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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 5: Tables 57-60
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 60
Q5b. SUMMARY TABLE: Of those information categories you just mentioned as using, which is the most important?
     And which is the second most important?
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 - Regularly use at least one  3221 928 1049 1977 1244 1330 866 1025 463 505 991 598 124 406 32 101 1819 1402
category of information
Reference Information 1524 459 506 964 560 664 403 457 236 351 368 323 78 106 13 50 889 636
47.3 49.4 48.2 48.8 45 49.9 46.6 44.6 51 69.5 37.2 53.9 62.7 26.1 38.7 49.5 48.9 45.3
G JMN HJKLMN M JMN HJKMN M
  Most Important 629 130 180 311 318 294 135 199 77 80 207 166 23 45 2 30 323 306
19.5 14 17.2 15.7 25.6 22.1 15.6 19.4 16.7 15.8 20.9 27.7 18.2 11 5.8 29.7 17.8 21.8
ABC F MN MN IMN HIJLMN MN P
  2nd Most Important 895 328 325 654 242 370 268 258 158 271 162 157 55 61 11 20 566 329
27.8 35.4 31 33.1 19.4 27.8 30.9 25.2 34.2 53.7 16.3 26.2 44.5 15.1 33 19.8 31.1 23.5
D D D G JKM HJKLMN JM HJKMN JM Q
Scientific and technical information 1285 499 474 974 311 569 368 349 346 426 222 69 106 92 2 22 843 442
39.9 53.8 45.2 49.2 25 42.7 42.5 34 74.7 84.4 22.4 11.6 85.5 22.7 4.7 21.8 46.4 31.5
BD D D G G JKMN HJKMN KN N HJKMN KN Q
  Most Important 921 377 343 720 202 396 262 263 258 363 128 29 90 43 0 10 625 296
28.6 40.6 32.7 36.4 16.2 29.8 30.3 25.7 55.7 71.9 12.9 4.9 72.7 10.5 1 9.9 34.4 21.1
BD D D G JKMN HJKMN KN N HJKMN KN Q
  2nd Most Important 364 122 132 254 110 173 106 85 88 63 94 40 16 49 1 12 218 146
11.3 13.2 12.6 12.8 8.8 13 12.2 8.3 19 12.5 9.5 6.7 12.8 12.1 3.7 11.9 12 10.4
D D D G G IJKLMN KN N KN KN
Social science information 945 275 309 584 361 384 245 316 32 36 600 174 7 68 8 22 461 485
29.4 29.6 29.5 29.5 29 28.9 28.3 30.9 6.8 7.1 60.5 29 5.4 16.7 24.1 21.8 25.3 34.6
HIKLMN HILM HIL HILM P
  Most Important 541 158 191 349 191 230 134 177 11 11 415 62 2 28 2 10 239 302
16.8 17 18.2 17.7 15.4 17.3 15.5 17.2 2.3 2.2 41.9 10.3 1.6 6.9 6.8 9.9 13.1 21.5
HIKLMN HIL HIL HIL P
  2nd Most Important 405 117 118 235 170 154 111 140 21 25 184 112 5 40 6 12 222 183
12.6 12.6 11.2 11.9 13.7 11.6 12.8 13.6 4.6 5 18.6 18.7 3.7 9.8 17.3 11.9 12.2 13
HILM HILM HIL HILM
Humanities Information 714 167 186 353 361 239 167 309 11 30 239 377 4 11 2 39 340 374
22.2 18 17.8 17.9 29.1 18 19.3 30.1 2.5 5.9 24.1 63.1 3.5 2.7 6.8 38.6 18.7 26.7
ABC EF HM HILMN HIJLMN HM P
  Most Important 401 106 102 208 193 126 111 164 2 11 90 270 2 5 1 21 212 189
12.4 11.4 9.7 10.5 15.5 9.4 12.8 16 0.4 2.2 9.1 45.1 1.4 1.1 1.6 20.8 11.7 13.5
ABC E E H HILMN HIJLMN H H
  2nd Most Important 314 61 84 145 169 113 56 144 10 19 149 108 3 7 2 18 128 185
9.7 6.5 8 7.3 13.6 8.5 6.5 14.1 2.1 3.8 15 18 2.1 1.6 5.2 17.8 7.1 13.2
ABC EF M HILMN HILMN HLM P
News 569 112 118 230 339 181 136 252 34 48 197 113 12 120 6 38 325 244
17.7 12 11.3 11.6 27.2 13.6 15.7 24.6 7.4 9.5 19.9 18.9 9.3 29.5 19.9 37.6 17.9 17.4
ABC EF HIL HIL HIJKLN HIL
  Most Important 175 23 21 44 131 56 41 79 8 11 66 37 1 33 1 19 103 72
5.4 2.5 2 2.2 10.6 4.2 4.7 7.7 1.7 2.2 6.6 6.2 1.2 8 2.1 18.8 5.7 5.1
ABC EF HILN HILN HILN
  2nd Most Important 394 89 97 186 208 125 95 173 26 37 132 76 10 87 6 19 222 172
12.2 9.6 9.3 9.4 16.7 9.4 11 16.9 5.7 7.3 13.3 12.7 8.2 21.5 17.8 18.8 12.2 12.2
ABC EF HIL HIL HIJKL HIL
Business Information 410 130 126 256 154 160 131 119 4 16 58 17 7 300 3 4 273 138
12.7 14 12 13 12.4 12.1 15.1 11.6 1 3.2 5.9 2.8 5.8 73.9 9.4 4 15 9.8
G H HIK H HIK HIJKLN HIK Q
  Most Important 263 85 85 169 94 104 78 81 3 6 19 7 2 225 0 2 174 90
8.2 9.1 8.1 8.6 7.6 7.8 9.1 7.9 0.6 1.2 1.9 1.1 1.6 55.4 0 2 9.5 6.4
HIJKLN Q
  2nd Most Important 147 46 41 87 60 56 52 38 2 10 39 10 5 75 3 2 99 48
4.6 4.9 3.9 4.4 4.8 4.2 6 3.7 0.4 2 4 1.7 4.2 18.5 9.4 2 5.5 3.4
G H HK H HIK HIJKLN HIJKL Q
Medical Information 346 88 144 232 113 141 118 87 202 46 70 10 10 1 0 7 158 188
10.7 9.5 13.8 11.7 9.1 10.6 13.6 8.5 43.7 9.1 7 1.7 7.7 0.2 0 6.9 8.7 13.4
AD D EG IJKLMN KMN KMN M KMN P
  Most Important 145 20 74 95 50 71 54 19 101 15 21 3 1 1 0 2 59 85
4.5 2.2 7.1 4.8 4 5.4 6.3 1.8 21.9 3 2.1 0.6 1.2 0.2 0 2 3.3 6.1
AD A G G IJKLMN KMN KM M P
  2nd Most Important 201 68 70 138 63 69 63 68 101 31 49 7 8 0 0 5 98 103
6.2 7.3 6.7 7 5.1 5.2 7.3 6.7 21.9 6.1 4.9 1.1 6.5 0 0 5 5.4 7.3
IJKLMN KMN KMN M KMN P
General interest and consumer information 191 39 37 76 115 62 47 81 9 19 51 41 6 51 0 13 108 83
5.9 4.2 3.5 3.8 9.2 4.6 5.5 7.9 1.9 3.8 5.1 6.9 4.9 12.6 1 12.9 5.9 5.9
ABC E HN HIN HN HIJKLN
  Most Important 56 2 10 12 44 19 12 25 1 5 15 12 2 15 0 6 34 23
1.7 0.2 1 0.6 3.5 1.4 1.4 2.4 0.2 1 1.5 2.1 1.6 3.7 0 5.9 1.8 1.6
A ABC H H H HIJN
  2nd Most Important 134 37 27 64 71 43 35 56 8 14 36 29 4 36 0 7 74 60
4.2 4 2.5 3.2 5.7 3.2 4.1 5.5 1.7 2.8 3.6 4.9 3.3 8.9 1 6.9 4.1 4.3
BC E HN HIJKLN
Legal Data 175 58 63 121 54 79 55 41 6 5 81 15 3 33 29 3 102 74
5.4 6.3 6 6.1 4.3 6 6.4 4 1.3 1 8.2 2.4 2.3 8.2 90.6 3 5.6 5.3
D G HIKL HIKL HIJKLM
  Most Important 67 23 29 52 15 25 29 13 0 2 21 8 0 8 27 1 40 26
2.1 2.5 2.7 2.6 1.2 1.9 3.3 1.3 0 0.4 2.1 1.3 0.2 2.1 82.2 1 2.2 1.9
D D D G HIL H HIL HIJKLM
  2nd Most Important 108 35 34 69 39 54 26 28 6 3 60 7 3 25 3 2 61 47
3.4 3.8 3.3 3.5 3.1 4.1 3.1 2.7 1.3 0.6 6.1 1.1 2.1 6.2 8.4 2 3.4 3.4
HIKL I HIKL HIKL

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