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Step 1: WURD Login
Go to the WashU Research Data repository and Login
Sign in to your account with SSO (WUSTL Key credentials)
- WashU Research DataWashU Research Data is an institutional data repository managed by the Washington University in St. Louis Libraries. It uses a cloud-based hosted repository service called TIND as its platform. TIND is based on the open-source Invenio software developed at the research institute CERN to manage its own scholarly output.
- WURD FAQOther questions might be address in our FAQ. You may also email: researchdata [at] wustl [dot] edu
Step 2: Submit
In the top navigation bar, click Submit, choose Dataset
A submission form will open
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Fill in the form fields as much as possible
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You will need to provide an ORCiD for authors
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Upload your files
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Be sure to include a Readme files; you can use WashU's README template
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Click "Submit"
- ORCiD for Researchers and StudentsAn overview of ORCiD and the signup process for an ORCiD account for WUSTL faculty members, researchers, and students.
Step 3: Curation
What happens after you submit:
- You will receive a confirmation email.
- A curator will assign a draft DOI, begin the curation process, and contact you to let you know curation has begun
- The curator will review the data for FAIRness (findability, accessibility, interoperability, resuability)
- Once the initial review occurs, the curator may get back to you with questions (within 5 business days)
Step 4: Publish
- Once you and the curator have settled on changes to make the data FAIR, the curator will:
- make sure the FAIR data is uploaded
- make sure the FAIR readme is uploaded
- update the metadata
- make the DOI live
- You will receive a confirmation email that the submission has been published.