ScholarWorks @ CSUB

There are multiple benefits of submitting in an open access institutional repository, like ScholarWorks. It ensures the long-term digital preservation of your work, can be used as a one-stop spot to gather and access works, and makes work widely available and discoverable via Google, which may increase visibility and research impact.

1. Greater Visibility of Your Research: Freely share your work alongside CSU peers for a global audience! Increase your readership, citation counts, and further impact your field.
2. Long-term Preservation: ScholarWorks is maintained by experts committed to consistent access as systems and standards inevitably change over time.
3. Persistent URLs: No more broken links!
4. Promotes open access and collaboration within the scholarly community
5. May be a useful tool for a researcher's research data management (RDM) plan

Before submitting your work to ScholarWorks be sure to review the following:

• CSUB's Submission Policies
  • Outlines what can and cannot be submitted
• Copyright & Self Archiving Information
  • Do you own the copyright for your work? Not sure? Check this guide for information to help you determine the status of your publication's copyright
• ScholarWorks Deposit Agreement
  • All authors must review and accept the terms in the deposit agreement before submitting their work

What is accepted?

You may submit your work to ScholarWorks if the following are true:

• You are affiliated with CSUB.
• The work was produced as part of your scholarship and research activities at CSUB.
• You own the copyright to your work OR have obtained written permission from the copyright holder allowing your work to be preserved and disseminated (aka "self-archived") in an institutional repository. 
• Your work is already in a digital format. 

What is NOT accepted?

You may NOT submit work to ScholarWorks if any of the following are true:

• You are not affiliated with CSUB.
• You did not create the material you are attempting to submit.  **Individuals may only submit works that they have created.**
• You do not own the copyright to your submission, OR cannot provide documentation from the copyright owner showing that you are allowed to submit it.
• Your material is not already in a digital format.

1. Navigate to the ScholarWorks website at: https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/ (Open in a new window)

2. Login to ScholarWorks by selecting the login button in the top right corner OR by selecting the "Share Your Work" button from the main ScholarWorks landing page.

3. When prompted, select Bakersfield as your campus and then login with your campus credentials.

4. After logging in you will be redirected to your Dashboard

5. From the dashboard, select Works (under the Repository Contents section on the left side menu).

6. Select "Add New Work"

7. Choose the type of work you would like to submit: Master's Thesis or Dissertation, Project, Presentation, Publication, Dataset, or OER.

8. Fill out the required fields when prompted (fields differ depending on type of work selected): 

• Abstract only
• Resource Type (Required)
• Title (Required)
• Creator (Required)
• Name (Required)
• Contributor
• Description (Required)
• Date (Required)
• Degree Name (Required)
• Degree Program
• Advisor
• Committee Member
• Department
• Discipline
• Keywords
• DOI

Select as many additional fields as desired.  The more metadata fields you add, the easier it will be for users to find your work!

9. Add your file(s).

• Review the ScholarWorks Deposit Agreement
• On the right hand side, set visibility to Public, and check “I have read and agree to the Deposit Agreement”.

10. Submit. ​​​​​​ (Note: Do not navigate away from the page while the file is being submitted. Wait for the confirmation screen to appear.)