Using Journal Articles

Provide the full citation—in the style that you prefer your students to use—for the article that you have selected. For example (in APA style): Bergh, J. S. (2005). We Must Never Forget Where We Come From: The Bafokeng and Their Land in the 19th Century Transvaal. History in Africa, 32, 1-19. (To comply with the TEACH ACT, all materials must be fully cited each time you assign or use them.) Add a copyright notice, Copyright © 2005 African Studies Association, 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.
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  • Is the article located on one of Whitman’s databases (like Lexis-Nexis or ProQuest)? 
If the Journal is listed in Journals at Penrose or in a database and you were able to find the full text electronically:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask library staff to place the item on eReserve.
  • Provide the hyperlink on your syllabus. For example, http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/history_in_africa/v032/32.1adesoji.pdf (remember to supply the full citation).
  • Post the link to your course management page in CLEo.
  • Print the article for yourself.
  • Make a copy of the article as a classroom handout on a one-time basis.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Cut and paste the article to a page on the World Wide Web without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Print the article and put it in a coursepack without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Make multiple copies of the article as classroom handouts in subsequent years without getting specific permission.
If the Journal is listed in Journals at Penrose or in a database, you were NOT able to find the full text electronically, but did find the journal in the stacks:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask library staff to place the item on eReserve.
  • Scan the article and put the PDF link on your course management page in CLEo.
  • Copy the article for yourself. Make sure to put the full citation on your copy.
  • Make a copy of the article as a classroom handout on a one-time basis.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Provide the link to the PDF file on the World Wide Web without getting specific permission from the copyright holder. If you post your syllabus on the WWW, remove the link but leave the citation.
  • Scan the article and place the text on the WWW without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Print the article and put it in a coursepack without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Make multiple copies of the article as classroom handouts in subsequent years without getting specific permission.
If the journal is NOT available through Journals at Penrose or one of the Library’s electronic resources:
    YOU MAY:
  • Find the article elsewhere (on the WWW, through ILL, your own subscription, purchase, etc.) and request that library staff place the item on Course Reserve.
  • Create a hyperlink to a stabile, reliable link on the WWW from within your course management page in CLEo provided that you are a pointing to a legal site. 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.
  • Copy the article for yourself. Make sure to put the full citation on your copy.
  • Make a copy of the article as a classroom handout on a one-time basis.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Print the article and put it in a coursepack without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Digitize the article yourself without getting specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Copy and paste content from another Web site without getting specific permission to do so.
  • Make multiple copies of the article as classroom handouts in subsequent years without getting specific permission.

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Adapted with permission from Wesleyan University