Author Rights

Know Your Copyrights (Association of College & Research Libraries-ARL)

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving guidelines database (SHERPA/RoMEO)
Science Commons Scholars Copyright Addendum, providing “non-exclusive rights to create derivative works from your article and to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display your article in connection with your teaching, conference presentations, lectures, other scholarly works, and professional activities.”
Model CIC Authors Addendum Author's addendum from the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (Big 10 + U of Chicago)