Södertörn University Library: SöderScholar
DatabasesPublish your essay in DiVA
As a student at Södertörn University (SH) or the Swedish Red Cross University (RKH) you can publish your Bachelor’s essay or Master's thesis in the digital archive, DiVA. The archive consists of publications written by both researchers and students.
When can I publish my essay in DiVA?
When your essay has received a passing grade and when you have made all the necessary amendments to the text as requested by your teacher, you can publish it in DiVA. The essay/thesis that is registered must be at a Bachelor level or higher. We check all registrations before publication and it may take five days before your thesis becomes visible in DiVA.
Before you publish your thesis in DiVA you need to make sure that:
- your text does not contain personal identity numbers or any other sensitive information, for exeample e-mails and telephone numbers
- you have permission to publish any pictures or figures in your text
- that the pdf file is accessible in accordance to the new web recommendations.
Use the "Checklist for publishing in DiVA" below when you fill in the DiVA form. If you have any questions, please contact publications@sh.se.
For students at Södertörn University
Click on the link below to publish your essay in DiVA.
For students at the Swedish Red Cross University (RKH)
Students at RKH are required to register and publish their thesis in DiVA. If you don't want the full text to be made available, you can choose the option "only for archiving" in the final step where you upload the full text. Follow the link below to go to DiVA.
Where will my essay be accessible?
Your published essay will be searchable in several places:
- DiVA-portal (diva-portal.org) External link, opens in new window., is an open repository, where many Swedish universities and research institutions register and publish their research.
- Uppsök (uppsök.se) External link, opens in new window. and Essays.se External link, opens in new window. contain essays from Swedish universities.
- Your essay is indexed in Ouriginal External link., which is an automated system that helps to detect attempts to plagiarise your text.
- The European research database Open Aire External link, opens in new window..
Your essay can also be found by external search engines, such as Google.
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28-10-2024