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Ed.D. Library Resources: Copyright

Your guide to the most pertinent library resources for doctoral students

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Educating Yourself


Getting Permission

  • Check the Copyright Clearance Center permission rights for journal articles

  • Contact the publisher, author, or producer
     
    • Best practice is to always ask for permission to both adapt and reprint material for your own publication needs. 

More Resources About Copyright

Securing Copyright Permission

Providing attribution to items using the Creative Commons license:   https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution

Copyright And Related Laws

Copy Rights and Wrongs

What's Copyrighted?

  • Images taken or produced by another entity, such as:

    • Photos
    • Graphs, charts, and tables

  • Instruments for research, such as surveys, questionnaires, etc.

  • Computer code

  • Long quotations

  • Material found on websites

  • Your own previously published work

    • Do you own the copyright to your previously published articles, or does the journal that published them?

What's NOT Copyrighted?


  • MOST items produced by a government entity

    • Look for copyright restrictions before using
    • Sometimes there are exceptions

  • Processes and procedures, such as scientific formulas that are common practice

  • Items that have expired copyrights

  • Items in the public domain

  • When in doubt, contact the entity for permission!