Books

USING A BOOK OR CHAPTERS FROM A BOOK WHICH IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Provide the full citation—in the style that you prefer your students to use—for the book that you have selected. For example (in APA style): Vaidhyanathan, S. (2001). Copyrights and Copywrongs. New York: New York University Press. (To comply with the TEACH ACT, materials must be fully cited each time you assign or use them.) Add a copyright notice, Copyright © 2001 New York University Press, and a disclaimer:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, university libraries and archives are authorized to provide reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the reproduction be used for academic study, scholarship, or research only. This material has been made available solely for use in this course. The material may not be distributed to any person outside this class, electronically or in paper form without specific permission from the copyright holder. If you use a reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use without permission, you may be liable for copyright infringement. Further, circumvention of technological protection measures (Section 1201) is against the law.
ORDER THE BOOK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Even if you are only using a small portion of the book, students must have the information they need and the opportunity to purchase the book. Contact the Whitman College Bookstore for purchasing information. 

√ CHECK    Does Whitman own a copy of the book?  Penrose Library catalog 
If Penrose Library owns a copy of the book:
    YOU MAY:

  • Ask library staff to place the book on Course Reserves. 

  • Copy small portions (typically less than 10%) of the book with the title page and ask that library staff place the reading on Course Reserve.

  • Scan small portions (typically less than 10%) of the book with the title page and post the PDF to your course management page in CLEo.

    YOU MAY NOT:

  • Copy more than a small portion (typically more than 10%) of the book without specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Copy any portion of a textbook or workbook without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Post links to chapters on the WWW without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Print chapters and put them in a coursepack without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.

If Penrose Library does not own the book you need for your course:
    YOU MAY:

  • Ask the Collection Management librarian to purchase a copy for the collection.

  • If the Library cannot purchase a copy, or it has not arrived on time, you may place your own legal copy on Course Reserves for your students to borrow.

  • Copy small portions (typically less than 10%) of the book with the title page and ask that library staff place the reading on Course Reserve.

  • Scan small portions (typically less than 10%) of the book with the title page and post the PDF to your course management page in CLEo.

    YOU MAY NOT:

  • Copy more than a small portion (typically more than 10%) of the book without specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Copy any portion of a textbook or workbook without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Post links to chapters on the WWW without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Print chapters and put them in a coursepack without getting specific permission from the copyright holder. 

USING A BOOK OR CHAPTERS FROM A BOOK WHICH IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

The terms of copyright are complex and have changed over the years. In order to determine whether or not the book you wish to use has entered the public domain, refer to the Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States chart

If the book is determined to be in the public domain, always provide the full citation—in the style that you prefer your students to use—for the book that you have selected. For example (in APA style): Twain, M. (1884). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Harper and Row.

    YOU MAY:

  • Find the book anywhere (in the Penrose Library, in another library, on your own shelf, on the WWW, through ILL, etc.) and use it, copy it, point a link to any portion of it, or digitize it.

  • Create a hyperlink to a stabile, reliable link on the WWW from within your course management page in CLEo. The new site must open in a new browser window. Read all of the copyright information on the site you are pointing to, follow specific guidelines and ask permission when necessary. Make sure to provide the full citation to the article you are accessing as well as a link to a homepage if needed.

  • Ask library staff to place the book on Course Reserves.

  • Order the book. Even if you are only using a small portion of the book, students must have the information they need and the opportunity to purchase the book. Contact the Whitman College Bookstore for purchasing information.

    YOU MAY NOT:

  • Copy or print a new introduction, new illustrations, new explanatory notes or other added material that would be copyrighted without specific permission from the copyright holder.

  • Assign, link to or use any portion of a work in the public domain without a full citation.

 

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Adapted with permission from Wesleyan University