Rice Research Repository: Home

About R-3

As part of its commitment to deepening the impact and visibility of Rice research, Fondren Library manages the Rice Research Repository (R-3). This digital publishing platform is for members of the campus community who want to make their scholarship publicly available.  R-3 accepts a wide variety of content, including conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations, journal articles, research center publications, and academic journals.

Benefits of using R-3 include:

• Discoverability: Content is indexed by search engines such as Google and Google Scholar. Fondren staff support robust metadata creation, which further enhances discoverability. Rice departments, centers, and institutes can create customized collections to highlight all of their research in one place.
• Citation and attribution: All content in R-3 receives a persistent URL. DOIs are available upon request.
• Long-term preservation and access: Fondren Library is committed to maintaining R-3, with content regularly backed-up as part of its preservation plan.

Contact the R-3 team

R-3 is managed by Fondren Library Digital Scholarship Services. If you have any questions about the repository, please email us or use this webform.

Using this Guide

Use the tabs across the top of this guide to learn more about:

• Deposit your work
• Requirements for deposit
• Finding and using repository content
• Repository policies
• Accessibility
• Preservation

Content in this guide has been adapted, with permission, from Columbia University Library's "Academic Commons Policies."