How to use Pure

These web pages and downloadable info sheets supply a series of quick guides to using Pure and its features.

Getting Started - information for new staff

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• Logging in to Pure
• Requesting access to Pure 
• Checklist for new members of staff
• Pure Profile - what you need to know
• Making your work Open Access
• Off-campus access to Pure 
• Adding a trusted user 
• Turning off email alerts 
• Student FAQs
• Pure and Open Access Drop-in Sessions

Updating your research outputs list

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Manually creating and amending output records

• Manually creating outputs
• Finding missing outputs
• Removing incorrectly attributed outputs from your Pure profile
• Removing duplicate records from your Pure profile
• Linking the correct contributors with your outputs
• Linking your research activities together within Pure
• Creating software records in Pure
• Making content confidential 

Automated options to import outputs and keep Pure up-to-date

• Importing outputs from Scopus, ORCiD, PubMed, ArXiv and CrossRef
• Importing outputs using RIS or BibTex files 
• Setting up an automatic scan for outputs via Scopus, ORCiD, PubMed and ArXiv 

Managing your profile

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• ORCID and Pure
• Changing your displayed name in Pure 
• Reviewing existing data
• Creating a CV 

  Research Portal and Profile page links

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The Research Portal draws information directly from Pure removing the need to enter the same information into more than one place.

• An introduction to the Research portal
• Checklist - updating your Pure profile 
• FAQs