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 [43]
American Studies [182]
Anthropology [332]
Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Initiative (ASHTI) [5]
Applied Behavioral Science [261]
Applied English Center [21]
Architecture & Design [132]
Archives Online [751]
Art History, The Kress Foundation Department of [80]
Arts, School of the [245]
Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum [369]
Books @ KU [531]
Business, School of [235]
Center for East Asian Studies [825]
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis [3]
Center for Global & International Studies [90]
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies [809]
Center for Public Partnerships & Research [22]
Center for Research on Learning [298]
Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies [581]
Center for Teaching Excellence [89]
Center for Undergraduate Research [11]
Chemistry [936]
Classics [241]
Communication Studies [428]
Community Partners in Scholarship [18]
Dissertations and Theses [9218]
Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas [918]
East Asian Languages & Cultures [65]
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology [1844]
Economics [353]
Education and Human Sciences [1635]
Engineering [2294]
Engineering Management [236]
English [810]
Environmental Studies Program [62]
European Studies Program [86]
French, Francophone & Italian Studies [88]
Geographic Information Systems [211]
Geography & Atmospheric Science [380]
Geology [479]
German Studies [78]
GPEN 2006 Conference [62]
Hall Center for the Humanities [3]
History [358]
Humanities Program [3]
Indigenous Studies [126]
Information Technology [3]
Information & Telecommunication Technology Center [3]
Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) [113]
Institute for Policy & Social Research [441]
Institute of Haitian Studies [68]
Jewish Studies [17]
Journalism and Mass Communications, William Allen White School of [136]
Kansas African Studies Center [279]
Kansas Collection Online [63]
Kansas Open Books [70]
Languages, Literatures and Cultures, School of [177]
Law, School of [1124]
Libraries [589]
Life Span Institute [239]
Linguistics [580]
Mathematics [459]
Medicinal Chemistry [323]
Middle East Studies [42]
Molecular Biosciences [854]
Museum Studies Program [12]
Music, School of [371]
Office of the Provost [95]
Open Access Initiatives at The University of Kansas [213]
Oral Histories and Interviews [135]
Paleontological Institute [245]
Pharmaceutical Chemistry [468]
Pharmacy, School of [398]
Philosophy [166]
Physics & Astronomy [1832]
Political Science [197]
Psychology [775]
Public Affairs and Administration, School of [101]
Religious Studies [177]
Research Centers [205]
Research, Office of [6]
Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies [805]
Social Welfare [217]
Sociology [917]
Spanish and Portuguese [264]
Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences and Disorders [218]
Spencer Museum of Art [6]
Temporary [0]
Undergraduate Research at KU [174]
University of Kansas Medical Center [1056]
University of Kansas Sigma Xi Chapter [1]
University Press of Kansas [19]
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies [25]
Writing Center [6]

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