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| R7b_14. When you are doing research, how do you
find information about |
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| Technical Reports ? |
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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 |
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
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| Base - Use Technical Reports
for research |
242 |
128 |
114* |
242 |
0** |
117* |
83* |
41* |
50* |
53* |
73* |
19** |
17* |
28* |
1** |
0* |
148 |
93* |
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| ONLINE |
196 |
107 |
89 |
196 |
0 |
94 |
69 |
33 |
38 |
40 |
60 |
17 |
13 |
27 |
1 |
0 |
119 |
77 |
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81.1 |
83.8 |
78.1 |
81.1 |
0 |
80.2 |
83.6 |
78.9 |
75.4 |
75.5 |
82.1 |
88.2 |
77.6 |
96.7 |
87.5 |
0 |
80.4 |
82.3 |
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| Online databases |
60 |
34 |
26 |
60 |
0 |
29 |
18 |
13 |
11 |
13 |
24 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
40 |
20 |
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25 |
26.8 |
23 |
25 |
0 |
24.7 |
21.9 |
32.1 |
22.8 |
24.5 |
33.3 |
17.6 |
12.1 |
20 |
37.5 |
0 |
26.9 |
22 |
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L |
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| Search engine |
56 |
24 |
32 |
56 |
0 |
35 |
15 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
19 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
19 |
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23.2 |
19.1 |
27.7 |
23.2 |
0 |
30 |
17.8 |
14.7 |
12.3 |
22.6 |
25.6 |
41.2 |
25.9 |
23.3 |
25 |
0 |
24.9 |
20.4 |
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| Web directory/subject related web site |
40 |
28 |
12 |
40 |
0 |
11 |
18 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
18 |
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16.4 |
21.9 |
10.2 |
16.4 |
0 |
9.2 |
21.5 |
26.6 |
19.3 |
17 |
15.4 |
5.9 |
15.5 |
20 |
25 |
0 |
14.9 |
18.8 |
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E |
E |
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| Online library catalogues and finding aids |
30 |
15 |
15 |
30 |
0 |
16 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
16 |
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12.4 |
12 |
12.9 |
12.4 |
0 |
13.8 |
11 |
11.6 |
7 |
7.5 |
15.4 |
17.6 |
13.8 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
9.6 |
17 |
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| Internet searches |
26 |
13 |
12 |
26 |
0 |
15 |
9 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
6 |
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10.8 |
10.6 |
11 |
10.8 |
0 |
12.9 |
10.4 |
5.1 |
10.5 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
29.4 |
10.3 |
13.3 |
0 |
0 |
13.4 |
6.5 |
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| Your own institution's web site |
22 |
12 |
10 |
22 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
5 |
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9.2 |
9.5 |
8.8 |
9.2 |
0 |
8.8 |
12.6 |
3.5 |
14 |
5.7 |
5.1 |
0 |
27.6 |
13.3 |
0 |
0 |
11.5 |
5.5 |
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IJ |
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| Online abstracting and indexing services |
19 |
12 |
7 |
19 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
8 |
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7.8 |
9.5 |
5.9 |
7.8 |
0 |
5.9 |
12.1 |
4.6 |
8.8 |
7.5 |
10.3 |
0 |
17.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.3 |
8.6 |
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| Online reference service |
10 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
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4.9 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
2.2 |
8.6 |
0 |
1.8 |
7.5 |
5.1 |
0 |
5.2 |
0 |
12.5 |
0 |
2.5 |
6.4 |
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| Department web page |
5 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
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2 |
1.7 |
2.4 |
2 |
0 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
1.7 |
6.7 |
0 |
0 |
1.4 |
3 |
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| Your own personal electronic library/files |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.5 |
0.9 |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.8 |
0 |
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| E-mail listservs |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.4 |
0.7 |
0 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0 |
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| Online bookstore |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT |
107 |
60 |
47 |
107 |
0 |
45 |
38 |
24 |
21 |
25 |
30 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
82 |
25 |
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44.1 |
46.9 |
40.9 |
44.1 |
0 |
38.5 |
45.5 |
57.3 |
42.1 |
47.2 |
41 |
52.9 |
50 |
40 |
50 |
0 |
55.3 |
26.3 |
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| Campus library |
83 |
48 |
35 |
83 |
0 |
33 |
32 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
65 |
18 |
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34.3 |
37.7 |
30.4 |
34.3 |
0 |
28.4 |
38.4 |
42.8 |
33.3 |
37.7 |
30.8 |
35.3 |
41.4 |
33.3 |
37.5 |
0 |
43.9 |
18.9 |
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Q |
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| References cited in books or journal
articles |
22 |
14 |
8 |
22 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
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10.9 |
6.8 |
9 |
0 |
3.4 |
9.6 |
23.5 |
3.5 |
9.4 |
7.7 |
23.5 |
12.1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10.5 |
6.6 |
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| Another library |
11 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
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4.6 |
3.9 |
5.4 |
4.6 |
0 |
4.6 |
2.3 |
9.2 |
0 |
5.7 |
5.1 |
11.8 |
1.7 | 6.7 |
0 |
0 |
6.1 |
2.3 |
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| Your own personal physical
library/files/bookshelves |
11 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
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4.5 |
2.6 |
6.6 |
4.5 |
0 |
8.5 |
1.1 |
0 |
5.3 |
0 |
7.7 |
11.8 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
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| Personal subscriptions to newspapers,
magazines and journals |
10 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
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4 |
5.4 |
2.5 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
1.1 |
7.3 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
11.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0.9 |
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| Printed abstracting and indexing services |
8 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
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3.3 |
3.8 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
0 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
3.8 |
2.6 |
0 |
1.7 |
6.7 |
12.5 |
0 |
4.1 |
1.9 |
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| Physical bookstore |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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0.8 |
0 |
1.7 |
0.8 |
0 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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| Printed library catalogues and finding aids |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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59 |
28 |
30 |
59 |
0 |
29 |
24 |
6 |
13 |
9 |
15 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
23 |
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24.3 |
22.3 |
26.5 |
24.3 |
0 |
24.6 |
28.5 |
14.6 |
26.3 |
17 |
20.5 |
35.3 |
34.5 |
30 |
37.5 |
0 |
24.1 |
24.5 |
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I |
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| Colleagues inside your institution |
38 |
15 |
23 |
38 |
0 |
21 |
13 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
14 |
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15.8 |
11.7 |
20.5 |
15.8 |
0 |
17.8 |
16.1 |
9.8 |
15.8 |
11.3 |
10.3 |
29.4 |
22.4 |
26.7 |
0 |
0 |
16.1 |
15.5 |
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| A librarian in your institution |
26 |
18 |
9 |
26 |
0 |
14 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
9 |
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10.9 |
13.7 |
7.7 |
10.9 |
0 |
12.1 |
11.8 |
5.6 |
7 |
5.7 |
12.8 |
23.5 |
15.5 |
10 |
37.5 |
0 |
11.4 |
10.1 |
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| Colleagues outside your institution |
12 |
9 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
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5.1 |
6.8 |
3.1 |
5.1 |
0 |
3.1 |
6.6 |
7.5 |
7 |
1.9 |
2.6 |
11.8 |
10.3 |
6.7 |
0 |
0 |
5.1 |
5 |
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I |
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| Professional meetings |
6 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
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2.6 |
3.3 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
0 |
1.8 |
2.8 |
4.6 |
5.3 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
5.2 |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
2.4 |
3 |
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I |
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| Another institution's librarian |
3 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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1.3 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
0 |
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| Online (unspecified) |
7 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
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3 |
2.4 |
3.7 |
3 |
0 |
1.8 |
6.1 |
0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
5.1 |
0 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.3 |
4 |
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| E-journals |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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1.1 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
2.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
2 |
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| Author |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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0.4 |
0 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
0 |
1.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0 |
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| Personal Office/Lab |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12.5 |
0 |
0.1 |
0 |
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| Other |
24 |
11 |
13 |
24 |
0 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
11 |
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10 |
8.4 |
11.7 |
10 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
7 |
7.5 |
10.3 |
17.6 |
17.2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
11.6 |
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G |
G |
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| DK/Refused |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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0.9 |
1 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
0 |
3.8 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
0 |
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| None/No preferences |
16 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
13 |
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6.4 |
5.1 |
7.9 |
6.4 |
0 |
10 |
4.5 |
0 |
5.3 |
3.8 |
12.8 |
0 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
1.7 |
14 |
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