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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 382
S7b_10.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Manuscripts and other primary source documents?
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 Manuscripts and other primary source  447 0** 192 192 255 194 91* 161 58* 48* 167* 101* 10* 37* 4** 21* 182 265
documents for coursework
ONLINE 330 0 132 132 198 134 67 129 44 37 118 74 8 30 3 16 128 202
73.8 0 68.7 68.7 77.7 68.9 73.5 80 75.8 77.1 70.8 73.3 75 80 75 76.2 70.2 76.4
E
  Search engine 96 0 24 24 73 21 20 55 8 7 26 28 3 16 0 8 29 68
21.5 0 12.3 12.3 28.5 10.9 21.7 34.3 13.6 14.6 15.7 27.8 27.8 42.5 8.3 38.1 15.8 25.5
BC E E HJ HIJ P
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 75 0 27 27 48 39 8 29 11 5 30 19 1 7 0 2 30 45
16.8 0 14.1 14.1 18.8 19.8 8.5 17.8 18.2 10.4 18 18.9 5.6 20 8.3 9.5 16.3 17.2
F
  Your own institution's web site 71 0 33 33 38 26 21 24 12 11 23 11 3 7 0 3 28 43
15.9 0 17.2 17.2 14.8 13.3 23.2 14.7 21.2 22.9 13.5 11.1 30.6 20 4.2 14.3 15.3 16.3
JK
  Online databases 63 0 29 29 34 23 15 24 7 6 32 9 1 6 1 1 39 24
14.1 0 14.9 14.9 13.4 12.1 16.5 15.1 12.1 12.5 19.1 8.9 11.1 15 29.2 4.8 21.6 8.9
Q
  Internet searches 49 0 14 14 36 25 3 22 4 8 19 9 0 5 0 5 13 37
11.1 0 7.1 7.1 14 12.7 3.3 13.5 6.1 16.7 11.2 8.9 2.8 12.5 4.2 23.8 7 13.8
BC F F P
  Web directory/subject related web site 29 0 16 16 14 6 12 12 4 3 6 10 1 3 1 3 10 19
6.6 0 8.2 8.2 5.4 3.1 12.9 7.2 6.1 6.3 3.4 10 5.6 7.5 20.8 14.3 5.7 7.2
E
  Department web page 18 0 10 10 8 8 4 6 2 2 6 4 1 4 0 0 9 9
4.1 0 5.2 5.2 3.2 4.1 4.4 3.8 3 4.2 3.4 4.4 5.6 10 0 0 5 3.5
  Online abstracting and indexing services 13 0 4 4 9 3 4 5 3 1 2 7 1 0 0 0 4 9
2.9 0 2.2 2.2 3.4 1.6 4.7 3.3 4.5 2.1 1.1 6.7 5.6 0 0 0 2 3.5
J M
  Online reference service 7 0 4 4 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 3
1.5 0 2 2 1.2 2.2 1.7 0.6 1.5 2.1 0 2.2 2.8 2.5 12.5 4.8 2.1 1.1
J
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0.6 0.4
  Online bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 173 0 61 61 112 65 25 84 16 16 58 54 4 12 1 12 62 112
38.7 0 31.9 31.9 43.9 33.3 27.2 51.9 27.3 33.3 34.8 53.3 41.7 32.5 20.8 57.1 33.8 42.1
BC EF HIJM
  Faculty members inside your institution 106 0 39 39 67 41 14 51 11 12 36 32 3 6 0 6 36 70
23.8 0 20.4 20.4 26.3 21.1 15.5 31.7 19.7 25 21.3 32.2 25 15 8.3 28.6 20 26.3
F M
  A librarian in your institution 103 0 24 24 79 32 10 61 5 6 38 36 2 8 1 8 34 70
23.1 0 12.6 12.6 31.1 16.5 11.1 37.9 9.1 12.5 22.5 35.6 16.7 22.5 12.5 38.1 18.5 26.3
BC EF H HIL
  Other students inside your institution 25 0 6 6 19 4 3 17 4 4 6 9 1 1 0 0 8 16
5.5 0 3 3 7.4 2.2 3 10.8 7.6 8.3 3.4 8.9 5.6 2.5 0 0 4.6 6.1
EF
  Another institution's librarian 4 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
0.9 0 1.5 1.5 0.4 0.5 2.2 0.7 1.5 0 0 2.2 0 2.5 0 0 1.2 0.7
  Faculty members outside your institution 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0 1 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0 2.5 0 0 0.6 0.4
  Other students outside your institution 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
  Professional meetings 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 136 0 61 61 75 51 27 58 11 15 45 43 4 11 2 6 67 69
30.5 0 31.9 31.9 29.4 26.3 29.5 36.1 18.2 31.3 27 42.2 38.9 30 41.7 28.6 37 26
HJ H Q
  Campus library 119 0 53 53 67 46 19 55 9 13 39 37 3 10 2 6 57 62
26.7 0 27.4 27.4 26.2 23.6 20.4 34.1 15.2 27.1 23.6 36.7 33.3 27.5 37.5 28.6 31.5 23.4
F H H
  Another library 10 0 4 4 6 0 4 6 0 1 6 3 0 0 0 0 10 0
2.2 0 2.1 2.1 2.3 0 4.5 3.7 0 2.1 3.4 3.3 0 0 0 0 5.5 0
E E Q
  Physical bookstore 5 0 4 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
1.2 0 2.1 2.1 0.4 0.6 3.1 0.7 0 2.1 1.1 1.1 2.8 2.5 0 0 0.7 1.5
H
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 5 0 2 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
1.2 0 1.1 1.1 1.2 0 4.4 0.7 0 0 2.2 1.1 2.8 0 0 0 1.2 1.1
E H
  References cited in books or journal articles 4 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
1 0 1.8 1.8 0.4 0.6 2.5 0.6 1.5 2.1 0 2.2 2.8 0 0 0 1.9 0.3
J
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0.7 0 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0 1.2 1.5 0 1.1 0 0 0 4.2 0 1.1 0.3
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
0.6 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0.6 0 2.1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
magazines and journals 0.6 0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0 1.5 0.7 0 0 0 2.2 2.8 0 0 0 0.8 0.4
HJ
Online (unspecified) 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.6 0 0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 2.2 2.8 0 0 0 0.8 0.4
HJ
E-journals 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
Other 16 0 8 8 8 9 5 2 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 1 6 10
3.6 0 4.3 4.3 3.1 4.6 5.3 1.4 1.5 0 4.5 4.4 11.1 2.5 4.2 4.8 3.6 3.6
HI
DK/Refused 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.7 0 0 0 1.2 1.6 0 0 0 4.2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.8
J
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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