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SOMATIC RESEARCH data), but this action set a signifi cant precedent for other universities, forcing the need for advanced archival systems with access to search engines.16 REPOSITORIES Copyright retention is a major shift in the publishing world. Typically, authors surrender the rights to their work to the publishing house, and under exception, can retain the ability to share the fi nal work and various adaptations of it in limited settings. Copyright retention is the most critical aspect of the OA movement, permitting authors or their institutions to self-archive by posting their work on websites and repositories, making it available to all. Digital or institutional repositories are systems for disseminating and preserving scholarly work. Articles are deposited onto the institution's online archive, where they are organized, preserved, and made available. The goal of the various software systems created to support institutions in archiving knowledge is to enable separate archives to be treated as one. Knowing that much of the research conducted at universities is now being archived, I wondered if anyone could actually access fi les on a university repository. According to the University of Washington (UW), "the UW Libraries Digital Repository is a platform for freely distributing research. The default is open access to all deposited items for all users of the World Wide Web."17 a global registry of open access repositories (ROAR)18 To access these repositories, can help. Several search options exist, but the most familiar is to click on "search content," type in your keywords, and the search engine will comb all repositories and collect matching data. Google Scholar is probably the most used resource for scholars, students, and the curious.19 Type in search terms and the PageRank algorithm not only searches archives and repositories, but also scours websites, databases, and journals.20 Google Scholar is extremely helpful, especially when databases only yield abstracts and few full text articles. Many of those citations can be plugged into Google Scholar with positive results. WWW.MASSAGETHERAPYFOUNDATION.ORG 120 massage & bodywork may/june 2011