Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 20: Table 602
Digital Library Federation.
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Table 602

Q20. Once you've gained access to the Internet, how do you usually get pointed
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Base Faculty Member Graduate Student Faculty / Graduate Student Under Graduate Student Public Private Liberal Arts Biological Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences Arts & 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 1054 309 335 644 410 436 280 338 152 176 301 207 44 131 10* 33* 603 451
Through search engines 502 146 134 280 222 217 118 167 61 96 120 104 23 75 4 19 308 194
47.6 47.4 39.9 43.5 54.1 49.6 42.2 49.5 39.9 54.5 40 50.3 52.3 57.4 36.7 57.6 51.1 43
BC HJN H HJN HJN Q
Through the library's website 349 98 138 235 114 145 101 103 63 48 111 66 13 35 3 10 187 162
33.1 31.6 41.1 36.5 27.7 33.3 36.2 30.4 41.6 27.3 36.9 31.9 29.1 27 26.7 30.3 31.1 35.9
AD D ILMN
Through websites recommended by collegues/instructors 105 28 33 61 44 36 28 40 16 14 34 20 5 10 2 4 53 52
9.9 9.1 9.8 9.4 10.7 8.3 10.1 11.9 10.4 8 11.2 9.7 11.9 7.8 15 12.1 8.8 11.5
Through web-directories 40 11 9 20 20 11 13 15 5 6 15 8 1 4 1 0 21 19
3.8 3.5 2.8 3.1 4.8 2.6 4.6 4.5 3.5 3.4 5 3.8 2 2.8 10 0 3.4 4.3
HIKLM
Through websites recommended by friends 9 0 6 7 2 6 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 4
0.8 0.1 1.9 1 0.5 1.4 1 0 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.5 2.6 0.7 0 0 0.8 0.9
A K
Other 29 11 11 22 7 14 10 5 3 5 13 2 1 4 1 0 17 12
2.7 3.5 3.3 3.4 1.7 3.2 3.5 1.5 1.7 2.8 4.4 1.1 2 2.8 11.7 0 2.8 2.7
HIJKLM
Do not use the Internet 8 7 2 8 0 3 4 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
0.8 2.1 0.6 1.3 0 0.7 1.3 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0.8
D D
DK/Refused 12 8 2 10 2 4 3 5 1 4 0 6 0 2 0 0 8 4
1.2 2.7 0.6 1.6 0.5 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.6 2.3 0 2.7 0 1.4 0 0 1.3 0.9
D J J