LibGuides: Copyright Guide: Resources for Students

Internet Resources

Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance
Copyright Clearance Center's guide for academic institutions helps answer questions ranging from basic copyright law to ILL and e-reserves.
Copyright.gov
The U.S. Copyright Office website covers the basics as well as law and policy.
Finding and Using Images
A LibGuide created by April Hathcock, a librarian at New York University Libraries.
UNC Libraries Plagiarism Tutorial
This interactive tutorial gives students an overview of plagiarism. Students are shown the "why," "when," and "how" of citations so they can avoid plagiarism.

Fair Use Checklist
The Fair Use Checklist and variations on it have been widely used for many years to help educators, librarians, lawyers, and many other users of copyrighted works determine whether their activities are within the limits of fair use under U.S. copyright law (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act).

1. Always keep good bibliographic records of the resources you use in your work.

2. Properly cite the resources you use in accordance with the appropriate format.

3. Don't take credit for the words or ideas of others. Give credit where credit is due.