Cal Poly offers several options for students to publish their academic work through the university. Publishing to these platforms will be particularly beneficial to students looking to share their work with academic audiences, for example:
DigitalCommons@CalPoly is an online repository to which students can submit senior projects and master’s theses. Cal Poly journals like The Forum and .RAW are also published online via DC@CP. Once an object is published to DG@CP, it is fully and permanently accessible online.
Kennedy Library can also assist with obtaining fee waivers for students who want to publish a paper to an Open Access publication. Visit Cal Poly's libguide on Open Articles to learn more. This option is suitable for students who would like to go through a peer review process, which can help build professional and academic credibility.
The Cal Poly ArcGIS Online Organization is the web-based component of Cal Poly’s ESRI institutional license. Through this platform, all faculty, staff, and students can share information publicly over the web. Among other actions, users can
Digital objects created via Cal Poly’s ArcGIS license may not have “calpoly” in their URLs, but the access to their creation is granted by the university. This option offers flexibility, but users should be aware that content published via this platform represents Cal Poly.
See Cal Poly ArcGIS Online Organization for instructions to set up a Cal Poly ArcGIS Online account.
