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Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Research Archive
(Â鶹Æƽâ°æRA) is the new location for institutional outputs for Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s faculty, staff, and other knowledge creators. The Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Research Archive preserves and makes a variety of research outputs openly available, including working papers, preprints, manuscripts, datasets, theses & dissertations, and more.
Existing institutional repository content in the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Digital Research Archive (Â鶹Æƽâ°æDRA) will be migrated to Â鶹Æƽâ°æRA during the Summer 2023 semester. Archival and Special Collections will remain in Â鶹Æƽâ°æDRA.
Submit your Research
Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Research Archive uses self-submission. Â鶹Æƽâ°æ faculty can log in using Â鶹Æƽâ°æ credentials, but other users will need to .
Researchers are encouraged to submit research outputs to the , including working papers, conference presentations, research reports, article preprints and reprints, research datasets, and other works for inclusion in the institutional repository. Submissions will be checked for copyright violations, including , and metadata prior to upload.
Staff, students, and anyone wishing to upload someone else’s work, including research centers, should contact the Â鶹Æƽâ°æRA help team, aura@american.edu, to set up an account.
The library also hosts the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Digital Research Archive (Â鶹Æƽâ°æDRA) for special collections and digital archives. Learn more about where the best place to submit your materials here.