Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange (TRACE) is UT’s institutional open-access repository. TRACE is a publicly-accessible archive of research and creative work done by UT scholars and researchers.

Created and maintained by the UT Libraries, TRACE gives UT researchers a legal means to make their publications openly available to the public, in keeping with the terms of their agreements with publishers. TRACE houses a variety of materials, including journal articles, technical reports, datasets, theses and dissertations, conference papers and presentations, book chapters, and other works.

About TRACE

• TRACE Guidelines
• Policies and Copyright
• Why Add Your Work to TRACE?
  • Open Access Publishing versus Open Access Archiving
  • About Public, Open Access to Research – coming soon!

Frequently Asked Questions

• TRACE Contributor FAQs (Individual Authors/Researchers)
• TRACE Community Manager FAQs
• TRACE Administrative FAQs

User Support

• Submission Guide: Submit your work to TRACE
• Community Manager Guide (links to Digital Commons help pages)
• TRACE Glossary
• HTML and Coding Tips (Special Characters, bold, italics, etc)
• Thesis/Dissertation Resources

VOL Journals

• Complete List of Open Access VOL Journals
• New Journal Setup/Proposal Form (submit to TRACE@utk.edu)
• Managing & Publishing Journals: Editor Guide (links to Digital Commons help pages)

DEPARTMENT COLLECTIONS

• Collection Setup/Proposal Form (submit to TRACE@utk.edu)

DATASETS

• Data Services Guide
• Contact UT’s Data Curation Librarian for help sharing your data

If you have questions or would like further information on a particular topic, contact trace@utk.edu or reach out to the appropriate subject liaison librarian.