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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 438

Q8A2. What percent of the information that you use for your coursework comes from another source?
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 1230 0 569 569 661 562 279 389 185 166 408 270 41 100 11 51 578 652
53.4 0 53.9 53.9 53 52.8 52.1 55.2 60 54.4 52.9 61.8 44.9 37.4 42.2 50 52.4 54.3
LMN LMN LMN JLMN
26% - 50% 552 0 236 236 316 260 114 179 60 71 212 76 23 74 5 31 262 291
24 0 22.4 22.4 25.3 24.4 21.3 25.4 19.4 23.3 27.6 17.4 25.3 28 18.4 30.4 23.7 24.2
HKN K HKN
51% - 75% 244 0 113 113 131 106 62 76 26 29 85 43 10 38 4 11 115 129
10.6 0 10.7 10.7 10.5 10 11.6 10.8 8.3 9.5 11 9.7 10.9 14.3 15 10.8 10.4 10.8
H H
76% - 100% 244 0 109 109 135 121 67 56 33 31 56 40 16 52 6 9 130 115
10.6 0 10.4 10.4 10.8 11.4 12.6 7.9 10.9 10.2 7.3 9.2 17.6 19.6 24.5 8.8 11.8 9.5
G G HIJK HIJK HIJK
Don't Know/Refused 33 0 28 28 5 15 13 5 4 8 9 8 1 2 0 0 18 15
1.4 0 2.7 2.7 0.4 1.4 2.4 0.6 1.4 2.6 1.2 1.8 1.3 0.7 0 0 1.6 1.2
D D G
Median 21.99 0 19.46 19.46 23.3 22.28 21.27 21.96 18.91 18.96 22.5 18.63 28.5 38.08 42.62 27.5 22.63 21.41
E J J HIJKM HIJK HIJKLM
Mean 32.85 0 32.01 32.01 33.54 33.39 33.84 31.3 30.31 31.16 31.61 29.02 39.64 43.66 44.98 33.78 33.86 31.93
HIJK HIJK HIJK
Standard Deviation 27.95 0 28.58 28.58 27.41 28.14 29.93 26.06 27.89 28.98 26 26.79 31.2 29.52 34.53 27.37 28.51 27.41
Standard Error 0.59 0 0.85 0.85 0.81 0.88 1.2 1.04 1.5 1.68 1.29 1.37 1.78 1.75 2.85 2.71 0.83 0.83

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