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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 176

R7c_17.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         News ? 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 News for research 207 116* 90* 207 0** 91* 62* 54* 26** 24** 77* 41* 9** 24** 5** 0* 147 60*
ONLINE 121 58 64 121 0 54 39 29 18 11 47 22 7 13 3 0 75 47
58.8 49.4 70.8 58.8 0 59.4 62.8 53.1 66.7 45.8 61 54.1 80 53.8 71.4 0 51 78
A P
  Web directory/subject related web site 32 20 12 32 0 11 8 13 7 3 11 6 2 2 1 0 24 8
15.4 17.3 13 15.4 0 12.5 12.7 23.3 26.7 12.5 14.6 13.5 23.3 7.7 21.4 0 16 13.9
  Online databases 30 11 19 30 0 12 15 4 4 1 11 9 1 3 1 0 18 12
14.6 9.2 21.6 14.6 0 12.9 23.8 7 16.7 4.2 14.6 21.6 10 11.5 17.9 0 12.1 20.7
A G
  Search engine 22 14 8 22 0 9 6 7 2 4 6 4 1 4 1 0 15 6
10.5 11.8 8.8 10.5 0 10.3 9.1 12.3 6.7 16.7 7.3 10.8 13.3 15.4 17.9 0 10.5 10.3
  Internet searches 18 4 14 18 0 10 7 0 1 2 9 0 1 4 1 0 7 11
8.6 3.7 15 8.6 0 11.5 12 0 3.3 8.3 12.2 0 13.3 15.4 14.3 0 4.9 17.9
A G G P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 8 2 6 8 0 4 2 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 6
4 1.6 7.2 4 0 4.9 3.2 3.5 6.7 0 4.9 5.4 6.7 0 0 0 1.6 10.1
P
  Online abstracting and indexing services 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0 3.3 0.5 0 0 0 2.4 2.7 3.3 0 0 0 1.5 1.9
  Your own institution's web site 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1.5 2.4 0.3 1.5 0 0.3 0 5.1 3.3 0 2.4 0 3.3 0 0 0 2.1 0
  Online reference service 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
1.4 0 3.1 1.4 0 2.1 1.5 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 3.8 0 0 0.6 3.1
  E-mail listservs 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.9 1.6 0 0.9 0 1 0 1.8 3.3 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0
  Department web page 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0.2 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
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0.2 0
  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 49 37 12 49 0 25 10 15 6 6 15 15 0 6 1 0 41 8
23.6 31.5 13.4 23.6 0 27.1 15.5 27 23.3 25 19.5 35.1 3.3 23.1 25 0 27.7 13.7
B
  Campus library 24 15 9 24 0 14 5 5 4 2 9 8 0 1 0 0 19 5
11.6 12.9 10 11.6 0 15.8 8.2 8.6 13.3 8.3 12.2 18.9 0 3.8 7.1 0 12.8 8.7
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and journals 16 16 0 16 0 3 4 10 1 3 2 7 0 3 1 0 13 3
7.8 13.6 0.3 7.8 0 3 5.7 18 3.3 12.5 2.4 16.2 3.3 11.5 10.7 0 8.9 5
B E J
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
2 2.7 1 2 0 4.3 0 0.3 3.3 0 2.4 0 0 3.8 7.1 0 2.7 0
  Another library 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.9 0 2.1 0.9 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.9 1.6 0 0.9 0 2 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 1.2 0
  Physical bookstore 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.9 0 0.5 0 0 1.6 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 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
  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 ASSISTANCE 8 4 4 8 0 5 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 7 1
3.8 3.4 4.3 3.8 0 5.3 3.2 1.8 6.7 4.2 2.4 5.4 0 3.8 0 0 4.7 1.5
  Colleagues inside your institution 6 2 4 6 0 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
2.8 1.6 4.3 2.8 0 4.3 1.4 1.8 6.7 4.2 2.4 2.7 0 0 0 0 3.3 1.5
  A librarian in your institution 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 1 0 0.5 0 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.8 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 0 0 0.6 0
  Colleagues outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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) 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.4 1.6 1 1.4 0 1 0 3.5 0 0 2.4 0 0 3.8 0 0 1.9 0
E-Journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0.2 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 17 9 8 17 0 6 5 6 1 5 8 1 0 2 0 0 14 3
8.1 7.5 8.8 8.1 0 6.2 8.4 10.8 3.3 20.8 9.8 2.7 3.3 7.7 0 0 9.3 5
DK/Refused 9 8 1 9 0 1 6 2 0 1 4 1 1 2 0 0 8 1
4.3 6.5 1.3 4.3 0 1 9.5 3.8 0 4.2 4.9 2.7 10 7.7 3.6 0 5.2 1.9
E
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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