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This study examines data from a survey conducted at a U.S. public research university, focusing on students' behaviors and attitudes toward the library, both physical and online. The analysis categorizes student users and nonusers based on demographics such as full-time enrollment, first-generation status, college, and grade point average (GPA). Results indicate that first-generation students were most likely to never use the online library. Low GPA respondents visited the physical library most frequently, whereas high GPA students were more inclined to use e-resources. The discussion section includes suggestions for improving services and resources to support student success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article describes the experiences of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library in integrating vendor-supplied records of electronic books into the local catalog. It further proposes guidelines for accepting outsourced catalog records into the catalog, examines unique cataloging challenges presented by this electronic format, and describes how the cataloging was done for some e-book collections when vendor-supplied catalog records were unavailable. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]