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Dimensions and use of the scholarly information environment.
Question 8S: Tables 437-444.
Digital Library Federation.
Copyright, 2002, Council on Library and Information Resources.

Table 437

S8A1. What percent of the information that you use for your coursework comes from
����� your institution's physical or virtual library?
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 - Student 2304 0** 1056 1056 1248 1065 534 705 308 305 771 437 90 266 25 102 1102 1202
25% or less 298 0 132 132 166 142 84 72 40 41 70 52 19 59 7 12 159 140
13 0 12.5 12.5 13.3 13.3 15.8 10.3 12.9 13.4 9 11.8 21.2 22 27.9 11.8 14.4 11.6
G HIJK HIJK HIJK
26% - 50% 430 0 202 202 227 204 95 131 44 55 160 55 20 67 6 23 197 232
18.7 0 19.2 19.2 18.2 19.2 17.7 18.6 14.3 18 20.7 12.6 21.8 25.2 25.9 22.5 17.9 19.3
K HK HK HIK HIK
51% - 75% 471 0 165 165 306 209 88 174 61 46 179 93 15 54 2 22 227 245
20.5 0 15.6 15.6 24.5 19.7 16.4 24.7 19.7 15.1 23.2 21.3 16.7 20.3 8.2 21.6 20.6 20.3
BC EF N ILN IN N N
76% - 100% 1075 0 531 531 544 496 254 325 162 157 353 230 35 85 10 44 502 573
46.7 0 50.3 50.3 43.6 46.6 47.6 46.1 52.6 51.5 45.9 52.6 38.8 31.8 38.1 43.1 45.6 47.7
D D LMN LMN M LMN
Don't Know/Refused 29 0 26 26 4 14 13 2 2 6 9 8 1 2 0 1 17 12
1.3 0 2.4 2.4 0.3 1.3 2.5 0.3 0.6 2 1.2 1.8 1.6 0.7 0 1 1.6 1
D D G
Median 73.01 0 75.59 75.59 71.67 72.85 73.66 72.96 76.28 76.04 72.5 76.27 66.38 56.92 48.69 70.36 72.33 73.65
E E JK JK J HIJKM J HIJKLM
Mean 67.13 0 68 68 66.4 66.71 66.05 68.55 69.79 68.7 68.39 70.78 60.24 56.35 55.02 66.62 66.06 68.1
LMN LMN LMN LMN
Standard Deviation 27.98 0 28.59 28.59 27.45 28.12 29.95 26.17 27.97 29.09 26 26.85 31.19 29.52 34.53 27.19 28.53 27.44
Standard Error 0.59 0 0.85 0.85 0.81 0.88 1.2 1.05 1.5 1.68 1.29 1.37 1.78 1.75 2.85 2.71 0.83 0.83

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