What is Research Works?
Research Works is a tool for celebrating the scholarly and creative achievements of our campus. An institutional repository featuring faculty profiles, Research Works showcases University of La Verne's scholarly and creative works, helps faculty find potential campus collaborators across disciplines, and enables external parties to identify subject experts at our institution.
Who can have a profile?
Tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty, and administrators will automatically have a profile in Research Works. Others with an active research history may request a profile.
Why contribute to Research Works?
Content archived in Research Works is:
Why not just self-publish on my own website?
Websites are difficult to keep up to date. Research Works allows your materials to be managed in a central location with standardized formats and automatic harvesting of new works. It optimizes for search and retrieval. Research Works provides open access or library access, ensuring more researchers can find and read your work. Research Works also provides usage statistics and metrics for your research outputs to help demonstrate the reach and impact of your work.
What rights and permissions are necessary to deposit material?
You can simply add works to be listed in the repository. This requires no permissions and a library link will be auto-generated if the library has access, making it available to ULV students, faculty and staff.
You can also upload files (such as a post-print version of a journal article). Most journal publishers allow you to self-deposit your work into a university institutional repository. This would be freely available to a worldwide audience. However, before uploading a file, please be sure that all necessary permissions have been cleared. Authors are responsible for ensuring that your uploaded content does not infringe any copyright. Check your publisher agreement and/or consult the resources below.
If you still have questions about which version of your work to deposit, please contact us.
What if my publisher says I can only post a pre-print or accepted manuscript? What does that mean?
As you check your publisher’s policies, you may find that they allow you to post a version of an article or chapter called a pre-print, post-print, or accepted manuscript.
What file types can I contribute to Research Works?
Any file type can be contributed to the repository, but note that less common or proprietary file types may be more difficult for users to access, depending on available software.
Can I use Research Works to satisfy funder requirements for making the outputs of a grant-funded project publicly accessible?
Yes. Depending on your funder’s specific requirements, we can provide preservation and access assistance.
Do I retain copyright when I publish in Research Works?
Yes, we ask that you agree to a non-exclusive license permitting us to distribute your work online. This agreement allows you to retain copyright.
Can I protect the use of my work by others who find it in Research Works?
Yes, you can choose to apply a Creative Commons license to your work.
Creative Commons licenses indicate to users how they can and cannot use your work. For instance, you could allow others to adapt and remix your work while giving original credit to you. Alternatively, you can indicate that you do not want your work adapted, sold, or used for commercial purposes. Creative Commons has a tool to help you decide which license is appropriate for your needs, available at https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org. You can select the appropriate license once you've added your file to the submission form - click Edit metadata, then Add license to select from a list of available licenses.
I believe Research Works includes material which violates my copyright. What can I do?
Every effort is made to ensure that works in the repository are in full compliance with U.S. copyright law. If you believe Research Works includes material which violates your copyright, please contact us.
How do I report an error on my account?
Research Works attempts to automatically harvest publications suspected to belong to ULV researchers. Occasionally, errors are made in the author matching process. To report an error with your account or have a publication removed from your profile, please contact us.