Research in Natural Resources & the Environment: A Guide for Cornell NTRES Graduate Students: Copyright

Copyright Resources for the Dissertation Author

• Cornell Copyright Information Center
• Cornell University, Copyright Policies
• Cornell University, "Copyright Management for Authors"
• Cornell University Library, Copyright Consulting 
• Cornell University Library, Author Rights

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 Scholarly Communication, Documentary Filmmaking, Image Use, 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)
• Chicago Manual of Style, chapters 4.69-4.87.

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