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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 304

T7c_17.  Where do you prefer to get information about teaching related
         News ?
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 teaching 291 214 76* 291 0** 116* 101* 74* 33* 47* 90* 50* 6** 62* 3** 0* 200 91*
ONLINE 135 99 36 135 0 51 49 35 15 22 49 20 4 24 1 0 94 41
46.4 46.1 47.3 46.4 0 43.8 48.7 47.3 45.9 46.8 54.2 40 65 38.8 40 0 47.1 44.9
  Web directory/subject related web site 44 32 11 44 0 10 18 15 7 7 9 9 2 9 0 0 24 19
15.1 15.1 14.8 15.1 0 8.6 18.1 21 21.6 14.9 10.4 17.8 30 14.9 13.3 0 12.3 21.2
E
  Search engine 36 28 8 36 0 18 9 10 2 10 15 6 0 4 0 0 28 8
12.5 13.2 10.6 12.5 0 15.3 8.6 13.5 5.4 21.3 16.7 11.1 5 6 0 0 14.3 8.7
HM
  Online databases 20 15 5 20 0 5 11 5 3 4 9 1 0 3 0 0 17 4
7 7.2 6.4 7 0 4.2 10.4 6.6 8.1 8.5 10.4 2.2 5 4.5 0 0 8.3 4
  Internet searches 17 9 8 17 0 8 6 3 2 0 8 2 0 5 1 0 10 7
5.9 4.4 10.1 5.9 0 7.1 6 3.8 5.4 0 8.3 4.4 5 7.5 26.7 0 5.2 7.4
  Your own institution's web site 11 8 3 11 0 6 4 1 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 8 3
3.7 3.6 3.9 3.7 0 4.9 4.2 1.2 2.7 0 8.3 2.2 5 1.5 0 0 3.9 3.3
  Online reference service 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
1 1.3 0 1 0 1.7 0 1.2 2.7 2.1 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 1.4 0
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
0.7 0.4 1.5 0.7 0 0.8 1.1 0 0 0 0 2.2 0 1.5 0 0 1 0
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.6 0 0.4 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.5 0 0 0.5 0.3
  Online abstracting and indexing services 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.1 0
  Department web page 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.1 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
  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 88 75 13 88 0 32 32 24 9 14 21 17 1 25 1 0 63 24
30.2 34.9 17 30.2 0 27.8 31.8 31.9 27 29.8 22.9 33.3 25 40.3 40 0 31.7 26.9
B J
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers,  49 46 3 49 0 18 15 16 4 9 13 4 1 17 1 0 37 12
magazines and journals 16.7 21.3 3.9 16.7 0 15.4 14.8 21.4 10.8 19.1 14.6 8.9 15 26.9 33.3 0 18.6 12.7
B K
  Campus library 30 21 8 30 0 11 12 7 4 4 6 10 1 5 0 0 19 10
10.1 10 10.6 10.1 0 9.8 11.4 9 13.5 8.5 6.3 20 10 7.5 6.7 0 9.7 11.1
J
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 7 5 2 7 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 2
2.4 2.3 2.5 2.4 0 1.8 3.7 1.5 2.7 0 2.1 4.4 0 3 0 0 2.5 2.1
  Physical bookstore 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0
  References cited in books or journal articles 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.4 0 0.3 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0.5 0
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0.3 0.4 0 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 1
  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
  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 ASSISTANCE 25 8 17 25 0 14 7 4 2 3 9 7 0 4 0 0 16 9
8.6 3.6 22.6 8.6 0 12.1 7 5.2 5.4 6.4 10.4 13.3 5 6 0 0 7.8 10.2
A
  Colleagues inside your institution 15 5 11 15 0 9 5 1 1 2 4 6 0 3 0 0 10 6
5.3 2.2 13.7 5.3 0 7.9 5.1 1.4 2.7 4.3 4.2 11.1 5 4.5 0 0 4.9 6.1
A
  A librarian in your institution 9 2 7 9 0 5 2 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 4
3 0.9 8.8 3 0 4.2 1.9 2.6 0 2.1 6.3 2.2 0 1.5 0 0 2.5 4.1
A
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.4 0 0.3 0 0 0 1.2 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 0
  Colleagues 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
Online (unspecified) 5 3 2 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
1.6 1.3 2.5 1.6 0 1.6 2.8 0 0 0 4.2 0 0 1.5 0 0 0.9 3.1
Personal office/lab 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0.3 0 1.2 0.3 0 0 0.9 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Students 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 17 14 3 17 0 9 4 4 3 3 2 4 0 5 0 0 12 5
5.9 6.4 4.4 5.9 0 7.9 4.2 5.1 8.1 6.4 2.1 8.9 5 7.5 6.7 0 6 5.6
DK/Refused 20 17 4 20 0 8 5 8 4 5 6 2 0 4 0 0 13 8
7 7.7 5.1 7 0 6.8 4.8 10.6 10.8 10.6 6.3 4.4 0 6 13.3 0 6.4 8.4
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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