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Academic Works for Student Researchers: Submission Instructions

This is a guide to support posting in Academic Works for undergraduate research and honors scholars students

How to submit

  1. Go to CUNY Academic Works: http://academicworks.cuny.edu
  2. Create your account under MY ACCOUNT
    • Use either your City Tech or personal email
      • If you use your City Tech email, before you leave the college, please update your email as students do not retain their emails after graduation
    • Under AFFILIATION, please enter CUNY New York City College of Technology
    • Validate your account (check the email you used when setting up your account and click through)
  3. Login
  4. Under Author Corner, select Submit Work
  5. Under SUBMIT YOUR RESEARCH, find NYCCT and click PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
  6. Read and accept the Submission Agreement
  7. Find your poster and copy and paste from it
  8. Create the record 
  9. Title (required): Enter the title of the work, using headline-style capitalization.
  10. Authors (required): Your name and email address will automatically appear in the author field. If you have a co-author, click the green plus-sign button to add.
    • Add your co-authors' emails
    • For INSTITUTION, type CUNY and wait for the menu to pop up. Select CUNY New York City College of Technology.
    • Remember, one record for one poster 
  11. Affiliations at CUNY (required): Select the departments or programs with which you and any co-authors are affiliated. 
  12. Document Type (required): Select  POSTER from the list. If you are submitting a presentation, select PRESENTATION. If you are submitting a paper, select ARTICLE.
  13. Publication Date (required): Enter your work’s publication date. Only the year and fall or spring is required, but try to enter the date of the poster session
  14. Keywords (optional): Enter any keyword on your poster. Separate keywords/phrases with commas.
  15. Disciplines (optional): Explore the discipline hierarchy by clicking the plus signs next to each major discipline. Select the discipline(s) that best describe your work.
  16. Language (required): Leave English as the default.
  17. Abstract (highly recommended): Provide the abstract from your poster or other work.
  18. Comments (required): If you presented at the Poster Session, please add this text: This poster [swap in PRESENTATION if not a poster] was presented as the XX (E.g. 29th) Semi-Annual Honors and Undergraduate Research Scholars Poster Presentation at New York City College of Technology, MONTH, DAY, YEAR (E.g. Dec. 5, 2018). 
  19. Upload File (required): Select UPLOAD FILE  and then upload your poster file as a PDF or PPT from your computer.
  20. Additional Files (optional): Check this if you have supplementary files to upload along with your work.  
  21. Double-check your entries: Once a submission is approved by the repository administrator, it cannot be edited or removed except by contacting the administrator. Therefore, please take care to supply the correct information on the submission form.
  22. Click “Submit” 
  23. Congratulations! Your work will appear in Academic Works as soon as it is approved. After the system fully updates (which takes about a day), your work will be searchable in Academic Works. Don't forget to add link to your project in Academic Works on your resume, LinkedIn, CV, or portfolio!