Project-specific research access
Need one or two Cedar collections for a defined project?
Use source-linked Cedar Press data for a defined paper, story, thesis or public-interest project without rebuilding the underlying collection yourself. Researchers, journalists, students, nonprofits and public-interest organizations may request access to one or two collections when a full subscription does not fit the project.
Submit a research requestA researcher studying federal lobbying needs the Advocacy collection for one article and wants the underlying records and source trail.
A reporter needs Deals and Cedar NEED to trace an acquisition and the enterprise structure behind it.
A research program wants six Cedar collections for open-ended analysis.
Lumecon maintains the source trail, entity relationships and releases behind these records so users can spend their time on analysis rather than reconstructing the same public systems.
Include in the proposalTwo pages maximum
- 01Project title
- 02Research question
- 03One or two requested Cedar collections
- 04Why those collections are needed
- 05Affiliation
- 06Expected output
- 07Project timeline
Access is project-specific and discretionary. Raw collections may not be redistributed. Projects requiring broad, repeated, exploratory or commercial access should use Cedar Press+ or Cedar Grove.
- A person reads it. Requests go to the research desk, not to a queue.
- A fit gets the named collections, for the named project. Nothing wider.
- A miss gets an answer anyway: which route fits, if one does.
Opens a mail draft with these questions in order. Nothing is sent until you send it.