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Creative Commons

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Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. Visit their website to decide which license is right for your work.

Tools You Can Use

Citation Maker - Generate a citation from manually-entered information.

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OWLPurdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is the premier source of help for research and writing used by college students everywhere.

Fayetteville Public Library

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Icard Account- Look up your Icard number to get digital access to research databases, ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, and free music downloads. 

 

Why does copyright matter?

Whenever you create an original work of text, music, video, or image you automatically own the copyright for it. That's right! No need to apply or register. You control copies, distribution, performance, and display of your work, with the exception of its use for news, criticism, and education (see Fair Use).

Using copyrighted works in a classroom for the purpose of teaching and learning is OK.  However – and this is important -  you may be violating copyright if you use those same works in remixes or for club flyers, videos for school events,  or written materials unrelated to school assignments. It's always best to use copyright-cleared images and videos. When you use copyrighted works you need to ask for permission. To obtain permission, you must determine the copyright owner of the material you intend to use, contact the owner, obtain permission to use the work, and -- in some cases -- pay the owner a fee.

Learn to Research

 

Walk through the research process - Define, Plan, Find, Create, and more.