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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 12: Tables 546-548
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 546
Q12A. Where do you get the resources you rely on to stay abreast of current
      knowledge in your discipline or area of study?
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 - Total Respondents 1642 477 526 1003 639 678 442 523 226 274 493 305 65 215 15* 50* 926 716
Your own institution's physical 
academic library and all its resources 547 155 167 321 225 218 138 191 71 95 180 115 19 50 4 11 327 219
33.3 32.4 31.7 32 35.2 32.1 31.3 36.5 31.5 34.7 36.6 37.9 29.6 23.4 26.4 22 35.3 30.6
M M M M
Open Internet 493 120 129 249 244 181 127 185 62 79 135 94 16 83 5 19 262 231
30 25.1 24.5 24.8 38.2 26.8 28.6 35.3 27.2 28.8 27.5 30.9 24.2 38.5 33 38 28.3 32.2
ABC EF HIJL
Personal library/files, including
 personal journal subscriptions 480 269 134 403 77 174 163 143 66 82 149 94 18 60 5 7 320 160
29.2 56.4 25.5 40.2 12 25.6 37 27.3 29.2 29.9 30.2 30.9 27.4 27.7 30.8 14 34.5 22.3
BD D D EG Q
Professional meetings 164 118 38 156 8 54 66 44 22 35 41 32 11 21 1 0 115 49
10 24.7 7.2 15.5 1.3 8 14.8 8.5 9.7 12.8 8.4 10.7 16.6 10 5.5 0 12.4 6.9
BD D D EG HJKMN Q
Online databases 146 42 69 111 35 57 56 33 34 25 47 19 6 8 4 3 75 72
8.9 8.9 13.1 11.1 5.5 8.4 12.7 6.4 15.2 9.1 9.5 6.3 9 3.9 24.2 6 8.1 10
D D D EG IJKM M M M HIJKLM
 Colleagues/peers inside your institution 136 49 59 107 29 53 44 39 16 26 23 45 8 18 2 0 79 58
8.3 10.2 11.2 10.7 4.5 7.8 10 7.5 7 9.5 4.6 14.7 11.7 8.2 12.1 0 8.5 8.1
D D D J HJM J J
Your own institution's academic library
 resources on the library web page 132 36 51 87 46 65 32 35 19 27 32 22 6 20 2 5 82 51
8.1 7.4 9.7 8.6 7.1 9.6 7.4 6.7 8.6 9.9 6.5 7.4 8.5 9.1 9.9 10 8.8 7.1
Department web page 79 10 30 39 40 39 22 18 11 11 24 15 4 9 1 4 48 32
4.8 2 5.6 3.9 6.2 5.8 5 3.5 5.1 4 5 4.8 6.3 4.3 3.3 8 5.2 4.4
A A
Colleagues/peers outside your institution 73 52 13 65 8 17 28 28 10 19 11 19 4 10 0 0 50 23
4.5 10.9 2.6 6.5 1.3 2.5 6.3 5.4 4.3 6.9 2.3 6.3 5.8 4.8 2.2 0 5.4 3.2
BD D E E J J J Q
Instructors/faculty 62 0 0 0 62 11 3 48 8 5 19 17 2 6 0 6 17 45
3.8 0 0 0 9.7 1.6 0.7 9.2 3.5 1.8 3.8 5.5 3.1 2.6 0 12 1.9 6.3
ABC EF IN P
Another library 29 13 10 23 6 7 16 6 4 4 11 9 0 1 0 0 16 13
1.8 2.8 1.9 2.3 0.9 1 3.7 1.1 1.6 1.5 2.3 2.9 0.4 0.4 1.1 0 1.8 1.8
D EG M
Your own institution's web portal 28 5 15 21 8 20 7 1 5 7 8 1 2 6 0 0 18 10
1.7 1.1 2.9 2.1 1.2 3 1.6 0.2 2.3 2.6 1.5 0.4 2.7 2.6 1.1 0 2 1.4
G G K K K K
Bookstore 27 4 5 10 18 6 7 14 2 4 8 4 1 4 1 4 13 14
1.7 0.9 1 1 2.8 0.8 1.6 2.7 0.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.7 3.3 8 1.4 2
AC E H
Online alerting service 24 7 11 18 6 12 10 3 6 2 6 2 2 6 1 0 13 11
1.5 1.4 2.2 1.8 1 1.8 2.2 0.5 2.7 0.7 1.1 0.7 3.1 2.6 4.4 0 1.4 1.6
G IK IJK
E-mail listservs 24 15 7 22 2 12 7 5 5 4 4 4 0 6 0 0 14 10
1.4 3.1 1.4 2.2 0.3 1.7 1.6 0.9 2.3 1.5 0.8 1.5 0.4 2.6 1.1 0 1.5 1.4
D D
Class 10 0 3 3 7 3 2 5 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 3 6
0.6 0 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.9 0 2.2 0 0.4 0.9
A M IJM
Information Types - Unspecified 186 55 45 101 85 61 51 74 18 29 47 40 5 40 2 5 112 73
11.3 11.6 8.6 10 13.3 9 11.6 14.1 7.8 10.6 9.5 13.2 8.1 18.6 9.9 10 12.1 10.2
B E H HIJL
Other 135 61 32 93 43 43 42 51 18 24 32 28 5 26 2 0 77 58
8.2 12.8 6 9.2 6.6 6.3 9.4 9.7 8.2 8.8 6.5 9.2 7.2 12.1 13.2 0 8.3 8.2
BD J J
DK/Refused 27 2 5 7 20 11 4 12 1 6 6 6 1 0 0 8 16 12
1.7 0.4 1 0.7 3.2 1.6 1 2.3 0.4 2.2 1.1 1.8 1.8 0 1.1 16 1.7 1.7
ABC M M M M

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