EcoEd Digital Library Submission Guidelines

Welcome! Thank you for your interest in submitting a resource to EcoEd Digital Library. This page describes the types of resources we accept and guidelines for submission and peer review.

To view step-by-step instructions for submitting resources, visit our Submission Instructions page.

We invite ecologists and science educators to submit teaching resources that can be used to teach ecological concepts at the undergraduate level. Each online submission requires some descriptive information (metadata) to be considered for publication in the library. The author guidelines and review criteria below outline the requirements for different kinds of submissions.

Review of Submissions

You may submit a resource at any time. All submissions are selected for scientific accuracy, instructional value, and visual quality. The metadata provided with each submission are important for ecology educators searching for resources and deciding how to use them effectively in their courses. Therefore, both the resource and its corresponding descriptions are required for a submission to be complete. If you have any questions as you prepare a submission, please contact us and we would be happy to assist you.

When filling out the metadata in the EcoEdDL online submission form, submitters select a Primary Resource Type. In general, this indicates how the resource will be reviewed. Review criteria for three general classes of resource types–photographs and illustrations, figures and tables, and learning activities—are linked below. In general, two anonymous peer reviewers assess each submission prior to publication. This peer review policy applies to all resource types except course syllabi, and photographs and illustrations, which are subject to the approval of EcoEdDL editors. The review criteria for Photographs and Illustrations are intended for submitter reference only.

Please note that EcoEdDL resource types and review criteria are under development, so if you have a resource you would like to submit that is not described here, please contact us. Your resource might fit a type we're reviewing on a more selective basis while we refine the criteria.

File Types

Currently EcoEd Digital Library accepts the following file types: doc, gif, html, exe, jpeg, mpeg, pdf, ppt, tiff, xls, and zip. Maximum file size is 10MB.

Resource Types

Photographs and Illustrations

• Author guidelines
• Review criteria

Figures and Tables

• Author guidelines
• Review criteria

Learning Activities

• Author guidelines
• Review criteria

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