Copyright & the Doctoral Student
Director of Copyright Services
Amy Vanderlyke Dygert
Copyright Resources for the Dissertation Author
Copyright Resources for the Dissertation Author
- Germano, W. P. (2005). From dissertation to book. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (print)
- Germano, William P. From Dissertation to Book. Second edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013. (online)
- Cornell Copyright Information Center
- Cornell University Copyright Policies
- Cornell University, "Copyright Management for Authors"
- Cornell University Library Author Rights Guide
Public Domain and Fair Use Resources
- Peter Hirtle, "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States"
- Cornell University Faculty Guide to Copyright
- Visual Resources Association:, “Statement On The Fair Use Of Images For Teaching, Research, And Study” (2011)
- Center for Social Media, American University, Fair Use practice statements (for Poetry, Documentary Filmmaking, Media Literacy, Online Videos, and others)
- Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi. Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2011) (online)
- Chicago Manual of Style, chapters 4.69-4.87. (online; also available in print)
Copyright and Dissertations
- UMI, "Dissertation and Master's Theses Traditional Publishing Agreement"
- UMI, “Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis”
- Kenneth Crews, “Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities"
Repositories, Open Access Publishing, and Data
- Cornell's Digital Repository, eCommons
- Cornell University Library Guide: Open Access Publishing
- Cornell University Cornell Data Services (CDS)
- Public Access Policies for Publications: Compliance Support at Cornell
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- SHERPA/RoMEO (publisher copyright and self-archiving policies)
- SPARC Author Addendum
- Creative Commons licenses