Macquarie University's Open Access policy approved by the University Council in August 2008 will apply to all research or scholarly manuscripts in ResearchOnline written while the author is a staff member of Macquarie University, except for: those outputs completed before the adoption of the policy, and those for which the author has entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement.

Material in ResearchOnline includes:

• Journal articles
• Conference papers
• Books and book chapters
• Theses - post-graduate research or coursework, and undergraduate theses where deposit is approved by the Dean
• Working papers
• Multimedia, e.g. images, sound files, video files or mixed files
• Creative works
• Patents
• Exibitions and curatorships
• Articles for a journal published by Macquarie University, including where the author is not a Macquarie staff, student or affiliate
• Conference papers for a conference hosted by Macquarie University, including where the author is not a Macquarie staff, student or affiliate
• Other categories of material may be acceptable with the ultimate decision the responsibility of the University Librarian

The benefits of publications being in the ResearchOnline collection include:

Wider access to your work.
Macquarie University ResearchOnline is indexed by Google and other search engines; this means your work is more likely to be discovered.

• For journal articles, the repository record will include a link to the published version of the article on the journal's website.
• Anyone with a personal or institutional subscription to the journal will be able to access the published version via this link.
• However, to reach the widest possible audience, we also need to have a copy of your 'accepted manuscript' version in Macquarie University ResearchOnline. In most cases, this version can be made publicly accessible via the repository record.

Enhanced research impact.
When your work reaches a wider audience, it often leads to an increase in citations.

Safe, convenient long-term storage.
Depositing copies of your research outputs in Macquarie University ResearchOnline means you can access the files from anywhere with Internet access.

Showcase for Macquarie research output.
Presently, Macquarie University research outputs are disseminated via thousands of different publications, conference websites and other outlets. Macquarie University ResearchOnline provides an opportunity to create a valuable, publicly accessible showcase for our work.

Please Note: Macquarie University's Open Access policy approved by the University Council in August 2008 will apply to all research or scholarly manuscripts in ResearchOnline written while the author is a staff member of Macquarie University, except for: those outputs completed before the adoption of the policy, and those for which the author has entered into an incompatible licensing or assignment agreement.