COPYRIGHT
Copying a large portion of a book, magazine, song, photograph, or electronic resource violates copyright laws.  Willful violations of copyright may be subject up to penalties.

Part of the copyright law refers to Fair Use.  Fair use is intended to help advance intellectual inquiry.  Under fair use, you may temporarily use materials that are copyrighted for the purposes of education, critique, and satire, in methods that do not degrade the commercial value of the work.  If you intend to use a work for more than a limited time (greater than 6 months), you need to obtain written permission from the original author, creator, or publisher of the work.  Many times works (writings, images, etc.) will have directions for obtaining copyright permission from the author or publisher and you can follow those instructions to receive copyright permission. 

When viewing an Electronic Book, you are allowed to print one page at a time.  Printing an entire eBook violates copyright laws.  If suspicious usage is indicated you will be sent a copyright warning message.

Try to use graphics from pages or resources which clearly give you permission to use their materials freely.  If you use a graphic, photograph, or screen shot for a presentation make sure you use the © symbol, the name of the creator of the image and the copyright date.  Include copyright information beside or under the images.

PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is the use of someone else’s work as your own.  When you submit work for credit that includes someone else’s work, the source must be acknowledged by use of complete and accurate citations.

Whenever you find information you want to use for a project, keep a record of the bibliographic information (Author, Title, Publisher, Place of Publication, Copyright Date, Date Accessed, and URL if an Internet resource).  Give credit in the body (text) of the document and on your Reference (Works Cited) page.

EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM

• Obtaining an entire paper from another student and submitting it as your own
• Copying and pasting sections from the Internet without acknowledging the sources
• Using the exact written words from a work without quoting the sources
• Paraphrasing someone’s written ideas, in your own words, unless you acknowledge that it is their idea

MORE INFORMATION ON COPYRIGHT AND PLAGIARISM: 

• Copyright Basics – University of Minnesota Libraries
• Copyright and Fair Use – Stanford University
• Avoiding Plagiarism – The OWL at Purdue
• Plagiarism:  What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
• Rutger’s University Library – Plagiarism