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 [42]
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Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Initiative (ASHTI) [5]
Applied Behavioral Science [254]
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Architecture and Design [119]
Archives Online [751]
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Arts, School of the [245]
Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum [363]
Books @ KU [531]
Business, School of [235]
Center for East Asian Studies [833]
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis [3]
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies [814]
Center for Public Partnerships and Research [19]
Center for Research on Learning [298]
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies [587]
Center for Teaching Excellence [90]
Center for Undergraduate Research [11]
Chemistry [923]
Classics [241]
Communication Studies [426]
Community Partners in Scholarship [16]
Dissertations and Theses [9038]
Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas [918]
East Asian Languages & Cultures [65]
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology [1803]
Economics [344]
Education [1623]
Engineering [2271]
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English [810]
Environmental Studies Program [61]
European Studies Program [86]
French, Francophone & Italian Studies [87]
Geographic Information Systems [211]
Geography & Atmospheric Science [368]
Geology [470]
German Studies [78]
Global & International Studies [89]
GPEN 2006 Conference [62]
Hall Center for the Humanities [3]
History [358]
Humanities Program [3]
Indigenous Studies [126]
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Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) [113]
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Institute of Haitian Studies [68]
Jewish Studies [15]
Journalism and Mass Communications [132]
Kansas African Studies Center [280]
Kansas Collection Online [63]
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Languages, Literatures & Cultures, School of [177]
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Life Span Institute [229]
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Medicinal Chemistry [320]
Middle East Studies [42]
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Open Access Fund at The University of Kansas [202]
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Paleontological Institute [244]
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