IBSS case study competition - competition for 2006 now closed
Are you studying or carrying out research in a social science subject?
Would you like to win one of ten £300 prizes?
Closing date for submission of case studies: 9 May 2006
For further information about the IBSS competition please click on the links below:
- Click here to download flyer about the IBSS competition for your own use or to publicise the competition at your institution.
Brief description of competition
Undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers studying or working at UK HE/FE institutions or in UK governmental/commercial or charitable organisations are invited to enter the IBSS case study competition. Ten prizes of £300 each will be awarded for the case studies (of approx 500 words) which best demonstrate how IBSS has been used to find information on research topics in any of the core, interdisciplinary or supporting social science subjects covered by IBSS. Entrants should include details about searches carried out on IBSS and should highlight in particular how any of the unique features of IBSS, such as international, language and interdisciplinary coverage, have been particularly useful in their research. IBSS reserves the right to publicise details about the successful entries and winners as detailed below. Full entry details are given below.
Competition deadlines/dates
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Launch of competition: 10 March 2006
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Closing date for entries: 9 May 2006
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Announcement of winning entries: mid June 2006
Eligibility
Entrants should be undergraduates, postgraduates or researchers studying or working at UK HE/FE institutions or in UK governmental/commercial or charitable organisations. Entrants will only be able to take part if their institution has access to IBSS (either free of charge or by paid subscription).
How to enter
a. You should prepare a case study of approx 500 words demonstrating how you have used the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences to find material relevant to your chosen social science topic.
b. Topics should be related to any of the core, interdisciplinary or supporting social science subjects covered by IBSS (click here to view list). You can choose your own topic, e.g. related to a topical issue or to your own area of research. Alternatively, if you wish you can choose a topic based on the ESRC’s research priorities:
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Succeeding in the Global Economy
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Population Change
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Environmental Change
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Understanding and Shaping Individual Decisions
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Education and Life Chances
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Religion, Ethnicity and Society
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International Relations and Security
c. Please include the title of your research topic at the beginning of the case study. You should include details about a variety of searches carried out on IBSS and indicate the search terms and search fields you used. You can include screenshots, tables, lists, etc to illustrate the results of your searches. Additional marks will be awarded for case studies which highlight in particular how any of the unique features of IBSS, such as international, language and interdisciplinary coverage, have been particularly useful for research.
d. You should prepare your case study as a Word document and email it by 9 May 2006 at the latest to: Jane Ferguson, Marketing Manager, email: j.l.ferguson@lse.ac.uk
e. Please include the following details with your entry:
For undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers at UK HE/FE institutions:
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Name
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University
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Department
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Course title
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Contact email
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Contact telephone number
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Address (to which prize can be sent if relevant)
For researchers in UK governmental/commercial/charitable organisations:
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Name
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Name of governmental/commercial/charitable organisation
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Department
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Job title
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Type of research carried out at work (if relevant)
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Contact email
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Contact telephone number
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Address (to which prize can be sent if relevant)
Announcement of prizes
Up to 10 prizes of £300 each, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Ovid, will be awarded for the best case studies. The winners of the competition will be contacted by IBSS by telephone or email in mid June 2006. The results of the competition will also be announced on the IBSS website and in the June issue of the IBSS newsletter.
Promotion
IBSS reserves the right to amend, edit and use any of the winning case studies to promote IBSS and the prize competition, for example, on websites, in the press and in other publications. Only details of each winner’s name/institution/course will be published with the case studies (no personal details, such as address, email and telephone number will be publicised). It is a condition of entry into this competition that you agree to the promotion requirements set out above.
Enquiries
Please direct all enquiries about the competition to: Jane Ferguson, Marketing Manager
email: j.l.ferguson@lse.ac.uk
Sample case studies
You can refer to the following sample case studies but please note that additional marks will be given for case studies that show originality both in presentation and the way IBSS was used:
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The political impact of IMF and structural adjustment policies in Latin America
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Urbanization, urban planning and urban policy in developing countries
Prizes sponsored by:
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