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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 155
R7c_14.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Technical Reports ? 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 Technical Reports for research 242 128 114* 242 0** 117* 83* 41* 50* 53* 73* 19** 17* 28* 1** 0* 148 93*
ONLINE 154 84 70 154 0 73 55 27 32 30 51 12 9 20 1 0 89 65
63.8 65.8 61.6 63.8 0 62 65.9 64.8 63.2 56.6 69.2 64.7 53.4 70 62.5 0 59.8 70.1
  Online databases 42 26 16 42 0 17 14 11 10 9 17 1 1 4 0 0 24 18
17.4 20.4 13.9 17.4 0 14.5 16.6 27.2 19.3 17 23.1 5.9 6.9 13.3 25 0 16.4 18.9
  Search engine 30 11 19 30 0 23 5 2 4 6 13 3 1 3 0 0 18 12
12.4 8.6 16.7 12.4 0 19.4 6.4 4.6 7 11.3 17.9 17.6 6.9 10 0 0 12.3 12.6
FG
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 22 10 12 22 0 13 5 4 3 4 8 3 1 4 0 0 11 12
9.3 8.2 10.5 9.3 0 11.1 6.6 9.4 5.3 7.5 10.3 17.6 6.9 13.3 0 0 7.3 12.3
  Web directory/subject related web site 19 13 6 19 0 4 8 7 6 4 2 1 1 5 0 0 10 10
8 10.5 5.2 8 0 3.2 10.2 17.4 12.3 7.5 2.6 5.9 6.9 16.7 25 0 6.5 10.3
E J
  Internet searches 14 8 6 14 0 6 7 1 4 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 9 5
5.7 6.2 5.1 5.7 0 4.8 8.6 2.4 7 1.9 5.1 17.6 1.7 6.7 0 0 5.8 5.5
  Your own institution's web site 12 9 4 12 0 5 7 1 4 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 10 2
5.1 6.7 3.3 5.1 0 4.5 7.9 1.4 8.8 1.9 2.6 0 13.8 10 0 0 6.8 2.5
IJ
  Online abstracting and indexing services 6 5 1 6 0 2 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
2.6 3.7 1.3 2.6 0 1.8 3.7 2.4 1.8 3.8 2.6 0 8.6 0 0 0 3.2 1.6
HM
  Online reference service 5 2 3 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
2.2 1.5 3 2.2 0 1.1 4.9 0 0 5.7 2.6 0 1.7 0 12.5 0 0.9 4.3
  Department web page 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1.1 0 2.4 1.1 0 1.6 1.1 0 1.8 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 2
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 45 23 22 45 0 20 13 12 11 12 9 4 3 5 0 0 37 8
18.5 17.8 19.4 18.5 0 17.2 15.5 28.4 21.1 22.6 12.8 23.5 20.7 16.7 12.5 0 24.8 8.6
Q
  Campus library 32 15 16 32 0 15 10 6 7 10 6 3 3 3 0 0 26 6
13.1 11.9 14.4 13.1 0 12.9 12.6 14.7 14 18.9 7.7 17.6 15.5 10 12.5 0 17.4 6.2
Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 9 5 4 9 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 7 1
3.6 3.7 3.4 3.6 0 2 1.9 11.6 0 3.8 5.1 5.9 5.2 3.3 0 0 5 1.4
EF H
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0 1.5 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 1.2 0
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and journals 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.7 1.4 0 0.7 0 0 1.1 2.1 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.9
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0.8 0.4 0 0.7 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
  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
  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 18 6 12 18 0 10 8 0 4 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 9 9
7.4 4.8 10.3 7.4 0 8.7 9.1 0 8.8 5.7 7.7 11.8 13.8 0 12.5 0 6.2 9.3
M
  Colleagues inside your institution 11 2 9 11 0 8 3 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 6
4.5 1.6 7.8 4.5 0 6.5 4 0 5.3 5.7 2.6 11.8 6.9 0 0 0 3.4 6.3
A
  A librarian in your institution 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 0 1.7 2.6 0 0 0 5.1 0 1.7 0 12.5 0 1.6 2
  Professional meetings 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0 0.2 2.1 0 3.5 0 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0.8 0.9
  Colleagues outside your institution 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.5 0 0.2 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0.4 0
HIJ
  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) 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
1.8 0.2 3.7 1.8 0 1.8 2.8 0 0 3.8 2.6 0 3.4 0 0 0 1.1 3.1
H
Personal Office/Lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.5 0 0.1 0
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
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 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3
2.7 2.4 3 2.7 0 4.5 1.4 0 3.5 3.8 0 0 5.2 6.7 0 0 2.5 3
J J
DK/Refused 12 10 2 12 0 5 4 3 2 4 4 0 1 2 0 0 8 4
5 7.6 2 5 0 4.1 5.3 6.8 3.5 7.5 5.1 0 3.4 6.7 0 0 5.5 4
None/No preferences 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.8 1.5 0 0.8 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

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