Peter Whiting
Scholarly Communication Librairan
Scholarly Communication Unit
David L. Rice Library
ScholComm@usi.edu
The Scholarly Communication Unit of the David L. Rice Library is available to help the USI community navigate new modes of sharing and teaching, including open access, open education, author's rights and copyright. We offer online one-on-one consultations, workshops, and will happily attend group Zoom and Team meetings as well.
The fall 2024 Senior Engineering Projects are now available in SOAR.
Honors Student Symposium are now available in SOAR.
USI Graduate Student Dissertations are now available in SOAR.
Rice Library promotes Open Education Resources (OER) or also known as Affordable Learning Textbooks that USI students can use the classroom. Two OER textbooks are available in SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository):
Benefits of SOAR at USI include:
SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) is a digital collection of scholarship, research, and creative works produced by faculty, students, staff, and other members of the USI community. SOAR at USI is administered by Rice Library in cooperation with various departments and academic units of the University.
For questions about submitting your work in SOAR contact Peter Whiting, Scholarly Communication Librarian.
Rice Library has developed Word templates to enhance the accessibility and standardizations of dissertations and theses to aid in the production of a high-quality, highly accessible product for submission to SOAR at USI. These templates have been approved by Graduate Studies and the programs which require a dissertation or thesis. If you are unsure which citation style is appropriate for your thesis, please speak with your advisor.