Best Use of UIC Library Research Tools and Materials Award – Graduate
Eric Cuevas, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Exposure to Glyphosate in the Agricultural Sector: A Systematic Review of Biomonitoring Results and Potential Exposures
Eric Cuevas met with Library of the Health Sciences – Chicago librarian Rosie Hanneke following a Capstone Literature Review Workshop. Throughout the semester they worked on organizing and evaluating articles for a systematic review. Cuevas searched the PubMed and Web of Science databases to identify 1,089 articles which he narrowed to eight illustrating a relationship between biomonitoring results and the measured potential exposure for glyphosate (a probable carcinogen) in the agricultural sector.
Best Use of UIC Library Research Tools and Materials Award – Undergraduate
Tina Saenz, Department of History
Degenerate “Art”: Hitler’s Final Solution for Modern Art
Tina Saenz’s project was a requirement for History 440, a research seminar on the home front during World Wars I and II. She investigated how Hitler and the National Socialist Party used the Degenerate “Art” (Entartete “Kunst”) exhibition to shape German identity. Tina needed both primary sources (mostly newspaper articles written in the 1930s and 1940s in English) and secondary sources (books and peer reviewed articles). Her search strategies included using I-Share to borrow materials from other libraries in Illinois, following footnotes from secondary sources and a Library search limited to peer reviewed articles
Crissel Arban, Department of Biological Sciences
The Impact of Ageism and Enculturation on Young Adult Filipino American Preferences for Elder Care
Crissel Arban’s project, part of an Honors College Capstone, examined differences in enculturation and ageism among young adult Filipinos/ by gender. She conducted a one-time cross-sectional online survey that was used to determine the levels of enculturation and ageism of the respondents and assess other characteristics and preferences. Crissel used the PsycARTICLES database to discover an ageism scale that could test for dimensions such as succession, identity and consumption. Her literature review drew on the PsycINFO database as well as Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus.
Special Collections and University Archives Student Research Award
Griffin Jones, Department of History
Mexicans at the Hull House, 1920-1939
Griffin Jones completed his project for History/Gender and Women’s Studies 292: History and Theories of Feminism in fall 2016. His essay addressed how Hull-House on Chicago’s Near West Side fit into Mexican community and identity formation during the 1920s and later during the Great Depression. He used the Library’s Special Collections and University Archives Hull-House collection and the Immigrants’ Protective League records to conduct his research.