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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 8R: Tables 181-188. 
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 186

R8C. What percent of your current information needs for your research are available online?
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 - Responsibility is Research 1563 811 752 1563 0** 699 593 271 269 320 491 239 79 148 18 0* 1023 540
25% or less 352 206 146 352 0 145 138 69 37 49 115 115 15 20 1 0 234 118
22.5 25.4 19.4 22.5 0 20.7 23.4 25.6 13.7 15.3 23.4 48.4 19.1 13.8 4.9 0 22.9 21.9
B N N HIMN HIJLMN N N
26% - 50% 464 248 215 464 0 211 166 87 77 88 169 66 23 38 2 0 300 164
29.7 30.6 28.7 29.7 0 30.1 28 32 28.4 27.5 34.5 27.7 29.8 25.8 12.6 0 29.3 30.3
N N N N N N
51% - 75% 346 163 182 346 0 149 147 50 66 86 107 29 21 33 3 0 232 113
22.1 20.1 24.3 22.1 0 21.3 24.8 18.4 24.5 26.9 21.8 12.2 26.5 22.6 16.5 0 22.7 21
K KN K KN K
76% - 100% 363 162 200 363 0 181 129 53 85 90 83 22 18 53 11 0 227 136
23.2 20 26.6 23.2 0 25.8 21.7 19.5 31.7 28.1 16.9 9.4 22.4 35.8 65 0 22.1 25.2
A JKL JK K K JKL HIJKLM
Don't Know 39 31 8 39 0 14 12 12 4 7 17 6 2 3 0 0 30 8
2.5 3.8 1 2.5 0 2 2.1 4.5 1.6 2.2 3.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1 0 3 1.6
B
Median 48.84 47.39 55.7 48.84 0 49.37 49.16 44 65.08 58.65 46.71 25.25 50 65 82.14 0 48.78 48.95
EF JK JK HIJKM HIJK HIJKM P
Mean 52.71 49.98 55.57 52.71 0 54.28 52.18 49.72 60.54 58.44 48.85 35.75 54.72 61.76 77.93 0 52.26 53.55
A G JKL JK K JK JKL HIJKLM
Standard Deviation 27.56 27.14 27.72 27.56 0 27.78 27.56 26.79 25.92 26.13 26.16 26.45 26.29 25.77 23.04 0 27.68 27.33
Standard Error 0.69 0.96 0.98 0.69 0 1.05 1.08 1.7 1.49 1.48 1.65 1.83 1.61 2.06 2.28 0 0.83 1.23

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