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

• Why Add Your Work? (PDF Flyer)
• TRACE Guidelines
• Glossary of Terms
• Policies and Copyright

User Support

• Submission Guide: How to submit your work to TRACE
• Author/Contributor FAQ
• Collection Manager Guide
• HTML and Coding Tips (Special Characters, bold, italics, etc)
• Thesis/Dissertation Resources

VOL Journals

• Volunteer, Open-Access, Library-Hosted (VOL) Journals
• New Journal Setup/Proposal Form (submit to TRACE@utk.edu)
• Editor Best Practices: Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) 
• Journal Editor Guide (links to Digital Commons help pages)

Department, School & Center Collections

• College, School, & Department Collections
• Center & Institute Collections 
• Collection Setup/Proposal Form (submit to TRACE@utk.edu)
• Collection Manager Guide 
• Collection Manager FAQ

Datasets

• TRACE Datasets
• UT Libraries 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.