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SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) at USI

This guide discusses SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository).

SOAR Showcase of USI Scholarship

SOAR at USI

SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) is a digital repository and publishing platform that provides open access to scholarly works created by USI faculty, students, and staff. Rice library is committed to disseminating USI research and scholarship as widely and open access as possible in SOAR.

Why contribute your scholarship to SOAR? 

What can we do for you?

  • Describe and archive your materials so that users and search engines can find and use them.
  • Provide training to help you describe and archive your materials.
  • Contact Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian, for guidance and information about SOAR.

Types of content that can be included in SOAR (to list a few):

  • Scholarly articles.
  • Working papers and reports.
  • Podcast.
  • Data.
  • Conference proceedings and presentations.
  • Open access monographs.
  • Open educational resources (syllabi and course materials)
  • Student scholarship including theses, dissertations, and projects.
  • Don't see it on this list then contact Peter Whiting Scholarly Communication Librarian.