Projects will be judged by a panel of two librarians and one member of the teaching faculty, according to the following criteria:
- The research project displays its author's mastery of information literacy skills:
- Student has located and obtained a wide variety of research materials
- Student displays willingness to "dig" beyond the most obvious sources to find materials that are challenging to locate and/or employ; in other words, student clearly understands the processes and demands of in-depth research
- Student has applied the research materials judiciously and synthesized them skillfully in service of the question their project addresses
- The research project is well-written and well-organized
- The research project takes a creative and original approach to its subject
- The research project cites all sources consistently and correctly according to a standard citation style appropriate to its topic
- The two- to three-paragraph written reflection demonstrates growth in the student's research and information literacy skills
