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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 376
S7c_9.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Online databases, data sets or data sources ? 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 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 402 0 171 171 231 180 107 116 70 44 124 75 14 47 8 22 171 232
71.2 0 72.8 72.8 70.1 70.9 75.4 68.2 79.8 72.1 71 69.1 64.4 68.5 81.8 62.9 65 76.6
L L P
  Search engine 103 0 23 23 80 36 23 44 16 8 28 20 3 17 1 10 48 55
18.3 0 9.8 9.8 24.3 14.3 16.4 25.9 18.2 13.1 16.1 18.6 16.4 24.7 9.1 28.6 18.2 18.3
BC E N
  Your own institution's web site 88 0 34 34 54 43 20 24 6 13 34 19 3 9 1 3 39 49
15.5 0 14.3 14.3 16.4 17.1 14.3 14.3 7.1 21.3 19.4 17.5 12.3 13.7 9.1 8.6 14.9 16.1
H H H
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 58 0 33 33 25 30 12 16 11 6 23 11 1 4 0 3 18 40
10.3 0 14.1 14.1 7.6 12 8.3 9.5 12.1 9.8 12.9 10.3 4.1 5.5 3.6 8.6 6.9 13.2
D D P
  Internet searches 55 0 22 22 32 34 10 10 16 2 13 10 3 9 0 1 23 32
9.7 0 9.5 9.5 9.8 13.5 7.2 6 18.2 3.3 7.5 9.3 15.1 13.7 1.8 2.9 8.7 10.6
G IJN IN IN
  Online databases 48 0 29 29 19 14 25 9 8 7 15 9 1 4 3 2 21 27
8.5 0 12.3 12.3 5.8 5.6 17.8 5.3 9.1 11.5 8.6 8.2 4.1 5.5 29.1 5.7 8 9
D D EG HIJKLM
  Web directory/subject related web site 24 0 16 16 8 11 7 6 5 2 8 4 1 2 2 0 10 14
4.2 0 6.7 6.7 2.4 4.2 4.9 3.6 6.1 3.3 4.3 4.1 2.7 2.7 21.8 0 3.8 4.5
D D HIJKLM
  Department web page 15 0 7 7 8 7 4 4 4 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 6 9
2.6 0 3 3 2.3 2.6 2.9 2.4 4 9.8 1.1 0 5.5 0 1.8 5.7 2.3 2.9
K JKM JKM KM
  Online reference service 5 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1
0.9 0 1.4 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.5 0.7 3 0 0 1 0 1.4 5.5 0 1.5 0.4
J IJKL
  Your own personal electronic library/files 4 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
0.7 0 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.6 0 0 1.1 0 1.4 1.4 0 2.9 0.5 0.9
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.4 0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 0 2 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.1 0.6
J
  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
  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 90 0 31 31 59 37 17 35 11 10 21 22 3 15 1 8 47 43
15.9 0 13.2 13.2 17.9 14.6 12.3 20.9 12.1 16.4 11.8 20.6 12.3 21.9 9.1 22.9 17.8 14.3
  Faculty members inside your institution 43 0 16 16 28 17 9 17 3 5 13 7 2 7 0 6 21 22
7.7 0 6.7 6.7 8.4 6.9 6.2 10.1 3 8.2 7.5 6.2 9.6 11 3.6 17.1 8.1 7.3
H H
  A librarian in your institution 39 0 13 13 25 17 7 15 5 3 8 13 1 7 1 1 23 15
6.9 0 5.7 5.7 7.7 6.7 4.7 9 6.1 4.9 4.3 12.4 2.7 11 5.5 2.9 8.9 5.1
JL
  Other students inside your institution 8 0 2 2 6 3 2 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 6
1.4 0 0.8 0.8 1.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 3 3.3 0 2.1 0 0 0 2.9 0.8 1.9
J J
  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 44 0 22 22 22 18 12 15 4 3 15 8 3 5 1 5 32 12
7.8 0 9.2 9.2 6.7 6.9 8.3 8.6 5.1 4.9 8.6 7.2 15.1 6.8 9.1 14.3 12.1 4
HI Q
  Campus library 39 0 20 20 20 16 11 13 4 2 15 8 2 4 1 4 27 12
7 0 8.3 8.3 6 6.1 7.4 7.8 4 3.3 8.6 7.2 11 5.5 9.1 11.4 10.3 4
H Q
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.2 1 1.6 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.8 0
J
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0.2 0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0 0.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 2.9 0.5 0
J
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 1.4 0 0 0.5 0
J
  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
  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
  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
Online (unspecified) 6 0 3 3 3 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1 0 1.2 1.2 0.9 2.3 0 0 1 1.6 2.2 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.1 1.9
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 5 0 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
0.9 0 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.7 0 0.7 0 0 1.1 2.1 1.4 1.4 0 0 1.9 0.1
Q
DK/Refused 14 0 7 7 7 8 4 3 2 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 6 8
2.5 0 3.2 3.2 2.1 3.1 2.6 1.6 2 4.9 4.3 1 4.1 0 0 0 2.3 2.7
M
None 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
0.5 0 0 0 0.9 0.5 1.3 0 0 0 1.1 0 1.4 1.4 0 0 0.7 0.4

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