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Copyright Guide

A primer on copyright law and fair use

Check Your Author's Contract

The Association of American University Presses
Resources for Authors and Faculty
The Association of American University Presses

The Association of American University Presses provides Resources for Authors and Faculty.

Faculty authors should consult the publisher contracts they signed when the article was published. The contract will generally include information on authors' rights, what types of permissions might be needed to post online or distribute to students.

Links to some academic publisher websites are found here:

Resources for Authors and Faculty
Resources for Authors and Faculty

Cambridge

Elsevier

Emerald

IEEE academic journals

Oxford Journals

Springer Journals

Taylor and Francis

 

 

Link to an Article from Library's Licensed Databases

Library databases allow direct links to many journal articles. Linking to an article, rather than posting a copy, ensures compliance with copyright restrictions.

 

EBSCO databases  Look for PERMALINK under TOOLS on the right hand side of the record
ProQuest databases Right-click on Citation/Abstract; copy link locaton
JSTOR The URL that appears in the browser bar of the article summary page is the persistent link for that article
Project Muse Click on Export Citations, and copy the Stable URL

 

To add an article link in Moodle, add this prefix to article's link:
http://ezproxy.selu.edu/login?url=add persistent link or article URL here!!!!

Example:
Kember, David. “Understanding How Students Perceive Workload.” Teaching Professor. 18.7(Aug. 2004):2.
http://ezproxy.selu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=13809693&site=ehost-live