SURFACE: Syracuse University Research Facility And Collaborative Environment

SURFACE, the Syracuse University Research Facility And Collaborative Environment, is a full-text, multi-media online database that provides open access to the extensive and diverse array of scholarly, professional, scientific, and creative output produced at Syracuse University. SURFACE gathers, organizes, disseminates, and preserves the cultural and scholarly record of SU. At the same time, it increases the visibility of authors' works; maximizes research impact; facilitates interdisciplinary research; and provides local, regional, and global communities with immediate and permanent access. Making accessible the knowledge, creativity, research, and innovation of Syracuse University is the very essence of "scholarship in action" and helps facilitate the crucial mission of the university as a public good.