Copyright Resources

Copyright Clearance Center

Home page of the CCC, which provides licensing systems for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials throughout the world.

U.S. Copyright Office

Includes general and legal information, forms, and a searchable database of copyright registration information and recorded documents from 1978 to the present.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States

From Cornell University. Provides information on the length of copyright term for various types of works and what is in the public domain.

Copyright Office

from George Mason University. Provides information of US Copyright Law and File Sharing, copyright tutorials, and copyright resources.

Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials

From Georgia Harper, University of Texas System Office of General Counsel. Provides information on what is Fair Use including individual liability and steps to determine if permission is required to use a copyrighted work.

Copyright Management Center

From Indiana University. Provides the Copyright Quickguide, information on Fair Use, and information on how to obtain permission to use a copyrighted work.

Copyright Information Center @ Cornell University

The Website serves as an information clearinghouse and contains Cornell policies, general information, reference materials, and information on the University's copyright awareness and education programs.

Copyright and Libraries

From LibraryLaw.com. Provides resources regarding copyright, including websites, legal cases, copyright guidelines, for libraries.

Citation Guides

APAStyle.org

The web site for the American Psychological Association Citation manual.

CBE Citation Guide

From Ohio State University, this style guide is based on the Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 6th edition, 1994.

Citation Style Guides

From Seattle Central Community College Library. This Style guide provides information for MLA, Chicago, APA, and American Anthropological Association (AAA) formats.

Chicago Manual Of Style Tools & FAQ's

The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems, the humanities style (notes and bibliography) and the author-date system. This site provides information on both styles as well as an FAQ.

The Elements of Style

This classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

Landmark Citation Machine

Contains a "citation machine" - an easy-to-use tool that will generate a work cited entry in either MLA or APA format.

Literature and Composition Resources

Includes links and lists to resources for Composition, Business Writing, Technical Writing, Linguistings, Journalism, and Creative Writing.

MLA Style

Home page of the Modern Language Association. The MLA Style for preparing scholarly manuscripts and student research papers concerns itself with the mechanics of writing, such as punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources. MLA Style Guides are available at the Reference Desk.

Online Writing Lab

Purdue University. Provides information and resources for writing, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, research and documenting resources (including MLA and APA styles), and professional writing (resumes, cover letters, etc.)

Online

Several chapters from the book Online, by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger, which provide instruction on citing electron sources in MLA, APA, CBE, and Chicago Style.

Research and Documentation Online

This site offers an annotated list of specialized sources for more that 25 disciplines, guidelines for documenting print and online sources, (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles), sample papers with annotations for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE, a list of style manuals for a variety of disciplines and a glossary of library and research terms.

Turabian Style Guide

This style guide provides students with a basic introduction to citation style for social sciences term papers. It is based on the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).

UCA University Center for Communication Support

Provides writing handouts and links to web resources, including links to online citation guides.

Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

From Georgetown University. Provides information on Plagiarism, copyright, and citing the works of others.

Synthesis: Using the Work of Others

Provides information on plagarism and copyright and provides links and information for citing the works of others including citation guides not only for papers, but for presentations and websites.