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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 425

S7c_16.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         Dissertations ? 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 Dissertations for coursework 243 0** 130* 130* 113* 107* 66* 70* 26** 29** 94* 59* 11* 18** 1** 5* 114* 129*
ONLINE 141 0 83 83 58 62 44 36 12 9 60 32 6 16 1 5 67 75
58.2 0 64.4 64.4 51.1 58 66.2 51 48.3 31 64 54.7 55.3 89.5 37.5 100 58.4 58
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 36 0 24 24 12 18 11 7 4 2 19 8 2 2 0 0 17 19
14.7 0 18.7 18.7 10.2 16.8 16.9 9.5 13.8 6.9 20 13.2 15.8 10.5 0 0 14.6 14.8
  Online databases 35 0 25 25 10 13 15 7 1 2 17 10 0 5 0 0 17 18
14.4 0 19 19 9.2 12 22.7 10.2 3.4 6.9 18 17 2.6 26.3 12.5 0 15 13.9
  Search engine 22 0 8 8 15 7 4 11 2 2 8 4 1 4 0 2 12 10
9.1 0 5.8 5.8 12.8 6.5 6.5 15.3 6.9 6.9 8 7.5 5.3 21.1 0 40 10.4 7.9
  Your own institution's web site 16 0 9 9 7 6 6 4 4 1 2 4 1 2 0 2 4 12
6.5 0 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.6 8.7 5.8 13.8 3.4 2 7.5 10.5 10.5 0 40 3.5 9.3
J
  Internet searches 14 0 7 7 7 6 7 1 3 2 6 1 1 2 0 0 12 2
5.8 0 5.5 5.5 6.2 5.9 10.2 1.6 10.3 6.9 6 1.9 7.9 10.5 0 0 10.6 1.6
Q
  Web directory/subject related web site 9 0 5 5 5 4 0 5 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 1 9
3.9 0 3.5 3.5 4.4 4 0.4 7 0 0 6 1.9 5.3 5.3 12.5 20 0.7 6.8
P
  Online reference service 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
1.1 0 0.1 0.1 2.2 1.3 0.3 1.6 0 0 0 3.8 2.6 0 12.5 0 2.4 0
J
  Online abstracting and indexing services 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.9 0 1.7 1.7 0 1.8 0.4 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.3 1.5
  Your own personal electronic library/files 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.9 0 1.7 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.3 1.5
  Department web page 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.8 0 1.6 1.6 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0 5.3 0 0 0.8 0.9
  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 55 0 19 19 36 20 8 27 7 11 21 12 3 1 1 0 20 35
22.8 0 14.7 14.7 32.1 19 11.9 38.8 27.6 37.9 22 20.8 23.7 5.3 62.5 0 17.6 27.5
BC EF
  Faculty members inside your institution 35 0 12 12 23 13 6 17 7 10 9 7 2 0 1 0 15 21
14.6 0 9.4 9.4 20.5 11.9 8.4 24.4 27.6 34.5 10 11.3 15.8 0 37.5 0 12.7 16.2
BC F
  A librarian in your institution 19 0 6 6 13 7 2 10 0 1 11 6 0 1 0 0 5 14
8 0 4.9 4.9 11.6 6.8 3.1 14.3 0 3.4 12 9.4 2.6 5.3 25 0 4.6 11
F
  Other students inside your institution 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0 0.4 0.4 0 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 0 0 0 0.3 0.2
JK
  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 36 0 23 23 13 18 12 6 6 8 8 12 2 0 0 0 22 15
14.8 0 17.5 17.5 11.7 16.8 18 8.9 24.1 27.6 8 20.8 18.4 0 0 0 18.8 11.3
  Campus library 35 0 22 22 13 18 12 6 6 8 8 12 1 0 0 0 21 15
14.6 0 17.1 17.1 11.7 16.5 17.6 8.9 24.1 27.6 8 20.8 13.2 0 0 0 18.3 11.3
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.3 0
J
  Physical bookstore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.2 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0.3 0
J
  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
  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
  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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1.2 0 0 0 2.5 1.8 0 1.3 0 0 2 0 0 5.3 0 0 2.5 0
DK/Refused 7 0 4 4 3 5 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 4
3 0 3.4 3.4 2.5 4.5 3.8 0 0 3.4 4 3.8 2.6 0 0 0 2.8 3.2
None 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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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