Research Services: Pure

ePrints Soton is the University's Institutional Research Repository. It contains journal articles, books, PhD theses, conference papers, data, reports, working papers, art exhibitions and more. The University has a policy that all research is recorded in our institutional repository, and that Accepted Manuscripts are uploaded and made available where possible. ePrints Soton promotes research by making it available worldwide.

Records of research outputs are created in PURE and automatically pushed through to ePrints Soton once they have been through the validation process. PURE is the University's CRIS (Current Research Information System). 

In the context of Pure

• A Research Output is a piece of research with a title that you disseminate, such as a journal article, a report or an exhibition
• An Activity is when you use your expertise as a researcher or subject expert in a more general way or in a way that is adjacent to your role at the university, for example organising a conference, being editor of a journal or consultancy work
• Press/Media is when an external media company features you and/or your research in a media publication for example your article is reported on in a newspaper or you are asked to be a featured expert on a subject by a news channel 

If you are unsure of which template you need please use the Pure template decider tool below

Below are our most popular downloadable quick guides for Pure. You can find more guides on the Pure Sharepoint site.

You can also go to the Hints and Tips libguides or if you are a creative practitioner visit our libguide on Creative Practice Outputs

For other help or advice with any Pure outputs or institutional repository (ePrints Soton) query email eprints@soton.ac.uk or request an online appointment: