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Institutional Repositories

SMU Dataverse

 provides a free, reliable place to for you to manage, share, and preserve research data in compliance with funding agreements. Publish datasets with a DOI for reliable citation, collaborate with research teams, and meet funder requirements for data sharing and archiving.

SMU Scholar

, Â鶹Éç’s institutional repository, showcases Â鶹Éç’s research and achievements by providing open access to scholarly works of the Â鶹Éç academic community. Â鶹Éç Scholar allows members of the Â鶹Éç academic community to submit scholarly works and research data, create research journals, and host conferences. The repository provides unrestricted access to original scholarly works and previously published materials.

SMU Scholar complements scholarly publishing rather than replacing it. You retain all rights to your work and are free to publish it when and where you like in most cases.

Benefits of adding your work to Â鶹Éç Scholar:

• Your work is indexed by search engines and harvested by open access registries, making it easier to find and cite.
• All materials in the repository are given a persistent URL, making it easy for you and others to link to your work.
• Placing research materials in Â鶹Éç Scholar often satisfies public access mandate for grant recipients.

Electronic Theses & Dissertations (ETD)

SMU’s open access electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) programs are hosted in Â鶹Éç Scholar, allowing the research, work and intellectual output of the university's students to reach a global academic community. The ETD programs are a partnership between Â鶹Éç Libraries, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of Instructional Technology.

Before submitting the ETD to Â鶹Éç Scholar, the student and their advisor must fill out and sign the Deposit Agreement Form. The ETD Submission tutorial guides the user through the ETD submission process.

Working Papers

Publishing your working papers in a repository provides increased exposure and persistence for your work.

For Cox faculty, learn more about submitting your work to SSRN, which will also add it to Â鶹Éç Scholar. Law faculty, please contact Marja Pietilainen-Rom at mprom@smu.edu for assistance.