ARCHIVES DIGITAL PROJECTS for RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
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This wikispace is for tracking tracks Archives digital projects, but only involving MIT research publications. Not all Archives' digital projects are represented here -- only those related to research publications. A list of recent completed and current active projects can be found below.
MIT Research Publications
The Institute Archives collects many lots of MIT publications. What sets research publications apart?
Research publications are a distinct subset. They faculty research reports published in series ...
- report early results of research conducted at MIT
- are named, multi-issue series published by MIT's departments, labs, and centers (DLCs)
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- or schools
- are considered "monographic series," because each issue in a series
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- is a freestanding pub with a unique title
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- are not peer-reviewed; so are considered a type of "gray literature" like pre-prints
- like pre-prints, often appear later as articles in peer-reviewed journals
- typically have series names containing the words "report," "technical report," or "working papers
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- " (though not always)
- may contain issues that originated as MIT graduate theses
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- "technical reports" or "reports" are published by DLCs in science or engineering
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- "working papers" are published by DCLs in social science, management, or public
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- policy
Craig Thomas • Thesis and Publications Coordinator, Institute Archives and Special Collections • clthomas / 3-6846
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