Purpose of These Awards:
Students at Lone Star College-CyFair often put considerable effort into researching, writing, or presenting material for their classes. The library would like to recognize the best student research projects that find, evaluate, select, and communicate information from library resources effectively.
Submission Information:
The nominating faculty will complete and submit the Faculty Nomination Form online and attach the student's project to the nomination form. The student is responsible for completing and submitting the Student Information Form. Any faculty or student encountering issues with the form can contact Rose.L.Botkin@LoneStar.edu or CyFairLibrary@LoneStar.edu or for assistance.
Deadlines for Submissions:
The submission deadlines are:
- Fall Semester – Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Spring Semester – Thursday, May 15, 2025
No late or incomplete submissions will be reviewed.
Eligibility for These Awards:
- All full-time or part-time LSC-CyFair students in the summer 2024, fall 2024, winter 2024/25 mini-term, or spring 2025 semesters are eligible for the 2024-25 awards. Students are required to attend LSC-CyFair during the semester their project is completed and nominated, but not necessarily be enrolled at LSC-CyFair when the awards are given.
- Students may submit projects completed in the summer 2024, fall 2024, winter 2024/25 mini-term, or spring 2025 semesters from credit or dual-credit classes.
- Students must be nominated by faculty who assigned the projects.
- A student must electronically sign an academic integrity statement verifying that the project is a product of his/her own work only. Projects found to be plagiarized will be disqualified.
- Previous Student Research Award winners are not eligible for this award.
Faculty Member Submissions:
- Faculty who have graded a project during the summer 2024, fall 2024, winter 2024/25 mini-term, or spring 2025 semesters may submit it to the award committee.
- Faculty must submit Faculty Nomination Form and have student complete the Student Information Form before the award deadline.
Project Requirements:
- Only projects using at least 3 library sources (books or articles in print or library databases) completed during the summer 2024, fall 2024, winter 2024/25 mini-term, or spring 2025 semesters are eligible.
- Projects must include a bibliography or works cited in MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, or AMA format based on the assigning faculty's preference.
- Sources must be cited within the project using in-text citation associated with the specific citation style used or, if submitting a multimedia project, other appropriate means of citing sources within the project (e.g. citing in the notes field of a PowerPoint presentation, verbally stating sources in a video, or using subtitles to provide source information).
- Students may only submit one project per year.
- The project must be nominated and submitted by the assigning faculty member.
- Submitted papers must be at least 3 pages.
- Submitted speeches or multimedia projects must include a transcript or detailed notes of the content included. A video or audio file of a speech or multimedia project may accompany the transcript but is not required.
- No group projects will be accepted at this time.
- A student must electronically sign an academic integrity statement on the Student Information Form verifying that the project is a product of his/her own work only. Papers will be submitted to Turnitin.com for an originality check. Projects found to be plagiarized will be disqualified.
- Complete application packets must be submitted by the stated deadlines for each semester. No incomplete submissions will be reviewed.
- Upon receipt of submission, both student and faculty will receive a confirmation email.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Demonstrated skill in selecting and synthesizing research materials from library materials and databases and other authoritative sources.
- Demonstrated ability to capture the reader's interest in the topic, provide appropriate support for the topic, and convey the information in an exceptional style.
- Effective use of a variety of sources.
- Sources properly cited using in-text and bibliography/works cited formats.
- Overall quality of project.
Evaluation Committee
The committee will evaluate the projects using a blind review process. The committee evaluating the entries will be comprised of at least 4 full-time reference librarians.
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