Fostering Students’ Fundamental Skills


Adrienne Uhlyarik, Deven Patel, and Alexa Sheldon prepared for their trip to Cameroon to study the behavior of an ant species by accessing Library resources. “We were drawn primarily to published research papers that we were able to access only due to UCLA Library’s large collection,” said the students. “The organization and ease of accessibility of [the Library’s] online research journal database really drew us in and excited us about conducting research in and of itself.”
Throughout Undergraduate Research Week, more than 800 undergraduates also presented their research findings in largeformat posters. Of those, 139 students received Library grants to cover the posters’ production costs.
In her poster application, sociology major Rocio Ambrocio echoed the thoughts of many fellow students: “The supportive staff and the resources available in the UCLA Library have fostered fundamental skills that will help me with future research projects.”
Read papers by UCLA Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winners at escholarship.org/uc/search?entity=uclalib_libraryprize