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The aim of this study is to investigate university students' understanding of referencing conventions and terminological denotations associated with the ethical use of information. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from the final year undergraduate and master's students at a public university in Bangladesh. In addition to demographic and academic information, students were asked to respond to 13 task-based statements to indicate whether referencing are required for them. They were also asked to write down the definitions for 10 terms related to ethical practices of information use. For referencing and definitional tasks, each correct answer or definition was given a score of 1, while each incorrect answer was given a score of 0. The item difficulty index was used for analyzing the correctness score for each referencing and definitional answer. Finally, a negative binomial regression model was used on the total referencing and definitional scores to predict the students' correctness scores. A total of 189 students participated in the survey. It was found that the majority of students never attended library orientations, information literacy instructions and academic writing workshops. The findings showed that students' correctness score for the referencing tasks was relatively high, but their correctness score was poor for the definitional answers. It appeared that students from the engineering and technology faculty and those who were enrolled in the master's programs had significantly higher correctness score. The most common form of unethical practices by students included allowing assignments to be copied by their peers or vice versa. While academic pressure was regarded as one of the main reasons for unethical practices, the majority of students felt guilty for such wrongdoings and committed to be more careful in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the current status of IT facilities, access to online resources in the universities and the level of faculty satisfaction with university subscribed e-resources in Bangladesh. It employed two structured questionnaires for collecting data. The first questionnaire was sent to the library heads to obtain data about the current IT facilities, access to the online resources and the constraints faced by them in accessing e-resources. The second questionnaire was distributed to faculty member at public and private universities to assess their satisfaction and the difficulties that they encountered while accessing university's online resources. Descriptive statistics were obtained with regard to university IT facilities, access to digital resources and the difficulties faced by the university libraries. Non-parametric statistical tests, such as Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis were carried out to identify the significant differences between and among faculty groups. Finally, an ordinal regression model was used to analyze the effects of demographic variables and computer experience level on faculty satisfaction. The library survey found that large university libraries had adequate IT facilities but the majority of the library heads stated they had problems such as inadequate financial support and lack of trained manpower. On the other hand, the faculty survey revealed that faculty members were not satisfied with the current level of e-resources that were subscribed by the libraries. Faculty members had difficulties in finding relevant information, access to e-resources from home and limited number of titles. There were no significant differences in the level of faculty satisfaction in terms of gender and designation but significant differences were found in case of university type. Few significant differences were found in terms of faculty age and teaching experience. However, significant differences were found in faculty satisfaction with regard to computer proficiency levels for several variables. The results of ordinal regression also showed university type and computer proficiency level do affect faculty satisfaction with university e-resources. This current study is significant as universities in Bangladesh are provided with better ICT facilities with access to new online resources and services. The paper proposes ways of enhancing access to e-resources and recommends appropriate corrective or regulatory measures to be taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]