Submit Your Abstract

Overview

Bush Library contains works written by Hamline students as part of their final degree requirements. These works include:

• College of Liberal Arts: Honors papers
• School of Education: Capstones and Dissertations
• Graduate School of Liberal Studies: MFA: Theses, MALS: Proseminar and Synthesis projects
• School of Business: Dissertations and Theses

In order for Bush Library patrons to find your work, we need to create an electronic catalog record. The information in this record will include your name, the title of your project, and a call number, which will indicate its location in the Library. The record will also include an abstract, which you will be required to submit with your final project.

A Note to Students in the School of Education:
HSE has its own instructions on preparing and submitting abstracts.
Please refer to Program Resources and Advising Information for instructions, rather than this page. Questions? Contact the HSE Office.

Write Your Abstract

The purpose of the abstract is twofold:

• It will provide more details on the content of your project, making it easier for those searching CLICnet to determine whether it will meet their own research needs.
• Most importantly, the abstract, written correctly, will contain keywords or phrases that will lead others to find your work in the first place. For example, if you've written a story or thesis about the circus, but titled it in such a way that the word circus doesn't actually appear in the title (e.g. My Life in Three Rings), students doing research on the circus will be unable to find your work. If the word is included in the text of your abstract, though, they will find it.

Length:

• Master's or honors projects: 200 words or less
• Dissertations: 350 words or less

Submit Your Abstract

CLA, Graduate Liberal Studies, and Business students only:
(HSE students see note above)

To submit your abstract electronically, click on the link below. This will take you to the Piperline Login screen. Once you're logged in, it will take you directly to the Abstract form.

Follow the instructions to submit your abstract. Once you've submitted the form, you can still return to edit it until the work is officially cataloged. Once it has been cataloged, the data will be "locked."