About SOURCE

SOURCE is Sheridan's Institutional Repository for preserving and promoting scholarly and creative works of Sheridan faculty, staff, and students. The repository is a service provided and administered by Library & Learning Services. Benefits of contributing to SOURCE include:

  • Collaboration: Sharing your work encourages creative collaboration with scholars and creators around the world and here at Sheridan. Connecting within and across disciplines opens new possibilities.
  • Increased Visibility and Dissemination: SOURCE leverages online search tools like Google and Google Scholar to increase the visibility and dissemination of your work, meaning increased citation counts and greater awareness of your expertise.
  • Preservation: SOURCE ensures digital stability by preserving your works in one place.
  • Showcasing Sheridan: Contributing works to SOURCE helps scholars, researchers, the creative community, and prospective students, from diverse backgrounds and locations, easily discover what makes us unique.
  • Open Access Funding Requirements: Sharing your work on SOURCE meets the archiving and dissemination policies mandated by Canadian and international research funding agencies (see the Tri-Council Open Access Policy on Publications).

Questions? Contact the Sheridan SOURCE team: source@sheridancollege.ca