Date: Mar 03, 2008

Hofstra Library Offers Students $1,000 Prize for Best Researched Paper

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY –The Hofstra University Library is offering an award for the best researched academic paper by a senior scheduled to graduate in May 2008. The Undergraduate Library Research Award includes a $1,000 prize and a $250 Barnes & Noble Gift Certificate.

The candidate must have written the paper using library resources while he or she was an undergraduate. A faculty member must support the paper as being outstanding.

The deadline for all submissions is Monday, May 12, 2008. The research paper must be submitted - either by the student or the faculty member - to the office of the Dean of the Library and Information Services, 9th floor, Joan & Donald E. Axinn Library. All submissions must be accompanied by a ULRA submission form signed by the supporting faculty member.  Forms are available at the:
- Reference Desk in the Axinn Library
- Circulation Desk in the Axinn Library
- Online at the University Libraries home page:  http://www.hofstra.edu/Libraries/index_Libraries.cfm.  Click on the direct link to the printable form at the bottom of the University Libraries home page.

All papers must be based on library research; must be a minimum of five pages in length and include a bibliography composed using a standard academic citation format such as APA, MLA, etc.; and must have been written for an undergraduate course taken during the academic year of 2007/2008 (January, 2007; Spring 2007; Summer 2007; Fall 2007; January 2008; Spring 2008).

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from about 145 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied human services, and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 22 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis.