Background: Marijuana represents the most widely used illicit drug on college campuses. Repeated use can impair students' academic, emotional, and physical success and can lead to chronic diseases. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate existing literature on the associated effects of marijuana use on U.S. college students' academic…

Describes the role of information privacy in modern society, examines recent legal cases to illustrate how privacy cases are adjudicated and to identify the limits of available privacy protection, and raises issues regarding techniques for insuring data confidentiality. (FM)

Because of data ownership questions raised by the interchange and sharing of machine readable bibliographic data, this paper was prepared for the Bibliographic and Communications Network Committee of the National Library Advisory Board. Background information and definitions are followed by a review of the legal aspects relating to property and…

Law resources are outlined in three categories: primary or mandatory sources of authority, secondary or persuasive authority, and finding tools used to locate relevant primary and secondary sources. Sources such as citators, legal bibliographies, computer assisted legal research systems (LEXIS, WESTLAW, etc.), and law and education sources are…

Reviews definitions and the scope, history, technological capabilities, and other significant issues of electronic publishing. Advantages and disadvantages of electronic publishing are compared to those of traditional publishing, and possible future impacts of electronic publishing on books and libraries are considered. (CDD)