Copyright Resources

Telephone: (407) 823-2527

mkilman@mail.ucf.edu

Frequently Asked Questions U. S. Government Copyright Related Sites Online Tutorials and Lessons

Copyright and Distance Education Internet Resource Sites for Copyright Information Selected Print Materials

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. How do I place materials on reserve in the Library?

A. See: Placing Materials on Reserve and Copyright Compliance for Reserve Materials

Q. What is "Fair Use"?

A. CETUS (Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems) offers an electronic version of Fair Use of Copyrighted Works. The University of Texas has published Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials as part of their Crash Course in Copyright.

Q. Where can I get a copyright permission request form?

A. UCF Teaching Online has posted an example permission request form and an example letter, as part of their Copyright related information. The Copyright Clearance Center offers a FEE service, the Permissions Online Service.

Q. How can I contact the publishers?

A. Current UCF faculty and students can find contact information for publishers from the UCF Library home page. For book publishers, click on "Database Titles A-L", and select "Books in Print". For journal publishers, click on "Database Titles M-Z", and select "Ulrich's International Periodical Directory". NOTE: You will need to set up a PROXY connection to access either of these databases from off-campus.

Q. Where can I obtain a copyright application form for an original work?

A. The UCF Office of Research and Commercialization has posted copyright and patent disclosure forms available online.

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U. S. Government Copyright Related Sites:

• U. S. Copyright Office
• U. S. Copyright Office - Frequently Asked Questions
• U. S. Copyright Office - Registration Procedures
• Copyright Law: Title 17 of the U.S. Code
• Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights
• Digital Millenium Copyright Act*

*(this is a PDF file, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer).

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Online Tutorials and Lessons

• Copyright Tutorial (from North Carolina State University).
• Crash Course in Copyright (from the University of Texas at Austin).

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Copyright and Distance Education:

• AAUP Report on Distance Education (from the American Association of University Professors).
• Copyright Law for Distance Learning (from the University of Texas).
• Copyright Office Study on Distance Education (from the U.S. Copyright Office).
• Distance Education (from Copyown - Resources).

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Internet Resource Sites for Copyright Information:

• Copyright and Cyberspace (from Tufts University).
• Copyright, Fair Use and the Education Dilemma (from the University of Central Florida).
• Links to Other Copyright Resources (from the University of Louisville).

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Selected Print Materials:

Copyright Basics	U.S. Documents	LC 3.4/2:1/999
Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook	General Collection	KF2994 .J37 1998
Copyright Primer for Librarians and Educators	Reference	Z649.F35 R44 1987
Copyright Sampler	General Collection	KF3030.1.Z9 C66
Digital Millennium Copyright Act	U.S. Documents	AE 2.110:105-304

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For questions or comments regarding the contents of this page, please contact:

Marcus Kilman
Telephone: (407) 823-2562
e-mail: mkilman@mail.ucf.edu

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Created December, 1999

Updated 03 June 2009