University Libraries: Scholarly Communication: CCU Digital Commons

CCU Digital Commons

CCU Digital Commons
CCU Digital Commons is the institutional repository of Coastal Carolina University, and is administered by University Libraries. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual university departments and centers on campus. For more information please contact commons@coastal.edu.

Share Your Research in the CCU Digital Commons

Publisher agreements vary widely. Some publishers allow you to submit published versions of your article to your university's institutional repository. Some allow only non-published versions to be posted, such as preprints or postprints. View the information below to learn how the library can help you navigate publisher requirements, journal policies and article versions.

Open Policy Finder is a service allowing researchers to search publisher copyright policies to aid in the self-archiving of scholarly articles in institutional repositories. CCU faculty can request that University Libraries research their scholarly output using this service to obtain a list of publisher agreements for their scholarly works. The library can then upload any/all of these permitted works in CCU Digital Commons. Please contact the library at commons@coastal.edu to learn more.

Article Versions

Version of Article	Explanation
Author’s Original Manuscript / Working Paper / Submitted Manuscript / Pre-print	This is the first version sent to a journal for consideration, before any formal peer-review has been conducted.
Accepted Manuscript / Post-print	This is the final version of a manuscript, after peer review and changes by the author(s) but before typesetting has taken place.
Version of record / Publisher’s Version	This is the published version of a manuscript. It includes typesetting and journal branding and often also includes a DOI (digital object identifier).

Pre-prints, post-prints, and publisher's PDF explained
It can be difficult to understand your rights and choose the appropriate version of your work to share. This guide outlines the various versions of your article, how to find them, and when you can share them.
Open Policy Finder
Open Policy Finder aggregates and analyses publisher open access policies from around the world and provides summaries of self-archiving permissions and conditions of rights given to authors on a journal-by-journal basis. Users may search by journal title, ISSN, or publisher name.

Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission
Preprints are research output that has not completed a typical publication pipeline but is of value to the community and deserving of being easily discovered and accessed. This brief article explains ten rules for scientists to consider before using preprints as a communication mechanism.

Uploading your Scholarship to the IR

Find your department below and click the link. On your department's page on the repository, click the Submit Materials link on the left of the page to begin uploading your scholarship. See detailed instructions in this PDF.

CMC College of Health and Human Performance

Nursing and Health Sciences

Public Health (includes Health Administration)

Kinesiology (includes Exercise and Sport Science)

Recreation and Sport Management

College of Graduate and Continuing Studies

Graduate College Faculty Publications

Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Communication, Media and Culture

English (includes Digital Culture & Design)

History

Intelligence and Security Studies