The University of Illinois Library hosts several repositories, or digital libraries of scholarly research material created by the university community. The repositories also contain unique materials from the library’s collection.
Librarians can help you determine which repository is best for your research outputs, whether that is a repository at our institution or a disciplinary one, and also help you understand how research information management systems can be leveraged to reduce the administrative burden of recording and sharing details about your professional activities.
Services We Offer
- Consultations and Instruction
- IDEALS, the institutional repository for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, collects research and scholarship produced by the UIUC research community
- Illinois Experts, a repository of metadata on the University’s research activities
- ORCID Registration
Helpful Resources
- Guide to using IDEALS
- Library Guides
- SC.15.12 University of Illinois Open Access to Research Articles [adopted 10/2015]
- Guide to the University of Illinois Open Access Policy
- Request an Open Access Policy Waiver
- Illinois Experts Help and FAQs
Related Services
- The Illinois Data Bank, a repository for research data at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- The University of Illinois Library Digital Collections hosts a wealth of materials digitized from the Library’s holdings.
- The University Archives collects the historical records of the programs, people, and operations at the University of Illinois and the Urbana-Champaign campus.
- Medusa is the University of Illinois Library’s digital preservation system that keeps files in IDEALS and the Illinois Data Bank whole and secure.
