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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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