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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 282

T7b_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 teaching 137 109* 28** 137 0** 58* 50* 29** 26** 27** 39** 12** 9* 21** 1** 0* 101* 36**
ONLINE 106 85 21 106 0 41 38 27 21 20 32 10 6 16 1 0 74 31
77.4 77.9 75.7 77.4 0 70 77 93.4 80 74.1 81 81.8 67.7 73.9 71.4 0 73.6 88.2
  Search engine 36 29 7 36 0 15 10 11 4 8 15 2 3 4 1 0 29 6
26.1 26.2 25.4 26.1 0 26 19.6 37.5 13.3 29.6 38.1 18.2 29 17.4 42.9 0 29.1 17.6
  Web directory/subject related web site 28 27 1 28 0 8 12 8 8 4 8 2 1 6 0 0 20 8
20.7 25.2 3.2 20.7 0 14 23.6 29.3 30 14.8 19 18.2 9.7 26.1 14.3 0 19.9 23
  Online databases 26 21 5 26 0 8 11 6 9 4 6 2 1 4 0 0 15 11
18.7 19.1 17.4 18.7 0 13.4 22.8 22.5 33.3 14.8 14.3 18.2 9.7 17.4 28.6 0 14.6 30.5
  Internet searches 24 18 5 24 0 8 10 6 1 3 11 3 1 4 0 0 16 8
17.3 16.7 19.5 17.3 0 13 20.3 20.9 3.3 11.1 28.6 27.3 16.1 17.4 0 0 15.8 21.7
  Your own institution's web site 12 9 4 12 0 4 7 1 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 5
9.1 7.9 13.9 9.1 0 7.6 13.5 4.5 16.7 14.8 0 18.2 9.7 4.3 0 0 7.6 13.3
  Online reference service 6 6 0 6 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 6 0
4.2 5.3 0 4.2 0 1.6 6 6.3 3.3 0 4.8 9.1 0 8.7 0 0 5.7 0
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 5 5 0 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 2
3.5 4.2 1 3.5 0 3.4 0 10.1 0 3.7 4.8 0 9.7 4.3 14.3 0 2.9 5.3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 4 3 1 4 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
3 2.9 3.6 3 0 0.5 5.9 3.3 0 7.4 0 0 3.2 8.7 0 0 4.1 0
  Department web page 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
2.4 3.1 0 2.4 0 5.7 0 0 0 3.7 0 9.1 3.2 4.3 0 0 2.4 2.6
  Online bookstore 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
2.3 2.8 0 2.3 0 0.5 5.7 0 0 0 4.8 0 3.2 4.3 0 0 1.2 5.3
  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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 70 60 11 70 0 26 29 15 12 12 21 7 5 13 1 0 53 17
51.5 55 37.8 51.5 0 44.6 59.3 52 46.7 44.4 52.4 54.5 51.6 60.9 85.7 0 52.5 48.5
  Campus library 56 49 7 56 0 22 21 13 12 11 15 7 3 7 1 0 43 13
41.1 44.9 26.5 41.1 0 37.5 42.9 45.5 46.7 40.7 38.1 54.5 32.3 34.8 71.4 0 42.5 37.2
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 14 14 0 14 0 4 7 4 0 2 8 0 1 4 0 0 13 1
10.4 13.1 0 10.4 0 6.2 13.8 13.3 0 7.4 19 0 9.7 17.4 14.3 0 12.9 3.4
  References cited in books or journal articles 11 8 2 11 0 5 5 1 1 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 9 2
7.7 7.7 7.8 7.7 0 7.7 10.3 3.3 3.3 0 14.3 9.1 9.7 8.7 14.3 0 8.6 5.3
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  9 9 0 9 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 8 1
magazines and journals 6.6 8.3 0 6.6 0 6.9 6.2 6.5 3.3 3.7 0 9.1 12.9 21.7 14.3 0 8 2.6
  Another library 6 6 0 6 0 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
4.4 5.5 0 4.4 0 0.8 5.6 9.7 6.7 0 9.5 0 3.2 0 14.3 0 4.2 4.9
  Physical bookstore 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.7 0 3.6 0.7 0 0 2 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0.3 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0.3 0
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 31 23 8 31 0 12 15 4 6 7 8 6 3 2 0 0 22 9
22.7 21.4 27.7 22.7 0 21 29.9 13.7 23.3 25.9 19 45.5 29 8.7 28.6 0 21.9 25.1
  A librarian in your institution 18 14 4 18 0 7 8 3 4 2 8 3 1 0 0 0 11 8
13.3 12.7 15.5 13.3 0 11.6 17 10.2 13.3 7.4 19 27.3 16.1 0 28.6 0 10.6 21.1
  Colleagues inside your institution 13 9 5 13 0 5 8 1 4 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 10 3
9.6 7.9 16.4 9.6 0 7.7 15.1 4.1 13.3 11.1 0 27.3 16.1 8.7 0 0 9.9 9
  Colleagues outside your institution 5 5 0 5 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
3.3 4.2 0 3.3 0 0.5 6 4.5 3.3 7.4 0 9.1 6.5 0 0 0 4.2 0.8
  Professional meetings 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2.4 3.1 0 2.4 0 3.5 2.6 0 3.3 7.4 0 0 3.2 0 14.3 0 3.3 0
  Another institution's librarian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.3 0 0.2 0
Online (unspecified) 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
1.6 1 4 1.6 0 1.9 2.3 0 0 0 0 18.2 0 0 0 0 1.1 3.1
Author 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1.4 1.7 0 1.4 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 0
Students 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.7 0.9 0 0.7 0 0 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 0 0 0.9 0
Personal office/Lab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.3 0 0.2 0
Other 13 12 1 13 0 4 7 2 3 2 0 1 1 6 0 0 10 3
9.4 11.2 2.1 9.4 0 6.6 14.2 6.5 10 7.4 0 9.1 16.1 26.1 0 0 9.7 8.5
DK/Refused 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.3 0 0.2 0
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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