Health Sciences Research Commons

What is Health Sciences Research Commons?

Research Commons is a repository where faculty and students can submit and preserve their scholarly work, and share their research with others in the academic community. Content includes research posters, technical papers, working papers, pre/post prints, departmental newsletters university & student publications, conference presentations and honors theses. The Research Commons will act as the repository for scholarly works produced by the GWU community.

The Health Sciences Research Commons runs on a DSpace platform hosted by the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC)

How do I submit materials to Health Sciences Research Commons?

You can submit your items using the Health Sciences Research Commons Submission Form.

1. Items must be already in electronic format (ex: Microsoft Word, PDF, etc.). You can attach them directly to the submission form.
2. You will need to assign a Creative Commons license. More information about Creative Commons is below.
3. You will also need to accept the Himmelfarb non-exclusive distribution license. The exclusive distribution license permits the library to reproduce and distribute your work on Research Commons.

Himmelfarb Library staff will post your materials to Research Commons and notify you by email when your submission is complete.

What materials are accepted?

At present, we can accept the following materials:

1. Research Posters
2. Technical Papers
3. Working Papers
4. Pre/Post Prints
5. Departmental Newsletters
6. University/student publications
7. Conference Presentations
8. Honors Theses

Materials submitted must be scholarly/educational/research oriented. Deposits must be intended to be permanent contributions to the IR. For student submissions, the work must be sponsored by a GWU faculty member.

What formats are accepted?

At the present time, the following formats will be accepted.

1. Microsoft Word .doc and .docx
2. Microsoft Excel .xls and .xlsx
3. Microsoft Power Point .ppt and .pptx
4. Microsoft Access
5. HTML .htm .html
6. Adobe PDF
7. JPEG
8. PNG
9. TIFF
10. RTF (Rich Text )

Other formats (such as sound files, video files and podcasts) will be accepted in the near future.

How do I remove or update a submission?

Contact the Himmelfarb IR Library staff by email (mlblcp@guwmc.edu or mlbaap@gwumc.edu) to remove or update a submission. Please provide full citation information. If you are updating a submission, a copy of the updated item needs to be provided in electronic format.

What is Creative Commons and what licenses are available?

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides free licenses that you can use to grant permission for others to use your work, while retaining your copyright protection. You choose which terms and conditions work best for you.

Creative Commons License Conditions available include:

1. Attribution: Others can copy, distribute, display or perform the work - and derivative works based upon it, but only if they give credit to you.
2. Share Alike: Others can distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
3. Non-commercial: Others can copy, distribute, display or perform the work - and derivative works based upon it, but for non-commercial purposes only.
4. No Derivative Works: Others can copy, distribute, display or perform only verbatim copies your work - no derivative works are allowed.

Based on the conditions above, the following licenses are available:

1. Attribution
2. Attribution-Share Alike
3. Attribution-No Derivatives
4. Attribution-Non-Commercial
5. Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike
6. Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives.

For more information about Creative Commons licenses, see: http://www.creativecommons.org./about/licenses/

Questions? Please contact the Himmelfarb Library IR staff (mlblcp@guwmc.edu or mlbaap@gwumc.edu).