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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 141
R7c_12.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Data ? 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 Data for research 337 156 181 337 0** 153 135 49* 60* 61* 115* 45* 18* 36* 3** 0* 210 127*
ONLINE 216 90 126 216 0 91 90 34 46 41 75 18 10 23 2 0 134 81
64 57.5 69.7 64 0 59.6 67 69.6 76.5 67.2 65.6 40 59 64.1 81.2 0 64 64.1
A KL K K K
  Online databases 60 24 35 60 0 20 30 9 12 11 23 6 2 6 1 0 39 21
17.7 15.5 19.6 17.7 0 13 22.5 19.1 20.6 18 19.7 12.5 9.8 15.4 31.3 0 18.5 16.3
  Web directory/subject related web site 36 14 22 36 0 14 11 11 8 8 13 1 2 4 0 0 18 18
10.7 9 12.2 10.7 0 9.3 8.3 21.4 13.2 13.1 11.5 2.5 9.8 10.3 12.5 0 8.8 13.8
EF
  Search engine 31 18 13 31 0 11 14 6 5 8 8 2 1 6 1 0 21 10
9.1 11.2 7.2 9.1 0 7.2 10.3 11.4 8.8 13.1 6.6 5 8.2 15.4 18.7 0 10 7.5
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 23 4 19 23 0 13 8 2 4 2 9 4 1 2 0 0 11 13
6.9 2.5 10.7 6.9 0 8.5 6.1 4.3 7.4 3.3 8.2 10 6.6 5.1 0 0 5.1 9.9
A
  Your own institution's web site 23 10 13 23 0 14 9 1 4 3 9 1 1 5 0 0 12 11
6.9 6.2 7.5 6.9 0 8.9 6.3 1.9 5.9 4.9 8.2 2.5 8.2 12.8 0 0 5.7 8.8
  Internet searches 22 11 11 22 0 12 9 1 5 3 8 2 1 2 0 0 16 5
6.4 7 5.9 6.4 0 7.7 6.7 1.8 8.8 4.9 6.6 5 8.2 5.1 12.5 0 7.8 4.1
  Online abstracting and indexing services 10 7 2 10 0 4 2 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
2.8 4.6 1.3 2.8 0 2.3 1.5 7.9 5.9 6.6 0 2.5 4.9 0 0 0 4.1 0.7
F J J J
  Department web page 6 0 6 6 0 2 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1.8 0.2 3.1 1.8 0 1.2 3 0 2.9 3.3 1.6 0 1.6 0 0 0 2.4 0.7
  Online reference service 3 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 0.7 1.1 1 0 0.1 2.3 0 1.5 0 1.6 0 1.6 0 6.3 0 1.5 0
  E-mail listservs 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.6 0 1 0.6 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0.6 0 0.3 0 0 0 1.8 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 57 30 27 57 0 28 18 11 8 10 13 16 5 6 0 0 42 15
17 19.4 14.8 17 0 18.5 13.1 22.5 13.2 16.4 11.5 35 26.2 15.4 6.3 0 20 11.9
HIJ HJ
  Campus library 35 15 20 35 0 19 11 5 3 8 8 9 3 5 0 0 29 7
10.4 9.7 11 10.4 0 12.6 8.1 10 4.4 13.1 6.6 20 18 12.8 6.3 0 13.6 5.1
HJ HJ Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 11 6 5 11 0 6 4 1 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 7 5
3.3 3.9 2.8 3.3 0 3.9 3.1 2 1.5 3.3 3.3 7.5 6.6 0 0 0 3.1 3.7
M
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 7 7 0 7 0 0 2 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 2
2.1 4.6 0 2.1 0 0.2 1.3 10.4 5.9 0 0 7.5 1.6 0 0 0 2.5 1.6
B EF J IJ
  Another library 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.8 0.6 1 0.8 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 2.6 0 0 0.4 1.5
  Physical bookstore 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 0.7 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 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
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and 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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 24 10 14 24 0 13 11 0 3 6 6 6 1 3 0 0 10 14
7.2 6.5 7.7 7.2 0 8.6 8.1 0 4.4 9.8 4.9 12.5 8.2 7.7 0 0 4.9 10.9
G G
  Colleagues inside your institution 13 3 10 13 0 7 6 0 3 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 8
3.8 1.9 5.4 3.8 0 4.5 4.3 0 4.4 4.9 3.3 0 8.2 5.1 0 0 2 6.7
K
  A librarian in your institution 10 6 4 10 0 5 5 0 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 0 6 4
3.1 3.9 2.3 3.1 0 3.4 3.7 0 0 4.9 1.6 10 0 2.6 0 0 2.9 3.3
HJ
  Colleagues outside your institution 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0.7 0 0.3 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
  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
  Professional meetings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 5 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1.4 2.4 0.5 1.4 0 0.6 1.4 3.8 2.9 1.6 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0
E-Journals 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0.6 0.3 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
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 13 10 4 13 0 7 6 1 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 9 4
4 6.3 2 4 0 4.4 4.1 2.3 1.5 0 4.9 10 6.6 2.6 12.5 0 4.3 3.5
I I
DK/Refused 21 12 9 21 0 12 8 1 1 2 13 1 0 4 0 0 10 11
6.2 7.9 4.7 6.2 0 7.6 6.3 1.8 1.5 3.3 11.5 2.5 0 10.3 0 0 4.6 8.9
HL H
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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