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.

TRACE User Guides

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

Datasets

• UT Libraries Data Services Guide
• TRACE Datasets
• Contact UT’s Data Curation Librarian to begin the process

V.O.L. Journal Support

• Journal Editor Guide
• New Journal Proposal Form
• DOI Support
• List of Volunteer, Open-Access, Library-Hosted (V.O.L.) Journals

About TRACE

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

If you have questions or would like further information on a particular topic, contact trace@utk.edu or reach out to your appropriate subject liaison librarian.