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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 8S: Tables 437-444. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 437

S8A1. What percent of the information that you use for your coursework comes from
      your institution's physical or virtual library?
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 - Student 2304 0** 1056 1056 1248 1065 534 705 308 305 771 437 90 266 25 102 1102 1202
25% or less 298 0 132 132 166 142 84 72 40 41 70 52 19 59 7 12 159 140
13 0 12.5 12.5 13.3 13.3 15.8 10.3 12.9 13.4 9 11.8 21.2 22 27.9 11.8 14.4 11.6
G HIJK HIJK HIJK
26% - 50% 430 0 202 202 227 204 95 131 44 55 160 55 20 67 6 23 197 232
18.7 0 19.2 19.2 18.2 19.2 17.7 18.6 14.3 18 20.7 12.6 21.8 25.2 25.9 22.5 17.9 19.3
K HK HK HIK HIK
51% - 75% 471 0 165 165 306 209 88 174 61 46 179 93 15 54 2 22 227 245
20.5 0 15.6 15.6 24.5 19.7 16.4 24.7 19.7 15.1 23.2 21.3 16.7 20.3 8.2 21.6 20.6 20.3
BC EF N ILN IN N N
76% - 100% 1075 0 531 531 544 496 254 325 162 157 353 230 35 85 10 44 502 573
46.7 0 50.3 50.3 43.6 46.6 47.6 46.1 52.6 51.5 45.9 52.6 38.8 31.8 38.1 43.1 45.6 47.7
D D LMN LMN M LMN
Don't Know/Refused 29 0 26 26 4 14 13 2 2 6 9 8 1 2 0 1 17 12
1.3 0 2.4 2.4 0.3 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.6 2 1.2 1.8 1.6 0.7 0 1 1.6 1
D D G
Median 73.01 0 75.59 75.59 71.67 72.85 73.66 72.96 76.28 76.04 72.5 76.27 66.38 56.92 48.69 70.36 72.33 73.65
E E JK JK J HIJKM J HIJKLM
Mean 67.13 0 68 68 66.4 66.71 66.05 68.55 69.79 68.7 68.39 70.78 60.24 56.35 55.02 66.62 66.06 68.1
LMN LMN LMN LMN
Standard Deviation 27.98 0 28.59 28.59 27.45 28.12 29.95 26.17 27.97 29.09 26 26.85 31.19 29.52 34.53 27.19 28.53 27.44
Standard Error 0.59 0 0.85 0.85 0.81 0.88 1.2 1.05 1.5 1.68 1.29 1.37 1.78 1.75 2.85 2.71 0.83 0.83

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