Site introducing students to college. Importantly included are several modules introducing students to the college library, to databases and to search engine tips. (Plagiarism, comparing search engines and more).

From the abstract:

Introduction. This study explored the graduate students’ information behavior as it informs their process of inquiry and scholarly activities. Method. In depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with one hundred graduate students representing all disciplines and departments from Carnegie Mellon University.

Analysis. Working in pairs, we coded transcripts of interviews into meaningful categories using ATLAS.ti software. A combined use of
quantitative and qualitative analysis reduced subjectivity.

Results. Graduate students often begin with a meeting with professors who provide direction, recommend and provide resources. Other students help to shape graduate students’ research activities, and university library personnel provide guidance in finding resources. The Internet plays a heavy role; though students continue to use print resources. Convenience, lack of sophistication in finding and using resources, and course requirements affect their information behavior. Findings vary across disciplines and between programmes.

Conclusion. Libraries can influence students’ information behavior by reevaluating their instructional programmes and provision of resources and services. They can take a lead by working with academic personnel to guide students.

Given the ongoing growth of globalization, our practitioners and multinational clients asked for greater insight on the different perspectives of companies on fraud between developed and emerging markets.

The 9th Global Fraud Survey (pdf, 340kb) is the result of interviewing and listening to over 500 corporate leaders, including Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Risk Officers, Internal Audit Directors, and business unit directors. They represent many of the world’s major organizations.

Since our 8th Global Fraud Survey in 2003, corporations have expended significant resources to assess and improve their internal controls. The concentrated efforts of those charged with governance, internal and external auditors, regulators, law enforcement and others, have led to considerable progress in preventing and detecting fraud. Corporations believe that they are better positioned to deter and detect fraud than ever before. Despite this belief, there is little evidence that clearly indicates fraud has reduced. In fact, one in five of the companies that we interviewed experienced significant fraudulent activity in the past two years.

The vast majority of teens in the United States, 87% of those aged 12 to 17, now use the internet. That amounts to about 21 million youth who use the internet, up from roughly 17 million when we surveyed this age cohort in late 2000. Not only has the wired share of the teenage population grown, but teens’ use of the internet has intensified. Teenagers now use the internet more often and in a greater variety of ways than they did in 2000. There are now approximately 11 million teens who go online daily, compared to about 7 million in 2000.

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US Department of Transportation Library

"Wow. Prowl around here and you'll find many interesting items. There's the OPAC , of course, which contains more than 80,000 bibliographic records. Do a simple keyword search; browse by title, author, publisher or other categories; or use the power search function, which provides Boolean options via dropdown menus.

We find the Online Digital Special Collections particularly intriguing. Here you can access a variety of historical materials, including Civil Aeronautic Manuals, Historic Railroad Investigation Reports, Historical Aircraft Accident Reports, historic and superseded regulations of various types and more.

A number of annotated bibliographies -- on statistics, special topics in transportation, and aviation safety and security -- are available here. There's also a large selection of vetted Web resources , including links to search engines, ready reference materials, newspapers and journals, full-text documents online, and transportation resources, associations and libraries. And there is a page of links to DOT law libraries .

Highly recommended: Putting the DOT Puzzle Together: A Collection of Web Sites and Points of Contact Throughout DOT Headquarters . This is a comprehensive pathfinder through the bureaucratic maze that is a large and complex federal agency. Don't miss the excellent list of links to statistical information .

Finally, take a quick look at the DOT Historian's home page . Here's where you'll find the department history, biographical sketches of the secretaries of transportation, chronologies, and a bibliography."

HG4509 .M65

Provides details on yearly dollars spent on pension matching plans (etc) by company. Includes details on the number of employees enrolled versus the number of employees eligible for participation.

Migration data. Inflow. US + 15 other countries. Links to many other related statistical sites