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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 7R [part 2]: Tables 119-180. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 154

R7b_14.  When you are doing research, how do 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 research 242 128 114* 242 0** 117* 83* 41* 50* 53* 73* 19** 17* 28* 1** 0* 148 93*
ONLINE 196 107 89 196 0 94 69 33 38 40 60 17 13 27 1 0 119 77
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
HIL
  Online databases 60 34 26 60 0 29 18 13 11 13 24 3 2 6 1 0 40 20
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
L
  Search engine 56 24 32 56 0 35 15 6 6 12 19 8 4 7 0 0 37 19
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
H
  Web directory/subject related web site 40 28 12 40 0 11 18 11 10 9 11 1 3 6 0 0 22 18
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
B E E
  Online library catalogues and finding aids 30 15 15 30 0 16 9 5 4 4 11 3 2 6 0 0 14 16
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
  Internet searches 26 13 12 26 0 15 9 2 5 4 6 6 2 4 0 0 20 6
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
  Your own institution's web site 22 12 10 22 0 10 10 1 7 3 4 0 5 4 0 0 17 5
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
IJ
  Online abstracting and indexing services 19 12 7 19 0 7 10 2 4 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 11 8
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
M
  Online reference service 10 6 3 10 0 3 7 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 6
4 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
  Department web page 5 2 3 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3
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
  Your own personal electronic library/files 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.5 0.9 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 0 0 0 0 0.8 0
  E-mail listservs 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0.7 0 0.4 0 0 0 2.1 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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
LIBRARY FACILITIES/PRINT 107 60 47 107 0 45 38 24 21 25 30 10 8 11 1 0 82 25
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
Q
  Campus library 83 48 35 83 0 33 32 18 17 20 23 7 7 9 1 0 65 18
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
Q
  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
9 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
E
  Another library 11 5 6 11 0 5 2 4 0 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 9 2
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
  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
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
F
  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
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
  Printed abstracting and indexing services 8 5 3 8 0 4 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 2
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
  Physical bookstore 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
0.8 0 1.7 0.8 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
  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 59 28 30 59 0 29 24 6 13 9 15 7 6 8 1 0 36 23
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
I
  Colleagues inside your institution 38 15 23 38 0 21 13 4 8 6 8 6 4 7 0 0 24 14
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
  A librarian in your institution 26 18 9 26 0 14 10 2 4 3 9 4 3 3 1 0 17 9
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
  Colleagues outside your institution 12 9 4 12 0 4 5 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 8 5
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
I
  Professional meetings 6 4 2 6 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 3
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
I
  Another institution's librarian 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
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
Online (unspecified) 7 3 4 7 0 2 5 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
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
E-journals 3 2 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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
Author 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
0.4 0 0.8 0.4 0 0 1.1 0 1.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 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 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.5 0 0.1 0
Other 24 11 13 24 0 14 10 0 4 4 8 3 3 3 0 0 13 11
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
G G
DK/Refused 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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
None/No preferences 16 7 9 16 0 12 4 0 3 2 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 13
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
P

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