Pure Student FAQ

Pure is SETU’s new Current Research Information System (CRIS) collecting information about research, researchers, publications and much more. It brings together information from several Institute systems collecting, storing and integrating information in a structured and standardised way.

As a research postgraduate student Pure is available to you within a month of your commencement at the University. You can then begin recording your Research activity and publication information. To login please go to http://research.wit.ie and enter your normal University username and password.

Adding information to Pure is quick and easy and allows you to store information about your research activity; including your Publications, and easily reuse the information for other purposes.

Pure also has a built-in CV tool which can quickly create a customisable CV for you using information brought together from many different systems, an excellent tool for recording your development.

Information can also be exported from Pure in a number of different formats, allowing you to reuse it for other systems. This means that should you choose to move institutions in the future, this information can easily be downloaded and added to your new institution’s CRIS.

As a research postgraduate student there is no obligation for you to use Pure. There are many benefits of you doing so though and the information will potentially be very useful to you in the future. 

Pure pulls information from many different University systems. It also uses information added by you and integrates everything into a usable format. If you believe any of your information is incorrect please let us know at [email protected].  

Lots of guidance is available on the internet on www.wit.ie/research/our_research/pure. It is also possible to contact us at [email protected].

Details of publications, activities, datasets and impacts can all be added to Pure. You can also add information to your personal profile.

Adding a publication is quick and easy, select ‘Add New’ on the right hand side, select your template and then simply add the information as directed by the form. Add an acceptance date, all internal authors and the Author Accepted Manuscript (also known as a Post-Print’) where possible. Then you click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the page. 

Any publications or research activity you add to Pure will be visible in both Pure and the research portal providing it is not marked as confidential.

After you have clicked ‘Save’ on a publication, the record you have created will be sent to the Library team who will check the information and validate the record. If they have any questions they will contact you directly. 

Yes, you should add your Thesis to Pure.

Student information entered in to Pure will be visible on the Research Portal if you set your profile to public. Your publications will also be visible and your name will show as an author and will link to your Researcher profile. 

As a student you have a profile on the Research Portal.

If you are entering your normal SETU username and password and you are still unable to log in, please contact [email protected] for assistance. 

If your information in Pure is incorrect please update it as appropriate.  If you are unable to update it due to a specific field being locked, please let us know at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help you. 

If you have not already been added as an author you should claim the publication. To do this; locate and open the publication you would like to claim and select ‘Claim’ at the bottom of the window. The library will then review this on your behalf. 

In general it is you who is best placed to keep your profile up-to-date as you know your own work better than anyone else. Support is available from the Pure Team to help you but it remains your responsibility to ensure your profile is up-to-date.  

Yes you can, it’s also possible for Pure to update your ORCID profile with any research outputs you might have added to Pure.