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About Manchester eScholar

Our mission is to

  • sustain and enhance the research reputations of individuals and organisations affiliated with The University of Manchester
  • enhance the global research community's ability to access The University of Manchester's research outputs

We recognise that electronic dissemination of scholarly work is now commonplace and often the preferred mechanism of accessing research findings.

Furthermore, we believe obstacles that impair the ability of busy academic researchers to access (good) research findings reduce the likelihood that they are read and cited. Manchester eScholar gives researchers a single point of access to find the scholarly work generated by individuals affiliated with The University of Manchester.

We plan for Manchester eScholar to benefit the day-to-day activities of researchers. Researchers will find it easy, to display and maintain a list of publications on their websites; to confidently cite work using a simple and persistent web address; to access all forms of scholarly work (traditional and non-traditional) in a digital form, whether they be journal articles, book contributions, PhD theses, technical reports, working papers or conference presentations.

Manchester eScholar represents a long-term commitment by The University of Manchester which aims to,

For further information about the services available to University of Manchester researchers, visit Manchester eScholar Services.

Manchester eScholar

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