High Impact Practices: Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research can inspire students to get invested in learning about their community, while also sparking potential interest in graduate education. When questions are framed in terms of real world change, students can get answers that directly impact them or people they know. 

Librarians are an excellent partner for promoting research in different courses, whether the focus in on crafting research questions, refining search strategies, citing sources as evidence for one's thinking, and determining whether information is credible or useful for different needs. We have also created information literacy rubrics and lesson plans, which can be taught by our instruction librarians during your class sessions.

To help students pursue research, we have created various tutorials to promote a scholarly mindset. Those can be found at: https://tamuct.libguides.com/Tutorials 

Interested in a librarian taught session for undergraduate research? Email Michelle Shea at m.shea@tamuct.edu or fill out our quick instruction request form. 

Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol (2023)

"Make new friends but keep the old: College friendships, shyness, and mental health" by Jasmine Mason

Faculty Advisors: Madelynn Shell, PhD; Walter Murphy, PhD

Poster Session Topics from TAMUCT students at Pathways Symposium (2023)

• "An exploration of the application of NetLogo in capturing digital information" by Hector Ligsay & JaeYun Jo
• "Synthesis of sequence-defined oligourethane macrocycles using solid-phase" by Autumn Brown
• "The relationship between egg stalk length and rates of cannibalism in larvae of the green lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris" by Alyssa Taylor

Newspaper Article on Pathways Symposium (2018)

"TAMUCT students compete in Pathways symposium" as documented in the Copperas Cove Leader Press

Scholars Day (Warrior Week)