Seminar
- Slides
- Streaming video for "The Basics of Copyright" from July 14, 2010
Note that streaming video requires a high speed internet connection, a browser (Internet Explorer (PC), Firefox (Mac or PC), or Safari (Mac)) and either Windows Media Player (PC) or Silverlight (Mac).
Campus resources
- Graduate School—how to use materials in a thesis or dissertation
- Graduate School—frequently asked questions
- JRVP and Opie Library—copyright resources
- JRVP and Opie Library—Ask a Librarian
General copyright resources
- Copyright Crash Course—created by University of Texas, Austin
- Test your knowledge with their tutorial
- United States Code, Title 17—Searchable full text of Copyright Law created by Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute
- Stanford University/NOLO site on Copyright and Fair Use
- Copyright Law & Graduate Research—Provided by ProQuest/UMI
Fair use
- Overview from Stanford University
- Fair Use Evaluator—created by the American Library Association Office of Information Technology
- Fair Use Analysis Tool—created by the University of Minnesota Libraries
Public domain and expiration of copyright
- Digital Copyright Slider—copyright protection status based on date of creation
- When works pass into the public domain