Aberdeen University Research Archive (AURA)

About AURA

Aberdeen University Research Archive (AURA) is an open access institutional repository for the University’s research outputs. Publishing in AURA is not an alternative to traditional publishing but ensures that your research is available to those who do not have subscriptions to scholarly journals or who are not aware of the subject repositories in your field of research – the research outputs published in AURA are available free of charge to anyone who internet access. AURA also brings together the research output of your College, School and Department ensuring that the University’s research has the profile it deserves.

AURA is fully integrated with Pure so there is a single workflow for creating a publication and adding the full text. The only way to add a document to AURA is through Pure. Documents added to Pure will appear in AURA once they have been copyright cleared and the publisher’s embargo has passed. The following Pure user guides will help you to add documents to Pure:

  • Adding new content - Updated to include guidance on uploading to AURA
    How to add content from scratch using predefined templates, or import content from online sources such as WOS and PubMed.
  • Adding new content on behalf of others - Updated to include guidance on uploading to AURA
    How to add content from scratch using predefined templates, or import content from online sources such as WOS and PubMed, on behalf of others in your School or Department.

Contacts

AURA Team
aura-manager@abdn.ac.uk

Robin Armstrong Viner
Aura Manager
aura-manager@abdn.ac.uk
+44 (0)1224 274446

Mary Mowat
Copyright Officer
copyright@abdn.ac.uk
+44 (0)1224 712751.