Recent ICPSR Data Additions

·         33081 National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33081.v1

·         33242 HIV Stigma in a Population of Adults Age 50 and Over in the Pacific Northwest, 2003-2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33242.v1

·         33968 Massachusetts Early Care and Education and School Readiness Study, 2001-2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33968.v1

·         34242 Eurobarometer 74.2: Europe 2020, the Financial and Economic Crisis, and Information on European Political Matters, November-December 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34242.v1

·         34263 Oregon Youth Substance Use Project (OYSUP), 1998-2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34263.v1

·         34321 Annual Probation Survey, 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34321.v1

·         34353 CMS Medicaid Analytic Extract (MaxFile) Medicaid Claims Data: 100 Percent of Claims for 14 Southern States, 2004-2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34353.v1

·         34527 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, March 2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34527.v1

·         34557 Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Under Public Law 280, 2003-2005 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34557.v1

·         34573 Cooperation under the Shadow of the Future: Experimental Evidence from Infinitely Repeated Games
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34573.v1

New ICPSR Data 2013

• 26401 Assessing the Practical and Monetary Efficacy of New Jersey's Megan's Law, 1972-2007
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26401.v1
• 34550 Child Care Licensing Study, 2011 [United States]
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34550.v1
• 34568 Eurobarometer 76.3: The European Parliament, Europe 2020, Financial and Economic Crisis, and Media Use for Political Information, November 2011
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34568.v1
• 34569 Eurobarometer 77.1: Robotics, Civil Protection, Humanitarian Aid, Smoking Habits, and Multilingualism, February-March 2012
  http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34569.v1

2013 GIS Mapping Contest Winners Announced

It is with great pleasure that the Boston College Libraries announce the winners of the Fourth Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest at Boston College.   The response this year was so strong that our University Librarian, Tom Wall, determined that dual prizes are warranted in order to recognize the work of both graduate and undergraduate students.

 The first place award of a $100 Amazon Gift Card goes to:

Austin Nijhuis, Graduate student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, graduate prize: "Predicting Coastal Dead Zone Size: a Statistical Approach Using GIS". 

Andrew Ireland, A&S 2014 in Biology, undergraduate prize: “Population Pressures on Tiger Habitat in India“.

The second place award of a $50 Amazon Gift Card, goes to:

 Brendan Hildum, Graduate student in Earth and Environmental Sciences,  graduate prize: "Arsenic Speciation and Groundwater Chemistry Near and Within a Landfill Leachate Plume in Central Massachusetts".


Licia Tomasi, International student in Earth and Environmental Sciences, undergraduate prize:  “Wind Power in Massachusetts: Conservation and Energy Production”.  

The third place award of a $25 Amazon Gift Card goes to:

Federico Mantovanelli, Graduate student in Economics, graduate prize: ” The Protestant Legacy. Missions and Literacy in India”.

Kyra Prats, A&S 2013 in Earth and Environmental Sciences, undergraduate prize: “Relationships Among Hydrogeomorphology, Wetland Distribution, and Water Levels in Estuarine Environments”.

Awards were based on map quality, use of GIS as a research tool and originality.  Special consideration was given to topics depicting social implications of the research such as environmental issues. The awards will be presented Wednesday, April 17^th at 1:00 p.m. in the O’Neill Lobby by University Librarian, Tom Wall. Please join us in congratulating the winners.

New ICPSR Data for April, 2013

·         33881 Current Population Survey, September 2011: Volunteer Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33881.v1

·         33882 Current Population Survey, August 2011: Veterans Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33882.v1

·         34434 Current Population Survey, December 2011: Food Security Supplement 

http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34434.v1