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Bepress Announces New Undergraduate Research Commons

September 4th, 2014

Bepress announced today their new Undergraduate Research Commons (http://undergraduatecommons.com/). The commons provides a central point of access to undergraduate scholarship and research from undergraduate students of institutions on the Digital Commons institutional repository and publishing platform. The commons provides free online access to many different types of materials including peer-reviewed journal articles, capstone and honors theses, fieldwork and class projects, conference proceedings, and more. One can search the commons by subject areas, types of works, and institution. At Purdue we have six series/collections/journals represented in the commons that are linked below:

Aviation Technology Undergraduate Student Research (Department of Aviation Technology)

CFS Honors Program Undergraduate Theses (CFS Honors Program)

College of Health and Human Sciences Honors Program Undergraduate Theses (College of Health and Human Sciences Honors Program)

Honors College Student Publications (Honors College)

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research (Scholarly Publishing Services Open Access Journals)

The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium

About Bepress:

Bepress, formerly the Berkeley Electronic Press, is an academic software firm that was founded by academics in 1999. It is dedicated to producing products and services to support scholarly communication, including institutional repository and publishing software.

For more information about Purdue series/collections/journals represented in the commons, contact Dave Scherer, Manager, Purdue e-Pubs, Purdue University Libraries at dscherer@purdue.edu.