ScholarWorks@UARK User Guides

You can upload these file types: MS Word, PDF, PowerPoint, JPEG, PNG. If you want to submit MP3 or MP4 files, please contact the Scholarly Communications team (scholar@uark.edu).

 

ScholarWorks@UARK does not host research datasets. For assistance with data, visit the Open Data library guide and contact the Data Services Librarian.

 

If you want to submit a paper that has been published, please read your publishing agreement to find out which version – if any – you are permitted to post in an open access repository.

 

Note: You can click each image to see a larger version.

 

Step 1:

Go to ScholarWorks@UARK

Click the login button, then click the sign-up button and create an account using your uark.edu email. If you already have a ScholarWorks@UARK account, simply click the login button.

 

Step 2:

Sign up for the ScholarWorks@UARK account by completing the Create Account form. The system will send you a confirmation email with instructions for finalizing your account. Please follow those instructions.

 

Step 3:

To submit your work, log into your account, then go to the ScholarWorks@UARK homepage.

 

Step 4:

From the ScholarWorks@UARK homepage, do the following –

1. Click Colleges, Departments, Centers and Institutes                                                                                       
2. Click the name of your college                                                                                                                             
3. Click the plus sign (+) to see the departments, then click on your department                                                                          
4. Click Faculty Publications and Presentations                                                                                                 
5. Verify that you are in the correct collection for your department, then click the submit research hyperlink on the left side of the screen  

 

Step 5:

Author Agreement – Read the agreement and click the checkbox to sign it. If a paper or presentation has multiple authors, only one of them needs to sign the agreement.

 

Step 6:

Enter information about the work you want to upload. Please complete all the relevant fields. If a paper or presentation has multiple authors, please add all their names by clicking the green plus sign (+).

 

Step 7:

Publication Date – Use the date of your presentation or the date you completed the current version of the work that you are uploading.

Keywords – Enter terms that a person might use to search for information about your topic, e.g. US Civil War, robotics.

Disciplines – From the menu, choose one or more disciplines/categories for your work. The more specific, the better.

 

Step 8:

Abstract – Enter your abstract or a brief summary of the work.

Comments – Add additional information about the work that may be useful to web visitors. If you are submitting a version of a published paper, make sure your publishing agreement allows you to do so. Then, enter the statement that the publisher requires. (See the example below).

 

Step 9:

Publication Status – Indicate whether or not this work was published.

Embargo - You may choose an embargo, meaning that only the abstract and other key information will be visible in ScholarWorks@UARK until the embargo automatically expires. If you choose No Embargo, the information and the file will be visible to all web users as soon as Scholarly Communications staff reviews your submission.

Additional Files – Check the box if you have additional files, e.g. PowerPoint slides to accompany a conference paper.

Upload File – Click the source from which you will upload the main file and select the file to upload it.

Creative Commons License – If you wish, you may apply a Creative Commons license, which specifies how others may use your work. For more information, see the Creative Commons library guide.

 

Step 10:

Supplemental Content – If you checked Additional Files in the previous step, here is where you will upload them, one at a time. When you finish, click the Continue button.

Submit – Click the submit button.

 

Congratulations!

You have completed the DIY submission process. If you chose an embargo, only the abstract and other key information will be visible in ScholarWorks@UARK until the embargo automatically expires. If you did not impose an embargo, the information and the file will be visible to all web users as soon as Scholarly Communications staff review your submission.

Contact the Scholarly Communications team (scholar@uark.edu) if you have questions.