TCD Research Support System (RSS) and Trinity's Access to Research Archive (TARA)

The TCD RSS is a web-based information system, which incorporates an expertise database. TARA is Trinity’s Open Access institutional repository, which grants free access to the full text of TCD’s research papers over the internet.

The Research Support System allows members of TCD’s Research Community to input and update all information on their academic interests, research expertise and publications to a central system.

TCD researchers submit their full text papers to TARA via the RSS’s publication input screen. It is not only desirable to upload research papers to TARA in order to increase citations of research papers, but it is often a necessary process in response to Funding Body requirements. Once a paper is in TARA, a 'persistent' link is created which automatically appears in the RSS and which is visible on College web pages. The system generates web pages automatically and helps to avoid repetition in the provision of information.

The RSS enables the promotion of individual Faculty or Research Group work. From this system, up-to-date publications lists can be created and maintained and reports can be generated, for Faculty, School, Department, Research Centre and individuals.

An important part of the Research Support System is the regular export of data to the Expertise Ireland portal .

For more information, help with uploading research publications, or requesting reports, please contact: Garret McMahon, Institutional Repository Content Manager or Niamh Brennan, Programme Manager, Research Information Systems.

Further information on TARA and access to the Tara website.
Further information on the RSS