1. Scott Carlson, “The Deserted Library: As Students Work Online, Reading Rooms Empty Out—Leading Some Campuses to Add Starbucks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education 48 (November 16, 2001): A35–A38
2. These statistics are available from www.arl.org, Click on the following sequence of links: Publications: ARL Statistics Publications: ARL Statistics: WWW Interactive Edition: Ranked Lists
3. Carlson, “The Deserted Library,” p. 36
4. From Mild to Wild;Brunsdale;Reference & User Services Quarterly,2000