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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 334

S7c_3.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         e-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 e-books for coursework 131 0** 46* 46* 85* 54* 34** 43* 18** 15** 45** 22** 7** 12** 1** 10* 58* 73*
ONLINE 95 0 32 32 64 33 29 33 13 10 34 15 5 8 1 9 40 55
72.5 0 69 69 74.3 62.2 84 76 71.4 66.7 75 65 75 69.2 75 90 68.9 75.3
  Search engine 30 0 8 8 21 6 12 11 2 4 8 4 2 4 0 6 18 12
22.5 0 17.8 17.8 24.9 11 36.2 25.8 9.5 26.7 16.7 20 29.2 30.8 0 60 30.7 15.9
  Your own institution's web site 21 0 5 5 16 5 9 6 4 0 11 2 1 1 0 1 4 17
15.7 0 10.5 10.5 18.5 9.2 27 14.7 19 0 25 10 20.8 7.7 12.5 10 6.5 23
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  Online library catalogues and finding aids 13 0 5 5 8 6 2 5 3 1 4 3 0 2 0 0 5 8
9.8 0 10.7 10.7 9.3 10.6 6.3 11.6 14.3 6.7 8.3 15 4.2 15.4 0 0 8.8 10.7
  Internet searches 11 0 5 5 6 8 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 7 4
8.1 0 10.1 10.1 7.1 15.7 0 5.2 4.8 13.3 8.3 10 12.5 7.7 0 0 11.7 5.3
  Online databases 8 0 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
5.8 0 9.4 9.4 3.8 6.5 6.5 4.3 9.5 6.7 4.2 5 8.3 7.7 25 0 2.4 8.5
  Web directory/subject related web site 6 0 1 1 5 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
4.5 0 1.9 1.9 5.9 3.5 2.6 7.3 9.5 6.7 4.2 5 0 0 12.5 0 1.9 6.6
  Department web page 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
3 0 4.1 4.1 2.4 0 5.5 4.7 4.8 6.7 4.2 0 0 0 12.5 0 4.9 1.4
  Online abstracting and indexing services 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
2.2 0 4.1 4.1 1.2 3.5 0 2.3 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 10 1.7 2.6
  Online reference service 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
0.9 0 0.4 0.4 1.2 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.5 10 0.3 1.4
  Online bookstore 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
  E-mail listservs 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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 23 0 9 9 14 13 3 7 5 4 6 4 1 1 0 1 12 11
17.2 0 19.3 19.3 16.2 23.3 8.5 16.7 28.6 26.7 12.5 20 16.7 7.7 12.5 10 20.1 14.9
  A librarian in your institution 13 0 3 3 10 8 0 5 4 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 7 6
9.8 0 6.6 6.6 11.6 14.1 0 12.4 19 6.7 8.3 15 4.2 0 0 10 11.9 8.2
  Faculty members inside your institution 10 0 6 6 4 5 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 5
7.4 0 12.6 12.6 4.6 9.2 8.5 4.3 9.5 20 4.2 5 12.5 7.7 12.5 0 8.2 6.7
  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
  Faculty members 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
  Other students inside 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
  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
  Professional meetings 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 8 0 4 4 4 5 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 4 4
6.4 0 9.7 9.7 4.6 8.7 7.5 2.6 0 6.7 8.3 10 4.2 7.7 12.5 0 7.2 5.7
  Campus library 7 0 4 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 4
5 0 9.7 9.7 2.4 5.2 7.5 2.6 0 6.7 4.2 10 4.2 7.7 12.5 0 4 5.7
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4 0 0 0 2.2 3.5 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 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
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 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
  References cited in books or journal articles 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
  Physical bookstore 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
  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
  Another library 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) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.7 0 2 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.7 0 0 1.6 0
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 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1.4 0 0 0 2.2 3.5 0 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
DK/Refused 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
1.8 0 0 0 2.7 0.5 0 4.7 0 0 0 5 4.2 7.7 0 0 2.1 1.5
None 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

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