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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 160

R7a_15. When you are doing research, how do you find information about Pre-prints?
       That is, as you gather references and citations for your research, but
       before you actually try to get the specific information?
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 - Responsibility is Research 158 91* 67* 158 0** 65* 65* 29** 38* 57* 30** 11** 7** 15** 1** 0* 111 48*
Ask someone to assist you 67 38 30 67 0 27 29 12 18 22 13 4 3 6 0 0 49 18
42.5 41.4 44.1 42.5 0 41.6 44.7 39.9 48.8 38.6 43.8 40 52.2 37.5 25 0 44.6 37.7
Go to print sources 58 45 12 58 0 19 26 13 10 21 11 4 4 7 0 0 48 10
36.4 49.8 18.4 36.4 0 30.1 39.7 43.1 25.6 36.8 37.5 40 65.2 43.7 50 0 43.1 20.8
B Q
Go online 111 64 46 111 0 43 44 24 25 42 21 8 5 10 1 0 72 39
69.9 70.8 68.7 69.9 0 65.9 67.6 84 65.1 73.7 68.8 70 69.6 68.7 100 0 64.7 82.1
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