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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7S: Tables 318-436. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 320
S7c_1.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Print or hardcopy books ? Do you ...
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 - Use Print or hardcopy books for coursework 780 0** 376 376 404 369 192 219 95 134 237 140 34 89* 12* 39* 382 398
ONLINE 433 0 214 214 219 203 108 122 53 72 147 63 15 56 6 22 201 232
55.5 0 56.8 56.8 54.4 55.2 56.2 55.6 55.6 53.7 61.9 44.8 45.7 62.5 47.9 56.4 52.7 58.2
KL KL
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 129 0 65 65 64 65 31 33 13 15 51 26 5 11 1 7 59 70
16.5 0 17.3 17.3 15.8 17.6 16.3 14.9 13.9 11.2 21.4 18.4 13.8 12.5 11.3 17.9 15.3 17.7
I
  Your own institution's web site 100 0 44 44 56 47 17 36 10 21 26 20 2 12 1 7 47 53
12.8 0 11.6 11.6 13.9 12.7 8.7 16.6 10.2 15.7 11.1 14.4 6.9 13.5 9.9 17.9 12.2 13.3
F L
  Search engine 55 0 22 22 33 18 19 18 10 8 15 7 2 9 1 4 26 30
7.1 0 5.9 5.9 8.2 5 9.8 8.3 10.2 6 6.3 4.8 6 10.4 4.2 10.3 6.7 7.4
E
  Online databases 48 0 30 30 19 15 20 13 7 10 21 3 1 5 2 0 21 27
6.2 0 7.9 7.9 4.6 4.2 10.2 6.1 7.4 7.5 8.7 2.4 3.4 5.2 12.7 0 5.5 6.9
E K KLM
  Web directory/subject related web site 27 0 14 14 14 16 4 8 3 4 9 2 1 6 1 2 16 12
3.5 0 3.7 3.7 3.4 4.4 1.9 3.5 2.8 3 4 1.6 2.6 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.1 3
K
  Internet searches 26 0 13 13 13 19 2 5 4 5 9 1 2 4 0 0 16 10
3.3 0 3.5 3.5 3.2 5.2 1.2 2.1 4.6 3.7 4 0.8 6.9 4.2 0 0 4.2 2.5
F KN
  Department web page 19 0 9 9 10 8 7 4 3 3 8 1 1 4 0 0 7 11
2.4 0 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.1 3.6 1.9 2.8 2.2 3.2 0.8 2.6 4.2 0 0 2 2.9
  Online bookstore 9 0 8 8 1 6 3 1 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 5
1.2 0 2.2 2.2 0.2 1.5 1.4 0.4 3.7 0.7 0.8 0 0 3.1 0 0 1 1.4
D D K K
  Online abstracting and indexing services 9 0 5 5 4 2 5 2 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 5
1.2 0 1.4 1.4 1 0.5 2.8 0.9 0 3 1.6 0.8 0.9 0 0 0 1 1.3
E
  Online reference service 8 0 4 4 4 6 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 1 7
1 0 1 1 1 1.7 0.3 0.5 0 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.7 3.1 4.2 0 0.3 1.7
HIJK
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 2.6 0.1 0.3
J
  E-mail listservs 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 0.3 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 160 0 76 76 84 77 38 45 12 29 49 45 8 7 3 7 79 81
20.5 0 20.1 20.1 20.8 20.8 19.9 20.4 13 21.6 20.6 32 22.4 8.3 22.5 17.9 20.7 20.3
M M HJM M M
  Campus library 137 0 66 66 71 66 33 38 9 26 43 41 5 5 1 6 65 71
17.5 0 17.6 17.6 17.5 17.9 17 17.3 9.3 19.4 18.3 29.6 15.5 5.2 11.3 15.4 17.1 17.9
HM M HJLMN M
  Physical bookstore 11 0 5 5 6 4 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 3
1.4 0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1 2.1 1.4 0.9 1.5 0.8 0.8 4.3 2.1 5.6 2.6 2.1 0.7
JK HIJK
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 5 0 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
0.7 0 0.2 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.6 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.8 0 1.7 1 1.4 0 0.4 1
K K
  References cited in books or journal articles 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.3 0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 1.4 0 0.6 0
HIJM
  Another library 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.3 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.1 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0.5
HIKM
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0.1 0.2
J
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.3 0 0.2 0.1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0.3 0
IJKM
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
magazines and journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 154 0 70 70 84 66 40 48 22 29 34 28 10 22 3 6 88 66
19.7 0 18.5 18.5 20.8 17.8 21 21.8 23.1 21.6 14.3 20 28.4 25 23.9 15.4 23 16.5
J J Q
  Faculty members inside your institution 86 0 43 43 42 40 24 22 10 20 23 10 7 13 2 2 54 32
11 0 11.5 11.5 10.4 10.8 12.2 10.1 10.2 14.9 9.5 7.2 19.8 14.6 12.7 5.1 14.1 8
K HJK Q
  A librarian in your institution 60 0 20 20 40 22 13 25 11 4 11 17 2 9 1 4 29 30
7.6 0 5.2 5.2 9.9 6 6.7 11.3 11.1 3 4.8 12 6.9 10.4 11.3 10.3 7.6 7.6
BC E I IJ I IJ
  Other students inside your institution 6 0 5 5 1 2 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2
0.8 0 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.6 2.1 0 1.9 3 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 1 0.6
G JK JK
  Professional meetings 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.1 0 0.3 0.3 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0.3 0
  Faculty members outside your institution 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0.5 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
  Other students outside your institution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Another institution's librarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Online (unspecified) 3 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
0.4 0 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.7 0.2 0 0 0 0.8 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.2 0.5
HIKM
E-journals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 15 0 8 8 7 11 2 2 4 1 2 2 0 3 1 3 6 10
2 0 2.2 2.2 1.8 3 1.2 0.9 3.7 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.9 3.1 5.6 7.7 1.5 2.4
IJKL
DK/Refused 14 0 7 7 8 9 3 3 4 3 4 2 0 1 0 1 7 7
1.9 0 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.3 1.6 1.3 3.7 2.2 1.6 1.6 0 1 0 2.6 1.8 1.9
None 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.1 0 0 0 0.2 0.2 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2

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