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Additional resources

American Association of Universities Campus Guide to Copyright: https://www.aau.edu/issues/copyright

A Citizen's Legal Guide to American Copyright Law from Case Western School of Law: http://www.newmediarights.org/guide/legal/copyright/citizens_legal_guide_american_copyright_law

Copyright for Librarians from the Berkman Center: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2013/copyright_for_librarians

Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright from the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#

Columbia Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University Libraries, available online at http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/. Site includes permissions forms, publication agreements, and fair use checklists.

Copyright & Fair Use, Stanford University Libraries, available online at http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Copyright Information Center, Cornell University, available online at https://copyright.cornell.edu/

Copyright Initiatives, University of Minnesota, available online at http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/

Copyright Watch - Monitors Legal Developments on Copyright around the World: http://www.copyright-watch.org/home

Copyrights and Wrongs, American Association of University Professors website authored by Ann Springer, available online at https://www.aaup.org/issues/copyright-distance-education-intellectual-property/copyrights-and-wrongs

Crash Course in Copyright, authored by Georgia Harper, University of Texas, available online at http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/dmcaisp.html#link. Site provides many sources of helpful information on all types of copyright issues. Good for the first time user or as a refresher for those who know some copyright basics.

Digital History Guide - covers issues involving gathering historical materials to put on the Internet including copyright issues: http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from University of San Francisco Internet and Intellectual Property Law Clinic: http://chillingeffects.org/copyright/faq.cgi#QID867

Guide to the TEACH Act, University System of Georgia , available online at http://www.usg.edu/legal/teach_act/

Know your Copy Rights. Association of Research Libraries, online brochure for faculty and teaching assistants, available at https://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/storage/documents/kycrbrochure.pdf 

Music Law Updates: http://www.musiclawupdates.com/

Scholarly Communications @ Duke, Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Librarian at Duke University, available online at https://scholarworks.duke.edu/copyright-advice/scholarly-communications-toolkit/ . Site includes release forms and a TEACH Act flow chart.

The Scholarly Kitchen - a blog devoted to scholarly publishing: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/

SHERPA/RoMEO Publisher copyright policies & self‐archiving, available online at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/. SHERPA is a collaboration of higher education institutions, primarily in Great Britain. Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.

Teaching Copyright, Electronic Frontier Foundation, available online at http://www.teachingcopyright.org/. Site provides curriculum and numerous resources.