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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question T7: Tables 190-308 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 192
T7c_1.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         Print or hardcopy books ?
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 Print or hardcopy books for teaching 529 360 169 529 0** 222 184 123 73* 135 130* 110* 21* 57* 4** 0* 373 156
ONLINE 221 166 54 221 0 87 71 63 37 55 47 39 10 31 2 0 153 67
41.7 46.2 32.1 41.7 0 39.1 38.5 51.2 50.6 40.7 36.2 35.7 46.6 54.1 50 0 41 43.2
B EF K JK
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 53 35 18 53 0 20 21 13 8 9 23 8 1 5 0 0 36 18
10.1 9.8 10.6 10.1 0 8.9 11.3 10.3 10.8 6.7 17.4 7.1 5.5 8.2 4.5 0 9.6 11.2
I
  Your own institution's web site 35 23 11 35 0 18 8 8 5 5 9 7 0 7 1 0 19 16
6.5 6.5 6.6 6.5 0 8.3 4.6 6.4 7.2 3.7 7.2 6.1 1.4 13.1 13.6 0 5 10.3
IL P
  Online databases 29 24 4 29 0 13 8 8 4 6 6 9 1 2 0 0 24 5
5.4 6.7 2.6 5.4 0 5.8 4.3 6.5 6 4.4 4.3 8.2 6.8 3.3 9.1 0 6.5 2.9
  Web directory/subject related web site 27 24 3 27 0 5 9 13 4 8 6 2 1 5 0 0 17 9
5 6.6 1.8 5 0 2.1 5.1 10.3 6 5.9 4.3 2 6.8 8.2 9.1 0 4.7 6
B E
  Online reference service 25 22 3 25 0 11 8 5 3 9 4 2 3 4 0 0 16 8
4.6 6.1 1.5 4.6 0 5 4.6 4.1 3.6 6.7 2.9 2 13.7 6.6 9.1 0 4.4 5.3
B HJK
  Search engine 24 16 7 24 0 7 8 8 5 9 0 4 1 4 0 0 17 6
4.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 0 3.3 4.6 6.3 7.2 6.7 0 4.1 4.1 6.6 4.5 0 4.6 4.1
J J J J
  Internet searches 14 9 6 14 0 9 2 3 3 3 0 6 1 2 0 0 12 2
2.7 2.4 3.4 2.7 0 3.9 1.2 2.6 3.6 2.2 0 5.1 5.5 3.3 0 0 3.3 1.3
J J
  Online bookstore 8 8 0 8 0 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 7 1
1.5 2.2 0 1.5 0 0.5 2.1 2.3 3.6 1.5 0 1 1.4 3.3 0 0 1.7 0.9
  Online abstracting and indexing services 3 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
0.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 0 0.6 1.6 1.2 1.5 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.8 0
  Department web page 3 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.5 0.3 1.1 0.5 0 0.8 0 0.8 1.2 1.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 1.2
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0.2 0
  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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 178 128 50 178 0 69 67 42 25 46 51 38 3 14 1 0 133 45
33.6 35.5 29.6 33.6 0 30.9 36.3 34.4 33.7 34.1 39.1 34.7 15.1 24.6 31.8 0 35.6 28.8
L L L L
  Campus library 97 62 34 97 0 38 41 18 16 22 32 20 2 4 1 0 63 33
18.2 17.2 20.3 18.2 0 17.1 22 14.6 21.7 16.3 24.6 18.4 11 6.6 13.6 0 16.9 21.3
M M M
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 52 43 9 52 0 18 17 16 5 17 13 9 1 7 0 0 43 8
9.8 11.9 5.2 9.8 0 8.3 9.2 13.2 7.2 12.6 10.1 8.2 2.7 11.5 4.5 0 11.6 5.3
B L Q
  References cited in books or journal articles 11 9 2 11 0 3 4 4 1 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 10 1
2.1 2.5 1.3 2.1 0 1.2 2.2 3.4 1.2 2.2 2.9 2 0 1.6 4.5 0 2.6 0.7
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  7 7 0 7 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 0
 magazines and journals 1.4 2.1 0 1.4 0 1.6 0.6 2.3 1.2 1.5 0 2 1.4 3.3 4.5 0 1.9 0.1
  Physical bookstore 5 2 3 5 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
0.9 0.5 1.7 0.9 0 2.1 0 0 2.4 1.5 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 1 0.6
  Printed library catalogues and finding aids 4 4 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 1
0.8 1.2 0 0.8 0 0.5 1.2 0.9 0 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0.9 0.7
I
  Another library 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 1.1 0.4 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 4.5 0 0.5 0.1
  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 85 39 46 85 0 45 32 9 5 28 17 19 7 9 0 0 57 29
16.1 10.8 27.4 16.1 0 20.3 17.3 7 7.2 20.7 13 17.3 31.5 16.4 4.5 0 15.2 18.5
A G G H H HJKM
  Colleagues inside your institution 64 22 42 64 0 35 23 6 4 26 9 15 5 5 0 0 41 23
12.2 6.1 25.1 12.2 0 15.7 12.6 5.2 6 19.3 7.2 13.3 24.7 8.2 4.5 0 11 14.9
A G G HJ HJKM
  A librarian in your institution 13 9 4 13 0 6 5 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 0 0 9 4
2.4 2.5 2.2 2.4 0 2.9 2.9 0.8 1.2 0.7 2.9 2 5.5 6.6 0 0 2.4 2.4
I I
  Colleagues outside your institution 5 5 0 5 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
1 1.4 0 1 0 0.4 1.6 0.9 0 0 1.4 2 0 1.6 0 0 1.4 0
  Professional meetings 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
0.6 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 1.3 0.2 0 0 0.7 1.4 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.3 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
Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0 0.2 0.1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0 0.1 0
I
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
Personal office/lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Author 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 24 13 11 24 0 15 3 6 4 5 9 4 1 1 0 0 18 6
4.6 3.7 6.5 4.6 0 6.7 1.8 4.9 4.8 3.7 7.2 4.1 2.7 1.6 9.1 0 4.9 3.7
F
DK/Refused 21 14 7 21 0 7 11 3 3 1 6 9 1 2 0 0 12 9
3.9 3.9 4.1 3.9 0 3 6 2.5 3.6 0.7 4.3 8.2 2.7 3.3 4.5 0 3.2 5.7
I
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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