Resources Used in Instruction

Instructors were asked which library resources they used for instruction in two related questions.

Percentage reporting use of the following library resources for their teaching:

• Journals in the library collection 53.2%

• Books in the library collection 43.9%

• Library-provided databases 41.2%

• Library building spaces 17.9%

• Special collections and archives 10.2%

• Library-provided data sets 8.1%

• None of the above 28.2%

Percentage reporting use of these additional library resources during their teaching activities:

• Film and video 29.4%

• Audio recordings 9.7%

• Maps and atlases 6.9%

• Comics and graphic novels 3.8%

• Musical scores 3.6%

• Artists’ books: 3.2%

• Computer and video games 2.7%

• None of the above 64.4%