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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 375
S7b_9.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Online databases, data sets or data sources?
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 Online databases, data sets or data sources  565 0** 236 236 329 254 142 169 87* 61* 175* 109* 21* 68* 9* 35* 262 303
for coursework
ONLINE 457 0 194 194 263 198 121 138 72 52 137 91 17 54 9 26 207 250
80.9 0 82.6 82.6 79.8 77.9 85.5 81.7 82.8 85.2 78.5 83.5 78.1 79.5 92.7 74.3 79.1 82.5
JL
  Search engine 157 0 40 40 117 48 35 74 18 16 41 32 5 26 2 17 84 73
27.8 0 16.8 16.8 35.6 19 24.4 43.7 20.2 26.2 23.7 29.9 23.3 38.4 16.4 48.6 32.1 24
BC EF HJN
  Your own institution's web site 105 0 45 45 61 47 28 30 8 15 39 22 3 12 1 4 46 60
18.7 0 18.9 18.9 18.5 18.4 20 17.8 9.1 24.6 22.6 20.6 16.4 17.8 10.9 11.4 17.4 19.7
H H H
  Internet searches 84 0 32 32 53 44 18 22 19 3 24 15 5 15 0 3 30 54
14.9 0 13.4 13.4 16 17.5 12.6 12.9 22.2 4.9 14 13.4 21.9 21.9 3.6 8.6 11.6 17.8
IN IN IN
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 79 0 43 43 36 38 19 23 13 8 26 18 1 7 1 5 30 49
14 0 18.4 18.4 10.8 14.9 13.1 13.4 15.2 13.1 15.1 16.5 6.8 9.6 7.3 14.3 11.4 16.2
D D
  Online databases 76 0 45 45 31 19 38 19 10 12 23 17 2 7 3 2 38 38
13.4 0 19 19 9.4 7.3 26.8 11.3 11.1 19.7 12.9 15.5 9.6 11 34.5 5.7 14.5 12.5
D D EG HJKLM
  Web directory/subject related web site 30 0 17 17 13 12 8 9 6 3 8 6 2 4 2 0 12 18
5.3 0 7.2 7.2 3.9 4.8 6 5.4 7.1 4.9 4.3 5.2 8.2 5.5 21.8 0 4.5 5.9
HIJKLM
  Department web page 18 0 8 8 10 8 5 5 4 8 2 0 1 0 0 3 9 9
3.2 0 3.4 3.4 3 3.1 3.6 3 4 13.1 1.1 0 6.8 0 1.8 8.6 3.5 2.9
K HJKM JKM KM
  Online reference service 13 0 7 7 6 5 4 5 3 1 4 2 0 2 1 1 9 4
2.4 0 3.2 3.2 1.8 1.9 2.5 2.9 3 1.6 2.2 2.1 1.4 2.7 5.5 2.9 3.5 1.4
  Your own personal electronic library/files 8 0 6 6 2 1 5 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 6
1.4 0 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.5 3.4 1.1 2 3.3 1.1 0 1.4 1.4 0 2.9 0.9 1.8
E
  Online abstracting and indexing services 5 0 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
1 0 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.3 2.2 0.8 2 3.3 0 1 2.7 0 0 0 0.5 1.4
J JM
  Online bookstore 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0 0 0 1.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.3
  E-mail listservs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.1 0
J
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 164 0 59 59 105 63 39 63 26 20 36 37 7 20 3 16 84 81
29.1 0 25.2 25.2 31.8 24.7 27.2 37.1 30.3 32.8 20.4 34 31.5 28.8 30.9 45.7 31.9 26.6
E J
  A librarian in your institution 96 0 27 27 68 29 20 46 13 8 19 28 3 12 2 10 50 46
16.9 0 11.6 11.6 20.7 11.4 14.2 27.4 15.2 13.1 10.8 25.8 16.4 17.8 21.8 28.6 19 15.1
BC EF J J
  Faculty members inside your institution 93 0 30 30 62 34 18 40 17 14 17 19 4 10 1 11 48 45
16.4 0 12.9 12.9 18.9 13.4 13 23.8 19.2 23 9.7 17.5 19.2 15.1 9.1 31.4 18.4 14.8
EF J
  Other students inside your institution 37 0 16 16 21 12 11 14 7 6 8 9 1 3 1 3 18 19
6.6 0 6.8 6.8 6.4 4.6 7.8 8.4 8.1 9.8 4.3 8.2 4.1 4.1 9.1 8.6 6.7 6.4
  Other students outside your institution 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
0.5 0 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 2.9 0 0.9
  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
  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 111 0 52 52 58 40 29 41 18 11 36 20 5 9 2 9 63 48
19.6 0 22.2 22.2 17.7 16 20.4 24.3 21.2 18 20.4 18.6 23.3 13.7 21.8 25.7 24 15.8
Q
  Campus library 100 0 47 47 52 34 27 39 16 10 34 18 4 8 2 8 56 44
17.7 0 20.1 20.1 15.9 13.5 18.8 22.9 18.2 16.4 19.4 16.5 17.8 12.3 21.8 22.9 21.3 14.5
E
  Another library 10 0 3 3 7 3 3 4 2 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 8 2
1.7 0 1.2 1.2 2.1 1.2 1.9 2.2 2 0 3.2 0 1.4 2.7 0 0 2.9 0.6
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
0.9 0 0.8 0.8 1 0.7 1.3 0.8 2 3.3 0 1 1.4 0 0 0 1.3 0.6
J J
  References cited in books or journal articles 5 0 3 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
0.8 0 1.1 1.1 0.6 0 1.8 1.3 0 0 0 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.8 2.9 0.9 0.7
J HIJ
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
0.5 0 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.7 0 0.5 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.3 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 1.1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
  Physical bookstore 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
0.3 0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 1.4 0 0 0.6 0
HJK
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
magazines and journals 0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0
Online (unspecified) 7 0 3 3 4 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6
1.2 0 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.5 0.2 0 1 1.6 2.2 0 4.1 0 0 0 0.1 2.1
KM
E-journals 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.4 0 0.8 0.8 0 0.4 0.7 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.3
J
Other 14 0 3 3 11 6 2 5 2 0 2 2 1 3 1 3 11 3
2.4 0 1.3 1.3 3.2 2.5 1.4 3.1 2 0 1.1 2.1 6.8 4.1 5.5 8.6 4.1 1
IJ IJ Q
DK/Refused 11 0 5 5 6 8 1 1 2 1 6 0 1 1 0 1 2 9
1.9 0 2.1 2.1 1.8 3.3 0.9 0.8 2 1.6 3.2 0 2.7 1.4 0 2.9 0.7 3
K
None/No preference 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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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