 2 3 0 3 0 0 10 1
4.5 7.5 1 4.5 0 2.9 6.4 4.7 0 4.2 3.2 10.3 2.3 10.7 7.1 0 5.8 1.8
B
  E-mail listservs 5 4 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1.9 2.8 0.9 1.9 0 4.3 0 0 1.8 1.4 3.2 3.4 0 0 0 0 2.8 0
  Online abstracting and indexing services 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
1.7 1.4 2.1 1.7 0 2 1 2.3 1.8 2.8 0 3.4 2.3 0 0 0 1.8 1.4
  Online bookstore 4 3 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
1.6 2.1 1 1.6 0 1.8 0 4.3 0 0 3.2 3.4 0 3.6 0 0 0.5 3.8
  Department web page 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
0.7 0 1.5 0.7 0 0.3 1.5 0 0 0 0 3.4 4.7 0 0 0 1 0
HIJ
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.6 0.1 0.4 0 0.9 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 0 0.5 0.2
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 129 74 55 129 0 56 45 28 22 43 26 17 6 14 1 0 91 37
50.8 53.8 47.3 50.8 0 49.6 46.4 63.8 44.6 59.7 45.2 51.7 46.5 53.6 28.6 0 52.5 47.2
  Colleagues inside your institution 92 47 45 92 0 42 31 19 14 35 17 10 6 10 0 0 68 24
36.4 34.5 38.7 36.4 0 37.5 31.9 43.6 28.6 48.6 29 31 44.2 39.3 14.3 0 39.2 30.5
H
  Colleagues outside your institution 35 30 4 35 0 9 9 17 4 17 6 2 1 5 0 0 29 6
13.7 22.2 3.7 13.7 0 8.1 9.4 37.8 8.9 23.6 9.7 6.9 4.7 17.9 7.1 0 16.6 7.5
B EF HL
  A librarian in your institution 34 23 11 34 0 18 13 4 9 3 9 7 0 6 0 0 24 10
13.5 17.1 9.3 13.5 0 15.6 13.1 8.9 17.9 4.2 16.1 20.7 2.3 21.4 14.3 0 13.7 13.1
IL
  Professional meetings 6 6 0 6 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
2.2 4.2 0 2.2 0 0.8 0.9 8.9 1.8 2.8 3.2 0 0 3.6 0 0 3.3 0
B EF
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 79 52 27 79 0 29 32 18 15 25 9 13 3 12 1 0 64 15
31.3 38.3 23.1 31.3 0 25.7 32.8 42.4 30.4 34.7 16.1 41.4 27.9 46.4 35.7 0 37.1 18.8
B Q
  Campus library 50 35 16 50 0 18 22 11 9 13 8 10 3 7 1 0 43 7
19.9 25.3 13.6 19.9 0 15.8 22.7 24.5 17.9 18.1 12.9 31 23.3 28.6 28.6 0 24.9 9.2
B Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 16 8 7 16 0 4 10 2 4 5 2 2 1 2 0 0 14 2
6.1 5.9 6.4 6.1 0 3.4 10.2 4.3 7.1 6.9 3.2 6.9 7 7.1 7.1 0 7.9 2.3
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and journals 15 14 1 15 0 4 3 8 1 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 14 1
5.9 10.2 0.9 5.9 0 3.7 3 18.2 1.8 11.1 3.2 3.4 2.3 10.7 0 0 8 1.3
B EF H
  Another library 12 4 8 12 0 5 7 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 8 4
4.8 2.9 7.1 4.8 0 4.2 6.8 2.1 1.8 5.6 6.5 3.4 4.7 7.1 0 0 4.6 5.3
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 6 6 0 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0
2.2 4.1 0 2.2 0 2.5 0 6.4 1.8 2.8 0 0 0 10.7 0 0 3.3 0
B F
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 3 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1.1 0.7 1.6 1.1 0 0.8 1 2.3 1.8 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1.1
  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) 5 2 3 5 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1.8 1.4 2.4 1.8 0 0.8 2.9 2.3 3.6 1.4 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3.5
E-journals 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 0.3 0 2.3 0 1.4 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0.7 0
Personal Office/Lab 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 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 55 35 20 55 0 16 25 14 9 14 15 10 2 5 1 0 38 17
21.8 25.5 17.5 21.8 0 14.3 26.2 31.3 17.9 19.4 25.8 31 16.3 17.9 21.4 0 21.9 21.5
E E
DK/Refused 5 1 4 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 3
2.2 1 3.5 2.2 0 3.6 1.5 0 0 0 6.5 3.4 4.7 0 0 0 1.3 4.1
HI
None/No preferences 11 5 6 11 0 7 4 0 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 4
4.4 3.4 5.5 4.4 0 6.3 4.1 0 3.6 4.2 6.5 3.4 2.3 3.6 7.1 0 4.3 4.6

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