To submit to Beadle Scholar, you need to create an account. Go to My Account and click Sign Up underneath "Forgot your password?" Use your DSU email to sign up and follow the password requirements. Click Create Account to finish the process.
The Author Corner contains Beadle Scholar FAQs, policies, and submission guidelines. Listed last is the Submit Research link which takes you to Beadle Scholar's submission form.
Beadle Scholar submissions are divided into colleges. If you're faculty, submit your work underneath your current college. If you're submitting a thesis/dissertation, publish underneath the Masters Thesis & Doctoral Dissertations category.
When you arrive to the submission form, fill out all the required fields, as well as any added fields you might want, and upload a copy of your publication. You can add key words and an abstract to help make your publication more discoverable. Also, if your publication is behind a paywall, under copyright, etc., select "Link out to file on remote site" at the end of the form and paste in the article's DOI link.
(Note: Item Title=Name of Article;
Outlet Title=Journal/Conference Name)
Any works originally published in an external journal must adhere to copyright restrictions when being published to Beadle Scholar. There are several resources that authors can use to check their re-publishing and archiving rights. Open Policy Finder is the recommended resource for checking author's rights for most research journals.
If you know the title or ISSN of the journal your work was originally published in, all you have to do is input the ISSN in the search box on Open Policy Finder's website and click Search. It is recommended to use the ISSN to avoid confusion with journals of similar titles. If you are unsure of the title or ISSN of the specific journal, you may search or browse by Publisher name.
