Scholars Junction: How to Deposit Your Data Science Capstone Project

First, you'll need to agree to our submission guidelines and policies.

In short, you agree that you are submitting your own original work to which you own the copyright, or that you have permission from the copyright holder to submit the work. You agree to allow us to store and distribute this copy of your work, and to update the format of it if needed for future archival.

To agree, check the highlighted box and click Continue.

You'll be brought to the main form. Please complete it with as much detail as you can. This information is vital in getting your work to display in search engine results and indicate to potential readers what it's about and why they should engage with it.

Here I will focus on the most important fields - if you have questions about any other fields, please contact me!

Title

Required field. Be thorough and use headline style capitalization. (Not sure how? Try this tool.)

Authors

Required field. This field is auto-filled with your name and email. You may need to click the Edit icon and add "Mississippi State University" as your Affiliation.

If you have a co-author, click Add Author to add another row. (If your co-author is also MSU-affiliated, enter their netid@msstate.edu email address - they may already have an account in the system, and their name and other info will be auto-filled if so.)

Document Type

Required field. Always use the "Capstone Project" option (it's the default and automatically selected).

Abstract

Paste in your project abstract or description.

Comments

Use this field to add any comments that don't belong in another field. It's a good place to acknowledge any help or funding you received, and to add your rights statement or Creative Commons license.

DOI

Leave this field blank - when I finish processing your submission I will create a DOI and add it to this field.

Publication Date

Please enter the date (month, day, year - no need for season) of the day you submit the form. I can adjust it if it takes a little longer to finish processing your submission.

Embargo Period

If you chose to make your project immediately open to the world, make this date match the above date.

If you chose to archive it without making it immediately openly available, add the date it should become available. For instance, if you want it to stay private for 2 years after your submission, keep the month and day the same and adjust the year. On that date, the item will automatically become open access.

Funder and Grant

If you received funding for this project, enter the name of the funder and the grant name/number in these fields.

Coverage

If your project covers a specific (or general!) place or time, describe them in these fields.

Requires

Does your dataset or other files require specific software? List it here to enable future users to use the file (and the Libraries to preserve it).

College

Choose the college to which you belong, and click Select. Dual majors: you can add more than one!

Department

Choose the department(s) with which you are affiliated and click Select.

Keywords

Choose some keywords that quickly give potential readers more clues about what they can expect in your project. Major topics, research methods, and software are all great places to look for keywords.

Disciplines

Choosing Disciplines places your work in the global Digital Commons Network, increasing its chances of being widely read. You can choose as many as you need to. These do not strictly correspond to MSU colleges, departments, or majors, so consider carefully the options you choose.

Upload file

Finally, you can upload your file. Choose the "Upload file from your computer" option to display the upload box. This is your primary file and it should be the accessible PDF of your final report.

When approved, the system will add a cover page with some basic information on it, including your item's citation.

Additional Files

To add the rest of your project files, click the Additional Files box. Do not be alarmed - nothing will happen until you click Submit, but you will be able to upload those files!

Submit

Finally, click the Submit button. Note that this might take a few minutes depending on your PDF's filesize.

Almost done!

Supplemental Files

This is where you can upload your dataset, data dictionary or codebook, and any other additional files. You'll upload one file at a time. Click the Browse button to start.

Check your list of files. Here you can add a more descriptive title if you wish (otherwise the filename will display as the link label), correct the version of the file if necessary, and change the sort order.

When you're done, click Save, and then Continue.

Once you've completed your submission, you'll be brought to the confirmation page. Here you can see the metadata you entered and, if necessary, revise your submission.

Note: Once your submission is processed and published, you will not be able to directly edit it. Email sct@library.msstate.edu if you need to make any changes after the item is published (and be sure to include a link to the item)!