Earn a $50 Gift Card: Participate in our Research Study!

[UPDATE: Thanks for the overwhelming response to the library’s research study! We now have more than enough potential participants.] The Bentley Library invites students to participate in a study on research habits. Read the description of the study below and respond to Liz at egaloozis@bentley.edu with your name, email address, and status (undergraduate or graduate) if interested. All participants who complete the study will receive a $50 bookstore gift card. If you participate, you will be asked to keep a log, for the week of February 24 through March 2, of every time you conduct research for academic purposes: the sources, processes, and procedures that you use. You will also need to be available for a 30-minute orientation session (on either Monday, Feb. 21 at 2:30 or on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 5:15), and a post-log interview (30-45 minutes) to be individually scheduled during the week of March 3-11. The research logs will be kept confidential, and no personally-identifying information will be linked to the logs after the interviews. We are looking for undergraduate and graduate students of all majors, who have not been employed by the library. Please help us learn more about how you do research, so the library can better serve you.