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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 134
R7c_11.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Proprietary software or application ? 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 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 103 51 52 103 0 47 39 17 23 35 21 9 5 8 2 0 75 28
40.6 37.3 44.6 40.6 0 41.3 40.9 38.3 46.4 48.6 35.5 27.6 41.9 32.1 71.4 0 43.1 35.3
  Search engine 33 21 11 33 0 14 11 8 4 13 8 2 1 4 0 0 28 5
12.8 15.4 9.8 12.8 0 12.3 10.9 18.5 8.9 18.1 12.9 6.9 11.6 14.3 7.1 0 15.9 6.1
  Internet searches 24 7 17 24 0 12 11 1 7 9 4 2 1 1 0 0 19 5
9.3 4.9 14.5 9.3 0 10.4 11.3 2 14.3 12.5 6.5 6.9 4.7 3.6 0 0 10.8 6.2
A
  Web directory/subject related web site 18 12 6 18 0 5 7 6 4 6 2 1 1 3 1 0 13 6
7.1 8.9 5 7.1 0 4.6 7.4 13.2 8.9 8.3 3.2 3.4 9.3 10.7 28.6 0 7.2 6.9
  Online databases 14 6 8 14 0 7 6 1 4 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 7
5.5 4.2 7.1 5.5 0 6.2 6.4 2 8.9 4.2 9.7 0 2.3 0 28.6 0 4 9
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 7 1 6 7 0 4 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 4
2.7 0.6 5.1 2.7 0 3.3 3.1 0 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.4 0 0 0 0 1.7 4.9
A
  Online reference service 4 3 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.4 2.4 0.1 1.4 0 1.1 1.2 2.6 0 1.4 0 3.4 2.3 3.6 7.1 0 1.9 0.4
  Your own institution's web site 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1.2 0.7 1.8 1.2 0 2.4 0.3 0 1.8 1.4 0 0 9.3 0 0 0 1.6 0.4
HIJ
  Online abstracting and indexing services 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.4 0 1 0.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
  Department web page 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 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0.2 0
I
  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 83 44 39 83 0 39 31 13 16 25 17 10 4 11 0 0 52 32
32.9 32 34 32.9 0 34.2 32.6 30.3 32.1 34.7 29 31 32.6 42.9 7.1 0 29.8 39.7
  Colleagues inside your institution 59 25 34 59 0 29 22 8 11 19 9 8 4 8 0 0 39 20
23.4 18.6 29.1 23.4 0 26 22.4 18.8 21.4 26.4 16.1 24.1 32.6 32.1 0 0 22.5 25.4
  A librarian in your institution 16 11 5 16 0 8 8 0 4 0 8 1 0 3 0 0 6 10
6.3 8.4 3.9 6.3 0 7.4 8 0 8.9 0 12.9 3.4 0 10.7 7.1 0 3.2 13.1
I I P
  Colleagues outside your institution 7 6 1 7 0 1 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2.8 4.3 1 2.8 0 0.8 2.2 9.2 1.8 6.9 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 3.5 1.3
E
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.7 0 0.4 0 0 0 2.3 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 27 17 9 27 0 9 14 4 5 3 6 7 1 5 0 0 19 8
10.6 12.8 8 10.6 0 8.2 14.3 8.7 10.7 4.2 9.7 20.7 9.3 17.9 14.3 0 10.8 10.1
  Campus library 13 8 5 13 0 4 8 1 3 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 11 2
5.1 5.5 4.7 5.1 0 3.7 8.1 2.1 5.4 0 3.2 13.8 7 10.7 14.3 0 6.2 2.8
I I
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and journals 5 5 0 5 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
2 3.7 0 2 0 1.1 1.9 4.3 1.8 2.8 3.2 0 2.3 0 0 0 2.3 1.3
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 4 1 5 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
1.9 2.7 1 1.9 0 0.8 3 2.3 1.8 1.4 0 3.4 0 7.1 0 0 1.8 2.3
  Another library 4 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3
1.5 0.8 2.4 1.5 0 2.4 1.2 0 1.8 0 3.2 3.4 0 0 0 0 0.5 3.8
  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
  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
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 3 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1.1 1.4 0.8 1.1 0 0.8 0.9 2.3 3.6 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1.1
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 31 20 11 31 0 13 11 8 4 7 11 6 2 2 0 0 22 9
12.3 14.9 9.3 12.3 0 11.3 11 17.8 7.1 9.7 19.4 17.2 14 7.1 7.1 0 12.7 11.4
DK/Refused 6 2 4 6 0 5 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
2.4 1.8 3.2 2.4 0 4.2 0.3 2.6 0 1.4 6.5 3.4 2.3 0 0 0 2.5 2.4
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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