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 Tracy.Williams@LoneStar.edu for assistance.

• Faculty Nomination Form
• Student Information Form

Deadlines for Submissions:
The submission deadlines are:

• Fall Semester – Wednesday, December 21, 2022
• Spring Semester – Wednesday, May 17, 2023

No late or incomplete submissions will be reviewed.

Faculty Member Submissions:

• Faculty who have graded a project during the summer 2022, fall 2022, winter 2022/23 mini-term, or spring 2023 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 2022, fall 2022, winter 2022/23 mini-term, or spring 2023 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.

2021-2022 Award Recipients

• First Place: Dash Ahlstrom
  "The British Turned Back: How Nathanael Greene Turned the Tides of the American Revolution in the South?"
  Professor Keith Altavilla, HISTH 1301
  Excerpt: "By the end of Greene’s struggle against the British in the South, he had transformed a once destitute army into a force to be reckoned with and pushed Cornwallis out of the South permanently. Greene used the local militias combined with his more experienced Continental Army, his superior geographical knowledge, and his strategic mastery to outlast Cornwallis’s pursuit until he could fight with an overwhelming advantage."
• Second Place: Mykhailo Mazalevskyi
  "Did Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act affect the farm unemployment rate in the United States during the Great Depression (1929-1933)?"
  Professor Amlan Datta, ECONH 2301
  Excerpt: “With almost 322,967 people that became workless, the Smoot-Hawley tariff act impaired the most severe economic depression of the 20th century. Increased goods taxation also worsened the economic performance in other affected industries, and contributed to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
• Third Place: Michael Veiga 
  “Comparing the Productivity Growth of the United States and China”
  Professor Amlan Datta, ECONH 2301
  Excerpt: “The results of this research suggest that China’s recent overtaking of the United States has correlated with the results of the three factors of productivity discussed in this paper. The rise in the number of skilled laborers in China, as well as the Chinese state’s initiatives to promote excellent vocational training, appears to have greatly affected the productivity growth of the country.”

Previous Student Research Award Winners: