HELPFUL LINKS

• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
  A chart of when works fall into the public domain, based on Lolly Gasaway's  When Works Pass Into the Public Domain.

• Digital Copyright Slider
  An interactive tool that helps determine whether a work is copyrighted or in the public domain

Searches for Copyright

• Copyright Records from the U.S. Copyright Office

• Orphaned Works Database (Stanford University's Copyright Renewal Database)
  This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1993 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals.

• Copyright Clearance Center
  A licenser that helps get permission to copy copyrighted works

• Music Publishers' Association Copyright Resource Center Copyright Search
  A guide guide for locating the publisher of a piece of music from the Music Publishers' Association

United States Government Resources

• United States Copyright Office
  
  See their FAQ.
  Search Copyright Records

• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21)
  From the Unites States Copyright Office

• Copyright Law of the United States of America
  From the U.S. Copyright Office. Also available through the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University
  and the Government Printing Office.

Fair Use

• Checklist for Fair Use
  A concrete checklist from the Copyright Management Center at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

• Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
  from the University of Maryland University College

• Section 108 Spinner
  An interactive tool that helps libraries and archives determine whether material can be reproduced

Blogs and Articles

• Copyright Advisory Network from the American Library Association

• Copyright Assumptions and Challenges
  Article by James Hilton from Educause Review (vol.36, no.6, pp.48-55) that corrects some copyright myths

• Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World By Kathy Biehl

• The Copyright Site a site for Educators by Dr. Vivian Wright at the University of Alabama