StFX Scholar

Faculty Publications & Other Works

Graduate Thesis Submission Form

Undergraduate Thesis Submission Form

The official institutional repository of St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) is called StFX Scholar. It is a collaborative effort between the Angus L Macdonald Library and Research Office that seeks to offer free long-term online access to publications, academic outputs, and other works of StFX faculty, librarians, staff, and students.

Through StFX Scholar, the Angus L Macdonald Library collects, manages, and provides free access to research and other materials that represent the intellectual and creative output of the University.

StFX Scholar also serves as the access platform for digital collections (e.g., Celtic Collection, Casket Obituaries) and university outputs (e.g., StFX Yearbooks and Xaverian Weekly). Our mission through the digital collections is to preserve and highlight the intellectual and creative achievements of the StFX community and the broader Antigonish region.

The Library accepts a wide range of materials for inclusion in StFX Scholar, such as, but not limited to:

• books & book chapters
• preprints
• protocols
• post print/accepted version of papers
• conference abstracts & conference posters 
• reports and working paper
• learning objects such as slides, assessments
• audio recordings

These materials can be born-digital materials or digitized. Most common file formats are acceptable, such as PDF, PNG, JPEG, MPF, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

All completed thesis and dissertations must be submitted to StFX Scholar for preservation. 

Please note: Research data should be deposited in Borealis, and see this guide for more information on StFX Research Data Management Policy.

 Any member of the St Francis Xavier University community can submit materials, including:

• Faculty members and librarians 
• Research teams (affiliated with StFX) 
• Research Centers (affiliated with StFX) 
• Administrative units and associated staff 
• Graduate and undergraduate students. This includes:
  • Theses & dissertations
  • Student research & projects (require faculty sponsorship)

Content Guidelines: Submissions must meet the following criteria: 

• Authored, produced, or sponsored by someone affiliated with the StFX Community at time of completion
• List contributors and authors. 
  • See ICJME for an example of defining authorship.
  • See the CASRAI CReDiT tool for contributor role taxonomy
• Ready for public dissemination upon submission or after an embargo period 
• Accessible in compliance with relevant accessibility laws 
• Submitted in accordance with copyright laws 

Format Support: The repository supports a wide range of file formats, categorized as: 

• Supported: Most common file formats such as PDF, PNG, JPEG, MPF, and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Unsupported: Unrecognized formats 

Limitations may include: 

• Materials for which no creator/author has any affiliation with the StFX
• Materials provided in a format which cannot be deposited for technological limitations
• Materials that violate copyright, intellectual property rights, or right of privacy (see StFX Copyright Policy for more information)
• Unrecognized formats