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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 1]: Tables 62-118. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 71

R7c_2.  Where do you prefer to find information about research related
         Print or hardcopy journals ? 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 Print or hardcopy journals for research 434 220 214 434 0** 188 158 88* 66* 94* 141* 68* 23* 36* 5* 0* 292 143
ONLINE 301 139 163 301 0 142 106 53 53 66 103 37 14 24 4 0 187 114
69.4 63 76 69.4 0 75.2 67.4 60.7 80 70.2 73.3 54.1 58 66.7 83.9 0 64.2 79.9
A G KL K KL KL P
  Online databases 82 42 40 82 0 34 29 20 11 18 30 13 2 5 3 0 49 33
18.9 19 18.8 18.9 0 17.8 18.5 22.2 17.3 19.1 21.3 19.7 7.4 12.8 54.8 0 16.8 23.3
L L HIJKLM
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 63 23 40 63 0 37 20 6 10 7 26 13 3 4 0 0 33 30
14.6 10.6 18.7 14.6 0 19.8 12.6 6.9 14.7 7.4 18.7 19.7 12.3 10.3 3.2 0 11.4 21
A G I I P
  Your own institution's web site 38 17 21 38 0 18 16 4 3 5 19 4 3 5 0 0 26 12
8.8 7.7 9.9 8.8 0 9.5 10.2 4.7 4 5.3 13.3 6.6 11.1 12.8 0 0 9 8.3
  Web directory/subject related web site 37 17 21 37 0 15 14 8 9 13 9 1 1 4 1 0 22 15
8.6 7.6 9.6 8.6 0 8.2 8.8 9.2 13.3 13.8 6.7 1.6 3.7 10.3 9.7 0 7.5 10.8
K KL K K
  Search engine 30 17 13 30 0 12 11 7 10 10 4 1 3 3 0 0 22 8
6.9 7.8 6 6.9 0 6.3 7.3 7.7 14.7 10.6 2.7 1.6 11.1 7.7 3.2 0 7.6 5.7
JK JK JK
  Internet searches 20 5 15 20 0 15 4 2 5 4 6 2 1 2 0 0 11 9
4.7 2.3 7.2 4.7 0 7.7 2.5 2.3 8 4.3 4 3.3 6.2 5.1 0 0 3.9 6.5
A
  Online abstracting and indexing services 18 10 8 18 0 4 9 5 3 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 14 5
4.2 4.6 3.7 4.2 0 2.2 5.8 5.5 4 7.4 4 1.6 2.5 2.6 3.2 0 4.6 3.2
  Online reference service 6 4 1 6 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 1
1.3 2 0.6 1.3 0 2.1 0.6 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 0 2.5 2.6 9.7 0 1.8 0.4
HIJK
  Department web page 5 2 3 5 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
1.1 0.8 1.4 1.1 0 1.2 1.1 1 2.7 0 1.3 0 1.2 2.6 0 0 1.4 0.6
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.5 0 0.2 0 0.5 0 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 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 83 54 29 83 0 27 33 23 11 19 23 21 5 4 1 0 67 16
19.1 24.5 13.5 19.1 0 14.3 21 26.1 16 20.2 16 31.1 22.2 10.3 12.9 0 23 11.1
B E HJM Q
  Campus library 64 39 24 64 0 19 28 17 10 11 15 20 4 3 1 0 49 15
14.7 17.8 11.4 14.7 0 10.1 17.5 19.4 14.7 11.7 10.7 29.5 18.5 7.7 12.9 0 16.8 10.4
HIJM
  Personal subscriptions to newspapers, 9 9 0 9 0 3 4 3 1 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 9 0
 magazines and journals 2.2 4.3 0 2.2 0 1.5 2.3 3.3 1.3 2.1 4 0 0 2.6 0 0 3.2 0
B
  References cited in books or journal articles 6 3 3 6 0 3 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 0 1.7 0.6 2.3 0 4.3 0 1.6 3.7 0 0 0 1.7 0.7
J HJ
  Your own personal physical library/files/bookshelves 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.5 0.9 0 0.5 0 0 0.6 1.1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 0
  Another library 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0 0.9 0.4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 0
  Physical 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
  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
  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
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE 27 14 13 27 0 10 12 6 1 4 9 4 3 6 0 0 19 8
6.2 6.3 6.2 6.2 0 5.2 7.3 6.5 1.3 4.3 6.7 6.6 11.1 15.4 3.2 0 6.4 5.8
H HI
  A librarian in your institution 14 6 8 14 0 6 4 4 1 2 6 1 1 4 0 0 11 3
3.2 2.8 3.7 3.2 0 3.3 2.6 4.3 1.3 2.1 4 1.6 2.5 10.3 3.2 0 3.8 2.1
HIK
  Colleagues inside your institution 11 6 5 11 0 3 6 2 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 0 6 5
2.5 2.7 2.3 2.5 0 1.7 3.7 2.2 0 2.1 2.7 3.3 4.9 5.1 0 0 1.9 3.7
H
  Another institution's librarian 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0.4 0
  Professional meetings 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 0 0 0 0.3 0
HIJK
  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
Online (unspecified) 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
0.4 0.8 0 0.4 0 0.2 0.9 0 0 0 0 1.6 2.5 0 0 0 0.6 0
IJ
E-Journals 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 1.2 0 0 0 0.1 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 7 2 5 7 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 2
1.6 1 2.3 1.6 0 2.2 1.9 0 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.2 2.6 0 0 1.7 1.5
DK/Refused 13 8 4 13 0 5 1 6 1 3 4 2 1 2 0 0 10 2
2.9 3.8 1.9 2.9 0 2.9 0.8 6.7 1.3 3.2 2.7 3.3 3.7 5.1 0 0 3.5 1.6
F
None/No preferences 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.3 0.5 0 0.3 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 0.4 0

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