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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 174

R7a_17. When you are doing research, how do you find information about News?
       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 207 116* 90* 207 0** 91* 62* 54* 26** 24** 77* 41* 9** 24** 5** 0* 147 60*
Ask someone to assist you 35 22 13 35 0 20 8 7 9 3 13 6 1 3 1 0 30 5
17 18.6 14.8 17 0 21.6 12.9 13.7 33.3 12.5 17.1 13.5 13.3 11.5 10.7 0 20.5 8.2
Go to print sources 101 75 26 101 0 37 30 34 15 15 34 21 3 11 2 0 77 24
49 64.5 28.9 49 0 41 48.8 62.5 56.7 62.5 43.9 51.4 33.3 46.2 42.9 0 52.4 40.7
B E
Go online 176 102 74 176 0 76 55 45 23 21 66 32 8 21 5 0 122 55
85.4 87.7 82.5 85.4 0 83.6 89.8 83.4 86.7 87.5 85.4 78.4 93.3 88.5 100 0 82.9 91.5

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