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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 432

S7c_17.  Where do you prefer to find information about course related
         News ? 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 News for coursework 445 0** 148 148 296 183 94* 168 44* 35* 162* 84* 12* 71* 6* 31* 206 239
ONLINE 336 0 110 110 226 139 74 123 35 28 130 53 10 58 5 19 157 180
75.6 0 74.2 74.2 76.3 76.1 79 73.2 80 80 80.2 62.7 76.7 81.6 75 61.3 76.1 75.2
K K K
  Search engine 90 0 18 18 72 35 14 41 6 11 28 15 3 18 1 8 42 47
20.1 0 11.9 11.9 24.3 18.9 15.2 24.3 14 31.4 17.4 17.3 27.9 25 8.3 25.8 20.6 19.7
BC N N
  Web directory/subject related web site 75 0 28 28 47 29 17 28 9 4 28 12 1 17 1 3 46 29
16.8 0 18.7 18.7 15.9 16 18.5 16.9 20 11.4 17.4 14.7 7 23.7 16.7 9.7 22.2 12.2
L Q
  Internet searches 61 0 22 22 39 32 14 14 7 4 30 8 3 7 1 1 29 32
13.7 0 14.6 14.6 13.2 17.7 15.2 8.5 16 11.4 18.6 9.3 20.9 10.5 13.9 3.2 14.1 13.4
G
  Online databases 41 0 21 21 19 11 16 13 4 5 17 7 0 6 2 1 14 27
9.1 0 14.3 14.3 6.5 6.1 16.9 8 8 14.3 10.5 8 2.3 7.9 25 3.2 6.6 11.3
D D E HJKLM
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 24 0 5 5 19 9 7 8 5 1 9 6 0 0 0 2 10 13
5.3 0 3.2 3.2 6.4 4.7 7.3 5 12 2.9 5.8 6.7 2.3 0 2.8 6.5 5 5.6
M M M M
  Your own institution's web site 20 0 10 10 10 11 2 7 2 1 9 3 1 1 0 2 5 15
4.5 0 6.6 6.6 3.4 5.8 2.6 4 4 2.9 5.8 4 11.6 1.3 0 6.5 2.6 6.1
M
  Online reference service 17 0 3 3 14 7 2 8 2 2 4 1 1 7 1 1 7 10
3.9 0 1.9 1.9 4.9 3.9 2.4 4.7 4 5.7 2.3 1.3 4.7 9.2 8.3 3.2 3.5 4.2
JK K
  Department web page 7 0 2 2 5 3 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 3 4
1.5 0 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.5 1 1.8 0 0 1.2 1.3 0 3.9 0 3.2 1.5 1.6
  Online bookstore 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.4 0 1.3 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0.6 0.6 0 0.5 0 0 2 0 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
  Online 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 55 0 20 20 35 15 15 24 4 6 15 19 1 7 1 2 23 32
12.4 0 13.4 13.4 11.9 8.4 16.5 14.5 10 17.1 9.3 22.7 9.3 9.2 16.7 6.5 11.4 13.3
JM
  Campus library 44 0 14 14 30 10 12 22 4 5 15 16 1 2 0 2 17 27
9.9 0 9.4 9.4 10.2 5.5 12.7 13.2 8 14.3 9.3 18.7 7 2.6 2.8 6.5 8.3 11.3
E M MN
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 7 0 4 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 2
 magazines and journals 1.5 0 3 3 0.7 0.6 3.6 1.3 2 2.9 0 1.3 2.3 3.9 8.3 0 2.1 1
J J J JK
  Physical bookstore 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.2 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 1.3 5.6 0 0.5 0.5
HIJ
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
0.5 0 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 1.3 0 0 0.5 0.5
  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
  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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 33 0 11 11 22 18 2 13 1 0 11 7 1 6 0 7 17 16
7.3 0 7.1 7.1 7.4 10.1 1.8 7.4 2 0 7 8 9.3 7.9 0 22.6 8.3 6.5
F I
  Faculty members inside your institution 21 0 9 9 11 13 1 8 0 0 9 4 1 2 0 4 11 10
4.7 0 6.4 6.4 3.9 6.9 0.6 4.6 0 0 5.8 5.3 9.3 2.6 0 12.9 5.4 4.1
F HI
  A librarian in your institution 10 0 1 1 9 5 1 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 6 4
2.2 0 0.8 0.8 2.9 2.6 1.2 2.2 2 0 1.2 1.3 0 3.9 0 9.7 2.8 1.6
  Another institution's librarian 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 0 0 0.4 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
  Other students inside your institution 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0.4
  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
  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
Online (unspecified) 3 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.6 0 1.3 1.3 0.3 1.5 0 0 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0.8
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 9 0 4 4 5 2 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 4 5
2 0 2.6 2.6 1.7 1.2 1.8 3.1 2 2.9 1.2 4 4.7 0 5.6 3.2 1.8 2.2
M M
DK/Refused 8 0 2 2 6 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 3 5
1.8 0 1.3 1.3 2 2.2 0.9 1.8 4 0 1.2 2.7 0 1.3 2.8 3.2 1.5 2
None 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
0.2 0 0 0 0.3 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0.5 0

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