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" & as pdf
- 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, Codes of Best Practice (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
Plagiarism
According the Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences' "Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism" tutorial, "[p]lagiarism is the unacknowledged use of the words or ideas of others." Often plagiarism is not recognized as such, but that doesn't help if you run afoul of the Code of Academic Integrity!
"All of the following are considered plagiarism:
- turning in someone else’s work as your own
- copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
- failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see our section on “fair use” rules"
- from the "Handout on Plagiarism and Citation", originally created by Turnitin.com and modified by Medha Devare for educational use