Copyright Notice

Copyright Notice and Attribution

Educational Use of Copyrighted Materials 

After determining that an educational use of copyrighted materials is permitted according to the Fair Use law or the Teach Act, a copyright notice and attribution should be supplied with the copyrighted material. 

Classroom Use

• Supply a copyright notice with any printed material distributed and supply the title page and copyright information page from the material used.
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• Give attribution to the source of materials used for classroom use, such as in PowerPoint presentations and handouts.  Failure to give attribution can be construed as plagiarism.  

Online Educational Use  

• A Copyright Notice should be scanned in before the material being made into a pdf or another type of image for use in Carmen or in electronic reserves.  Also, the title and copyright page from any print material should be scanned.  When linking to online material or a library electronic resource from Carmen, the copyright notice should be inserted in the News or Comment section in Carmen.
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• Give attribution to the original source either through scanning the title page of textual material or including attribution with any image, table, graph, etc. used. Include the web address for any material used from a website. Giving a web address or link is preferred to copying material from a website into Carmen or electronic reserves.  Failure to give attribution can be construed as plagiarism.  

Disclaimer

The information on these web pages and that received from the Copyright Management Office is not legal advice, nor is the CMO legal counsel to the university or any members of the university community.