DASH (Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard)
http://dash.harvard.edu
Getting published is a critical concern among graduate students, but just as important is ensuring that the wider scholarly community has access to your work for research, classroom use, and citation in future research. That’s where DASH, or Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard, comes in.
Formed in 2008, DASH is a University-wide, open-access repository that houses articles published by Harvard faculty and researchers, including GSAS students. It is operated by Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication. Check out the benefits it offers, and find out how to deposit your work.
Increased Discoverability for Your Work
Since the repository is indexed by services like Google, Google Scholar, OAIster and others, your work, once deposited, will immediately become available to a worldwide community of scholars. You can use DASH to self-archive any kind of scholarly material: unpublished works in progress, data, images, even media files. The repository also provides a prominent link to the definitive, published version of your work.
Research has shown that higher visibility leads to higher rates of citation and greater impact.
A Permanent Home for your Work
Every work you deposit in DASH will be given a persistent URL that will never change — a big advantage over posting your work on your personal site — making it easier for scholars to locate and cite your research.