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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 410

S7b_14.  Where specifically do you go when you find information about
         Technical Reports?
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 Technical Reports for coursework 235 0** 130 130 104* 115* 63* 57* 33* 41* 70* 21** 19* 44* 2** 6* 144 91*
ONLINE 184 0 99 99 85 83 53 48 24 34 60 12 14 33 2 6 111 73
78.5 0 75.9 75.9 81.7 72.6 84.5 83.8 73 82.9 86.5 57.9 73.8 74.5 90 100 77.6 80
  Search engine 56 0 24 24 32 20 15 22 6 11 11 2 4 18 0 3 36 20
23.8 0 18.4 18.4 30.4 17.1 23.3 37.8 18.9 26.8 16.2 10.5 21.5 40.4 20 50 24.8 22.1
BC E HJL
  Online databases 47 0 25 25 21 16 22 9 6 8 19 2 2 9 1 0 25 21
19.9 0 19.4 19.4 20.6 13.9 35.1 15.3 18.9 19.5 27 10.5 9.2 21.3 30 0 17.7 23.4
EG L
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 31 0 19 19 12 17 8 6 4 5 11 4 2 5 0 0 12 19
13.4 0 14.8 14.8 11.6 15.2 13.3 9.8 10.8 12.2 16.2 21.1 12.3 10.6 10 0 8.5 21.1
P
  Your own institution's web site 25 0 13 13 12 12 5 8 4 4 9 1 3 2 0 2 14 11
10.8 0 10.3 10.3 11.4 10.7 7.8 14.3 10.8 9.8 13.5 5.3 18.5 4.3 0 33.3 10.1 12
M
  Internet searches 24 0 13 13 11 10 7 6 4 3 8 1 3 5 1 0 16 7
10 0 9.7 9.7 10.4 9.1 11.6 10.1 10.8 7.3 10.8 5.3 16.9 10.6 30 0 11.2 8.1
  Web directory/subject related web site 13 0 5 5 8 5 3 5 1 4 0 0 2 5 0 1 9 4
5.4 0 3.8 3.8 7.3 4.2 4.2 9 2.7 9.8 0 0 9.2 10.6 20 16.7 5.9 4.5
J J J
  Online reference service 7 0 5 5 2 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 7 0
2.8 0 3.7 3.7 1.7 5 1.5 0 0 0 5.4 0 4.6 4.3 10 0 4.6 0
  Online abstracting and indexing services 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1.7 0 1.5 1.5 2 1.6 3.2 0.5 2.7 4.9 0 0 1.5 2.1 0 0 2.9 0
  Department web page 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
0.9 0 0.7 0.7 1.2 0 1.9 1.8 2.7 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 16.7 0.8 1.1
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.9 0 1.6 1.6 0 1.8 0 0 0 2.4 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.2
  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
  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 82 0 39 39 43 36 17 29 10 15 26 9 6 13 1 3 52 30
34.9 0 29.5 29.5 41.7 31.4 27.2 50.6 29.7 36.6 37.8 42.1 29.2 29.8 30 50 36.1 33.1
EF
  Faculty members inside your institution 51 0 24 24 27 21 10 20 8 13 11 6 3 7 0 2 36 15
21.8 0 18.7 18.7 25.6 18.6 15.4 35.1 24.3 31.7 16.2 26.3 18.5 17 20 33.3 25.4 16
EF
  A librarian in your institution 39 0 12 12 26 12 7 19 2 4 17 6 1 6 0 3 23 16
16.5 0 9.3 9.3 25.4 10.9 11.7 33.1 5.4 9.8 24.3 26.3 7.7 12.8 20 50 15.9 17.4
BC EF H
  Other students inside your institution 13 0 8 8 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 6 7
5.4 0 6.2 6.2 4.3 3.5 7.1 7.3 5.4 4.9 2.7 10.5 9.2 6.4 10 0 3.9 7.7
  Faculty members outside your institution 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
0.9 0 0 0 2 0 0 3.7 0 2.4 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 0.7 1.2
  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 62 0 36 36 26 31 17 14 5 15 19 2 6 12 1 2 41 21
26.3 0 27.4 27.4 24.8 26.6 27.8 23.9 16.2 36.6 27 10.5 29.2 27.7 40 33.3 28.4 22.8
H
  Campus library 49 0 26 26 23 24 13 13 4 13 13 1 5 10 1 2 34 15
20.9 0 20 20 22 20.5 20.5 22.2 13.5 31.7 18.9 5.3 24.6 23.4 30 33.3 23.8 16.4
  References cited in books or journal articles 6 0 4 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
2.6 0 3.2 3.2 1.8 2.6 4.9 0 0 0 5.4 5.3 1.5 2.1 0 0 1.6 4.1
  Another library 5 0 4 4 1 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
2 0 2.9 2.9 1 3.3 0 1.8 0 4.9 2.7 0 0 2.1 0 0 2.7 1
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
1 0 1 1 0.9 1 1.9 0 2.7 0 0 0 1.5 2.1 10 0 0.1 2.3
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
0.8 0 1.4 1.4 0 0.8 1.4 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 2
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0 0.2 0.2 1 0 0.5 1.8 0 2.4 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0.9 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
  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
Online (unspecified) 6 0 5 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 2
2.6 0 4 4 0.9 4.6 1.5 0 0 0 5.4 0 3.1 4.3 0 0 2.8 2.4
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 11 0 6 6 5 6 1 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 7 4
4.7 0 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.4 2.1 6 5.4 2.4 0 21.1 7.7 2.1 20 16.7 4.7 4.6
J
DK/Refused 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
1.2 0 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.6 0 1.8 2.7 2.4 0 0 0 2.1 0 0 0.7 2
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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