Subject Guides: Copyright: Resources & Further Research

Web Resources

Association of Research Libraries
Authors and their rights.
Author's Rights, Tout de Suite
Bailey, Charles W. Digital Scholarship, 2008.
Copyright Crash Course
University of Texas Libraries, by Georgia Harper.
Copyright FAQs
Stanford University provides clear answers to common copyright questions.
Complying with the National Institute of Health's Public Access Policy: Copyright Considerations and Options
Michael Carroll, February 2008.
Creative Commons
Provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.
A Shared Culture
Video that outlines the Creative Commons philosophy.
Get Creative
Video that outlines the Creative Commons philosophy.
Copyright Essentials for Linguists
Newman, Paul. Language, Documentation & Conservation. Volume 1, Number 1 (June 2007).
The Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine
This will help you generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights.
Scholarly Communications Toolkit
Complied by Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications @ Duke. Includes sample letters, release forms, licenses, and information on when you can digitize information to use in a course management system (TEACH Act).
Seizing the Moment: Scientists' Authorship Rights in the Digital Age
A report, prepared by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, calling for authors to use their leverage to negotiate licensing agreements that maximize access to and dissemination of their work.
Balancing Author and Publisher Rights
Suber, Peter. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, Issue 110, June 2007.
U.S. Copyright Office
Includes copyright basics, FAQ, and how to register to copyright.
Visual Resources Association (VRA)
VRA's statement on the fair use of images for teaching, research, and study.
The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship
John Willinsky. See Chapter 3 for copyright information.
Copyright Review Management System (CRMS)
For the HathiTrust Digital Library.

Resources at the University of Iowa

Books

Copyright: examples and explanations
Call Number: Main Library KF2995 .M35 2009

Copyright Law in a Nutshell
Call Number: Law Library Reserve KF2994 .L34 2017

Copyright Law: Protection of Original Expression
Call Number: Law Library KF2994 .H33 2015

Intellectual Property: The Law of Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks
Call Number: Law Library KF2979 .S335 2003

Intellectual Property: Examples & Explanations
Call Number: Law Library Reserve KF2980 .M42 2019

Copyright Journals and Newsletters

BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Daily
UI Law access only.
BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
UI Law access only for online version.
Call Number: Law Library KF3091 .A3 P37
IDEA
UI access only for online version.
Call Number: Law Library K9 .D348
Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
Call Number: Law Library K10 .O905

The University of Iowa Libraries

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Copyright: Resources & Further Research

Web Resources

Resources at the University of Iowa