The database known as Campus Research (Westlaw) has, once again, changed its name.   Now WestlawNext , the database has also undergone a major interface redesign.

WestlawNext continues to be an online legal research tool that includes: Decisions and case law from the courts of all 50 states and the federal courts in addition to over a million unpublished cases; Laws from all 50 states and federal statutes as published in the United States Code Annotated; Federal regulations published in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; American Law Reports; American Jurisprudence 2d; and law review and legal journal articles.

Monitoring the Future:  A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th. Grade Survey), 2011 

• This survey of 12th-grade students is part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students are randomly assigned to complete one of six questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions, but all containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 1,400 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, hashish, prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, LSD, hallucinogens, amphetamines (stimulants), Ritalin (methylphenidate), Quaaludes (methaqualone), barbiturates (tranquilizers), cocaine, crack cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxy butyrate), ecstasy, methamphetamine, and heroin. Other topics include attitudes toward religion, changing roles for women, educational aspirations, self-esteem, exposure to drug education, and violence and crime (both in and out of school).

This dataset is available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories..  Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.

Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1690 if you need more information concerning ICPSR .

Monitoring the Future:  A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th. and 10th. Grade Surveys), 2011

• These surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are more than 450 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamines (stimulants), barbiturates (tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, tobacco, smokeless tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, methamphetamine, and injectable drugs such as heroin.

This dataset is available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories..  Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.

Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1690 if you need more information concerning ICPSR .

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Final Exams December 3 - 7 by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage.

The Library of Architecture, Design and Construction (located in Dudley Hall) will close for renovations at the end of the day Friday, December 7 and reopen on Thursday, January 3. Faculty, staff, or students needing items from the LADC between December 8 and December 19 should contact LADC staff through email at lib_architecture@auburn.edu or via telephone 844-7849. They will pull requested materials from the LADC and bring them to the Ralph Brown Draughon Library each business day beginning December 10. Patrons will be notified when their items are ready for pick-up at the R.B.D. Library’s Circulation Desk. Access to LADC materials will be unavailable when the University is closed between December 20 and January 2.

 LADC staff will relocate to the  R.B.D. Library during the renovation from December 10-19. Vicki Throckmorton and Sarah Anderson will be in the Circulation Department and may be reached at 844-1701.  Kasia Leousis will be working from her Reference Department office, telephone 844-7849.

Faculty members and students wishing to use Interlibrary Loan services between the dates of December 7  (Pearl Harbor Day) and January 2 should take note of the following deadlines and plan research materials requests accordingly.

Book requests submitted after December 7 may not be processed until January 3.

Article requests submitted after December 14 may not arrive until after January 3.

The Interlibrary Loan and AUBIExpress offices will be closed December 20 through January 2.  Interlibrary Loan and AUBIExpress will resume normal operations January 3, 2013.

American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2009 

• The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) collects information on how people living in the United States spend their time. Data collected in this study measured the amount of time that people spent doing various activities in 2009, such as paid work, child care, religious activities, volunteering, and socializing. Respondents were interviewed only once about how they spent their time on the previous day, where they were, and whom they were with. Part 1, Activity File, includes additional information on activities in which respondents participated, including the location of each activity and the total time spent on secondary child care. Part 2, Call History File, gives information about each call attempt. Part 3, Case History File, contains information about the interview process. Part 4, ATUS-CPS 2009 File, contains demographic and occupational data on respondents and members of their household collected during their participation in the Current Population Survey (CPS). Part 5, Respondent File, contains demographic information about respondents. Part 6, Roster File, contains information about household members and non-household children under the age of 18. Part 7, Activity Summary File, contains a summary of the total amount of time they spent doing each activity that day. Part 8, Trips File, provides information about the number, duration, and purpose of overnight trips away from home for two or more nights in a row in a given reference month. Part 9, ATUS 2009 Replicate Weights File, contains base weights, replicate base weights, and replicate final weights for each case that was selected to be interviewed for the ATUS. Part 10, Who File, includes data on who was present during each activity. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, education level, income, employment status, occupation, citizenship status, country of origin, labor union membership of household members, and household composition.

This dataset is available through the ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) database which provides search and browsing access to abstracts and data sets in the world's largest archive of computerized social science data. Search or browse title of study, principal investigator, words in abstract, or study number. Browse major research categories..  Auburn University students, faculty, and staff only may create an account that will allow access to the membership-only data.

Please contact Barbara Bishop at bishoba@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1690 if you need more information concerning ICPSR .

Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science Collection One is a digital library of 50- to 225-page electronic books that synthesize important research or development topics, each authored by a prominent contributor to the field. These e-books provide introductions to new areas for researchers, developers and students.

Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science Collection Two is a digital library of 50- to 225-page electronic books that synthesize important research or development topics, each authored by a prominent contributor to the field. These e-books provide introductions to new areas for researchers, developers and students.

Be sure to check the Hours link located in the top central portion of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to see library hours of operation during the Thanksgiving holiday period.  Dates affected are Saturday, November 17 through Saturday, November 24.  Regular hours resume on Sunday, November 25 at 1 p.m.