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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 341
S7c_4.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         e-journals ? 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-journals for coursework 360 0** 165 165 195 166 86* 108* 53* 45* 133* 60* 12* 42* 2** 12* 153 207
ONLINE 294 0 140 140 154 133 75 85 43 39 113 47 8 33 1 9 126 168
81.7 0 84.7 84.7 79.1 80.4 87.5 79 81.7 86.7 84.5 77.8 65.1 80 80 75 82.8 80.9
L L L
  Your own institution's web site 71 0 32 32 39 24 18 28 6 11 32 16 2 3 0 1 19 52
19.6 0 19.4 19.4 19.8 14.7 20.9 26.1 11.7 24.4 23.9 25.9 16.3 6.7 0 8.3 12.3 25
E M M M P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 63 0 37 37 26 36 14 13 14 8 17 15 1 7 0 1 29 34
17.6 0 22.5 22.5 13.5 21.6 16.7 12.4 26.7 17.8 12.7 24.1 11.6 17.8 0 8.3 19.2 16.5
J
  Online databases 51 0 28 28 23 20 14 17 4 6 30 7 0 3 0 0 26 24
14.1 0 16.9 16.9 11.7 11.8 16 15.9 8.3 13.3 22.5 11.1 2.3 6.7 20 0 17.3 11.7
HLM
  Search engine 45 0 15 15 31 18 15 12 7 5 9 6 2 11 0 5 23 22
12.6 0 8.9 8.9 15.7 11 17.2 11.4 13.3 11.1 7 9.3 14 26.7 20 41.7 15 10.8
JK
  Internet searches 24 0 5 5 19 17 3 4 1 3 13 2 1 4 0 0 10 13
6.6 0 3.1 3.1 9.7 10.3 3.3 3.6 1.7 6.7 9.9 3.7 7 8.9 0 0 6.9 6.5
BC
  Web directory/subject related web site 19 0 8 8 11 8 5 7 5 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 9 11
5.4 0 5.1 5.1 5.6 4.7 5.4 6.5 10 4.4 2.8 3.7 7 8.9 30 8.3 5.8 5.1
  Online abstracting and indexing services 7 0 5 5 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 2
1.9 0 3 3 1 1.7 3.6 0.9 1.7 4.4 1.4 0 2.3 4.4 0 0 3.3 0.9
  Department web page 7 0 4 4 3 5 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
1.9 0 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.7 1.2 1.2 6.7 2.2 1.4 0 2.3 0 10 0 1.2 2.4
K
  Online reference service 4 0 3 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
1.1 0 1.7 1.7 0.5 0 3.3 0.9 0 2.2 1.4 0 0 0 0 8.3 1.3 0.9
E
  E-mail listservs 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.5 0 1.1 1.1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.7 0.7 0 0.7 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0.6 0.1
J
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 37 0 15 15 23 17 8 13 6 1 9 9 3 7 0 2 17 21
10.4 0 8.9 8.9 11.7 10.2 9.1 11.7 11.7 2.2 7 14.8 25.6 15.6 10 16.7 11 9.9
I IJ I
  A librarian in your institution 18 0 5 5 13 8 2 8 1 0 6 4 1 4 0 2 8 10
5 0 3.2 3.2 6.6 4.7 2.9 7.2 1.7 0 4.2 7.4 9.3 8.9 10 16.7 5 5
HI I
  Faculty members inside your institution 16 0 8 8 8 9 4 3 5 1 2 4 2 2 0 0 8 8
4.5 0 5.1 5.1 4 5.3 5.2 2.8 10 2.2 1.4 7.4 14 4.4 0 0 5.2 4
J IJ
  Other students inside your institution 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
0.9 0 0.6 0.6 1.1 0.2 1.1 1.7 0 0 1.4 0 2.3 2.2 0 0 0.8 0.9
  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
  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
  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 14 0 5 5 8 6 1 6 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 6 7
3.8 0 3.2 3.2 4.3 3.7 1.6 5.7 1.7 0 5.6 7.4 4.7 0 10 0 4.1 3.6
IM
  Campus library 14 0 5 5 8 6 1 6 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 6 7
3.8 0 3.2 3.2 4.3 3.7 1.6 5.7 1.7 0 5.6 7.4 4.7 0 10 0 4.1 3.6
IM
  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
  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
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
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 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
0.8 0 0.6 0.6 1 1.7 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 4.4 0 0 0.6 0.9
J
DK/Refused 7 0 3 3 4 3 1 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 6
2 0 2.1 2.1 2 1.7 0.7 3.6 1.7 6.7 1.4 0 4.7 0 0 8.3 0.8 2.9
KM
None 4 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1 0 0 0 1.9 1.7 1 0 1.7 2.2 1.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.3

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