Scholar Central, the new campus institutional repository (IR), replaces NC DOCKS and features scholarly and creative activities of WCU faculty, staff, and students. Scholar Central includes WCU theses, dissertations, and disquisitions, as well as faculty publications.
Provide open access to your publications or pre-published work when allowable. Authors with works deposited in institutional repositories enjoy a larger community of readers; content is discoverable via Google and Google Scholar. First-time depositors may email your CV or another document that lists your scholarly works to Scottie Kapel, Scholarly Communications Librarian, at skapel@wcu.edu. Students interested in contributing to Scholar Central should contact Scottie.
Work with the library to create a thematic collection. See examples on Scholar Central, including an ongoing transcription project by Brian Gastle’s research methods in an English graduate course.
Although live, Scholar Central is still in development. Visitors will see occasional changes to the site’s appearance, navigation, and layout.
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