Help & training
Using USIR
The USIR Online Training Tutorial explains what USIR is and how you can start using it. The USIR User Guide [pdf] provides further information.
How to Deposit Research
For guidance on how you can deposit your work into USIR please consult our user guides:
Guidance is also available on how to import records of your publications saved in Endnote in the guide Importing records from Endnote into USIR [pdf]
Checking Copyright
The Sherpa Romeo Online Training tutorial explains how to check copyright on published work using the Sherpa Romeo database.
Use the Sherpa Romeo database to check publisher copyright policies in relation to archiving your research.
Funder Mandates
A number of funding bodies have Open Access policies in place to maximise the dissemination of the research they fund. These policies are often a condition of grant and increasingly require peer-reviewed research outputs to be made freely available to the public at the earliest possible date
Use JULIET to discover more about the Open Access policies of funding bodies.
Accessing video files
Some of the records on USIR include links to video files as streamed media. To view this, your computer needs to have the required media player installed. The streamed media is available in Windows Media Version 9. If you do not have the required software to view Windows media then you can try one of the plugins or players below: