Papers and data that are freely available tend to enjoy higher citation rates than those only available by subscription. In this guide, learn when and how to add your work to the K-State Libraries' digital collections to support free open access.
The K-State Research Exchange, or K-REx, is Kansas State University's institutional repository. K-REx showcases a variety of content from K-State's faculty, staff, students, academic and other units, and community partners. K-REx is globally accessible by anyone with access to the internet.
The three main types of content K-REx showcases are:
Technical information: K-REx is a branded instance of the DSpace software package.
Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities, and Discovery (RSCAD) works, born digital or in a digitized format, developed or produced by the K-State community may be included in the institutional repository. The K-State community, as it pertains to this policy, shall be defined as any current employee or student of Kansas State University.