Are you a first-year student and want to show off your research skills? If so, get prepared to apply for the new First-Year Program Library Research Prize!
The DePaul University Library will be offering the new Library Research Prize in conjunction with—and in addition to—the existing First-Year Program Writing Showcase from DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.
Current DePaul students will be able to enter any researched essay produced in a First-Year Program course: Chicago Quarter, Focal Point Seminars, Quantitative Reasoning & Technical Literacy, or First-Year Writing courses. Library Research Prize entrants will also need to submit a ‘Research Statement’—a one-page reflection detailing how they conducted their research and what they learned from the process.
A $50.00 gift card and certificate will be awarded to up to three entrants whose essays and Research Statements best demonstrate the effective use of library information resources, the application of research skills, and evidence of decision-making, problem-solving, and critical thinking approaches to the research challenges they encountered.
Further details will follow in February, so visit go.depaul.edu/libraryresearchprize to learn more about how to enter, and what you’ll need to do to have a good chance of winning the new Library Research Prize!