Hispanic College Students Library Experience

Club drug use in Hispanic college students.

Club drug use and correlates were examined among 251 Hispanic college students on the Texas-México border. Participants completed questionnaires on substance use, club drug attitudes and beliefs, sexual risk-taking behaviors, depressive symptoms, and acculturation. One-quarter of participants reported club drug use. Regression analyses demonstrated that frequency and history of lifetime use wer...

Association of acculturation with drinking games among Hispanic college students.

OBJECTIVE This cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate which components of acculturation relate to drinking games participation among Hispanic college students. We also sought to examine whether the relationships between acculturation and drinking games would differ from the associations between acculturation and other alcohol-related outcomes. METHOD A sample of 1,397 Hispanic stu...

College students' misunderstandings about copyright laws for digital library resources

Purpose—This study has two primary purposes: (1) exploring common copyright-related problems that arise when librarians promote the use of digital library resources, and (2) investigating college students’ misconceptions of copyright laws that arise when the students use these resources. Design/methodology/approach—(1) Focus-group interview of librarians: four librarians in charge of the manage...

"I Am More Productive in the Library Because It's Quiet": Commuter Students in the College Library

Sexual and Reproductive Health Disparities in a National Sample of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White U.S. College Students

Hispanic students are the fastest growing minority population on U.S. college campuses. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the sexual and reproductive health behaviors and outcomes between Hispanic and nonHispanic White college students. Analyses utilized data from 15,518 nonmarried undergraduates (aged 18-24 years) responding to the Fall 2009 American College Health Associ...