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ScholarWorks @ the Beach

A guide to policies and procedures for submitting your work to the ScholarWorks repository.

ScholarWorks

ScholarWorks is a shared institutional repository that collects, preserves, and provides access to scholarship by research communities at California State University campuses. Collections include CSU faculty publications, student dissertations and theses, datasets, and teaching materials.

ScholarWorks is also the local institutional repository for CSULB.  It is a digital collection of materials created by the CSULB community. These materials include, but are not limited to: student theses, faculty publications and reports, research datasets, and open educational resources.  It is one central location for open access content created by our campus community. Submission to ScholarWorks promotes collaboration and open access, and it can be an important part of a researcher's data management plan.

Share Your Research

Depositing your work into ScholarWorks will:

  • Expand the reach of your research without increasing your workload
  • Increase the impact of your work with easy discoverability through Google Scholar and other web searches
  • Track interest in your work through view and download metrics
  • Increase the longevity of your scholarship with permanent URLs 
  • Showcase the work of your department or unit for prospective faculty and students
  • Promote equity of access to research and scholarship by moving your work out from behind paywalls whenever possible

See how to submit your work and the ScholarWorks policies.