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Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Research Archive
(Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éRA) is the new location for institutional outputs for Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é’s faculty, staff, and other knowledge creators. The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 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 Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Digital Research Archive (Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éDRA) will be migrated to Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éRA during the Summer 2023 semester. Archival and Special Collections will remain in Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éDRA.
Submit your Research
Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Research Archive uses self-submission. Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é faculty can log in using Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é 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 Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éRA help team, aura@american.edu, to set up an account.
The library also hosts the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é Digital Research Archive (Ãå±±ÂÖ¼éDRA) for special collections and digital archives. Learn more about where the best place to submit your materials here.