KU ScholarWorks is the digital repository of the University of Kansas. It contains scholarly work created by KU faculty, staff and students, as well as material from the University Archives. KU ScholarWorks makes important research and historical items available to a wider audience and helps assure their long-term preservation.

On February 11, 2010 the KU Faculty Senate passed a revised Open Access policy granting the University permission to deposit a copy of their scholarly work in an open access repository-- KU ScholarWorks. For more about the policy, "how to" documents, Q&A, addenda and more, please visit Open Access @ KU.

For information about submitting to KU ScholarWorks please contact Marianne Reed, mreed@ku.edu. For information about KU ScholarWorks in general, please email kuscholarworks@ku.edu.

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African and African-American Studies [32]
American Studies [174]
Anthropology [304]
Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Initiative (ASHTI) [5]
Applied Behavioral Science [198]
Applied English Center [21]
Architecture and Design [108]
Archives Online [743]
Art History [55]
Arts, School of the [194]
Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum [305]
Books @ KU [327]
Center for East Asian Studies [807]
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis [3]
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies [808]
Center for Public Partnerships and Research [16]
Center for Research on Learning [298]
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies [597]
Center for Teaching Excellence [90]
Chemistry [680]
Classics [210]
Communication Studies [247]
Community Partners in Scholarship [16]
Dissertations and Theses [7030]
Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas [918]
East Asian Languages & Cultures [56]
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology [1387]
Economics [272]
Education [1098]
Engineering [1636]
Engineering Management [230]
English [641]
Environmental Studies Program [54]
European Studies Program [87]
French and Italian Languages and Literatures [57]
Geographic Information Systems [190]
Geography & Atmospheric Science [295]
Geology [341]
Germanic Languages and Literatures [125]
Global & International Studies [54]
GPEN 2006 Conference [64]
Hall Center for the Humanities [1]
History [172]
Humanities Program [8]
Indigenous Studies [125]
Information Technology [3]
Information & Telecommunication Technology Center [3]
Institute for Policy & Social Research [65]
Institute of Haitian Studies [67]
Jewish Studies [3]
Journalism and Mass Communications [80]
Kansas African Studies Center [280]
Kansas Collection Online [122]
Languages, Literatures & Cultures, School of [177]
Law [1007]
Libraries [497]
Life Span Institute [198]
Linguistics [935]
Mathematics [360]
Medicinal Chemistry [261]
Middle East Studies [42]
Molecular Biosciences [645]
Museum Studies Program [7]
Music, School of [224]
Office of the Provost [95]
Open Access Fund at The University of Kansas [102]
Oral Histories and Interviews [127]
Paleontological Institute [243]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry [345]
Pharmacy [308]
Philosophy [654]
Physics and Astronomy [1201]
Political Science [151]
Psychology [512]
Public Affairs and Administration [84]
Religious Studies [146]
Research Centers [116]
Research, Office of [5]
School of Business [217]
Slavic Languages and Literatures [514]
Social Welfare [110]
Sociology [807]
Spanish and Portuguese [147]
Speech-Language-Hearing [164]
Spencer Museum of Art [5]
Temporary [0]
Undergraduate Research at KU [177]
University of Kansas Medical Center [154]
University of Kansas Sigma Xi Chapter [1]
University Press of Kansas [16]
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies [5]
Writing Center [6]

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    Easley, David (Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2018-06-01)
    David Easley talks about how he became interested in studying Chinese, managed a difficult electromagnetics course at Hong Kong University, and used three languages to have a conversation at a barbecue on Penghu Island.

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    McIntyre, Aaron (Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2018-05-21)
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    Daley, Angela; Phipps, Shelley; Branscombe, Nyla R. (Elsevier, 2018-08)
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  • Leveraging Elsevier’s Creative Commons License Requirement to Undermine Embargo 

    Bolick, Josh (Clemson University Press, 2018-08-07)
    In the last round of author-sharing policy revisions, Elsevier created a labyrinthine title-by-title embargo structure requiring embargoes from 12 to 48 months for authors sharing via institutional repository (IR), while ...

  • Chu-lu : a northern Sung ceramic legacy 

    Xie, Margaret Carney (University of Kansas, 1989)
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