Links to online resources
The links below can help you find additional resources for available materials, assistance in obtaining permission (licenses) to use material, materials freely available for use and distribution, and information about protecting your own research and creative efforts. The links have been compiled into the following categories:- Canadian Law: the Canadian Copyright Act
- Audio/Video: databases or other resources providing access to audio and video content available for use
- Images: repositories, or other resources, which provide access to quality images available for use
- Open Access / Creative Commons / Public Domain: repositories with material available for use
- Creators/Researchers: information regarding protecting intellectual property, including copyright
- Representative Organizations: membership organizations representing and advocating for different academic and/or creative groups
- Collectives: a list of some of the agencies with the authority to license copyrighted works, collect royalties, and distribute payments to rightsholders
- Copyright websites at other "opt-out" universities: copyright information at other institutions that, like the University of Saskatchewan, have not signed an agreement with Access Copyright.
Note that information found on external sites may not be applicable at the University of Saskatchewan. Please contact the Copyright Office if you have questions or require further assistance with any of these resources.
Canadian Legislation (Law)
Canadian Copyright Act (CCA)
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-42/index.html
Related: Bill C-11 (Copyright Modernization Act) http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=5144516&File=9
Audio/Video
Archive.org
http://www.archive.org
Large archive images, music, texts, podcasts, moving images, and software,
many of which are licensed under Creative Commons or are in the Public Domain.
Registered users can also upload their own material and link to it from
personal websites.
iTunes U
https://twitter.com/iTunesU
Follow iTunesU on twitter for official updates from iTunes U, including
featured courses from leading education institutions and noteworthy
instructors.
Related: apps for students http://itunes.apple.com/us/collection/apps-for-college/id25204?fcId=532589062&enlh=2.8331.833.83.8&mt=8&ls=1
LibriVox
http://librivox.org/
Audio readings of Public Domain books.
National Film Board of Canada
(NFB)
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/home.php
Reproduction of NFB materials for personal or public non-commercial use is
permitted, provided certain conditions are met (click here for more information). Commercial use
requires written permission of the NFB.
Creative Commons Audio and Video
Content Directories
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Directories
Directories of organizations that allow use of audio and video materials through
Creative Commons licenses.
Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
A database of over 13 million freely available and usable image, audio, and
video files. Its policy is "user beware" so it is essential to ensure
that any guidelines for citing sources are followed.
Images
Creative Commons Image Content
Directory
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Image#Featured_Image_Sites
A directory of organizations that allow use of images through Creative
Commons licenses.
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons
license. Use the advanced search options to browse or search
only for content available through Creative Commons licenses.
Images Canada
http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html
Database of archival (historical) images from Canadian libraries and museums
that can be used in non-commercial settings in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the pre-authorized licenses.
Library and Archives Canada
Learning Centre
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/index-e.html
Learning resources for teachers and students. Many Canadian books, images, and
professional development tools can be accessed through the site.
Springer Images
http://www.springerimages.com/mobile/
Over 320,000 free images and videos available for Medical and Life
Sciences. Three types of subscriptions are available, which provide different
levels of access to materials (basic subscription is free). Springer Images
also has an available iPhone
app
Wikimedia Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
A database of over 13 million freely available and usable image, audio, and
video files. Its policy is "user beware" so it is essential to ensure
that any guidelines for citing sources are followed.
Open Access / Creative Commons / Public Domain
Connexions
http://cnx.org/
A non-profit organization providing open education resources. Designed to allow
the collaborative development and free availability of material, it is governed
by Creative Commons licenses. Content is available from all over the world and
users may modify the material for any purpose (but must also be willing to
share information).
Creative Commons (CC)
http://creativecommons.org/
A non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative work
available for others legally to build upon and share. Copyright owners provide
users with varying degrees of access to their works The organization has
several copyright licenses which, depending on the license chosen, restrict
only certain rights of the work.
Related: Read this clever cartoon-style depiction on how to use Creative Commons licenses http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1
Directory of Open Access
Journals (DOAJ)
http://www.doaj.org/
Provision of access to over 8100 quality-controlled scientific and scholarly
Open Access journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
Free Archive of Life Sciences
Journals
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
Free full-text archive of over 2.4 million articles in biomedical and life
sciences journals at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library
of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
Government of Canada
publications (Crown Copyright)
http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/ccl/aboutCrownCopyright.html
Unless otherwise specified, copyright in works prepared by or under the
direction or control of the government of Canada (Crown) is owned by the Crown.
However, permission to reproduce most Government of Canada works for personal
or public non-commercial purposes, or for cost-recovery purposes, is no longer
required, unless otherwise specified in the material you wish to reproduce.
Permission must be obtained to revise, adapt or translate the work as well as
if the work will be distributed for commercial purposes.
Library and Archives Canada
Learning Centre
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/education/index-e.html
Learning resources for teachers and students. Many Canadian books, images, and
professional development tools can be accessed here.
Open Content Alliance
http://www.opencontentalliance.org/
International collaboration to provide broad, public access to an archive of
multilingual text and multimedia.
Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
A non-profit organization dedicated to digitizing works in the public domain.
Currently over 40,000 titles are available to download in multiple formats.
Many titles also available in audio formats.
Springer Science & Business
Media
http://www.springer.com/open+access?SGWID=0-169302-0-0-0
Provision of scientific and professional open access journals and books for
Medical and Life Sciences as well as publishing options for
authors/researchers. Three types of subscriptions are available to provide
different levels of access to materials (basic subscription is free). Springer
Images also has an available iPhone
app
Wikimedia
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Our_projects
Offers a variety of materials for educational use, such as WikiBooks
(a collection of free e-book resources),Wikispecies
(an open database for taxonomy), Wikiversity (learning materials and research), Wikimedia
Commons (repository for free images, photographs, maps, videos,
music, etc.). Its policy is "user beware" so it is essential to
ensure the guidelines for citing sources are followed.
Creators/Researchers
Canadian Intellectual Property
Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home
Outlines Canadian copyright issues and provides information about copyright
protection, as well as how to register a copyright.
CARFAC
http://www.carfac.ca
Non-profit organization representing professional Canadian visual artists'
voices to government.
Connexions
http://cnx.org/
Non-profit organization providing open education resources. Designed to allow
the collaborative development and free availability of material, it is governed
by Creative Commons licenses. Content is available from all over the world and
users may modify the material for any purpose (but must also be willing to
share information).
Thesis Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html
Large repository of Canadian theses and dissertations.
Representative Organizations
Association of Canadian
Community Colleges (ACCC)
http://www.accc.ca/xp/index.php/en
A membership organization, representing colleges and institutes in
Canada. SIIT and SIAST are members of ACCC.
Association of University and
Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
http://www.aucc.ca/
A membership organization, representing 95 universities and university
degree-level colleges. The University of Saskatchewan is a member of AUCC.
Canadian Association of
University Teachers (CAUT)
http://caut.ca/
Represents over 66,000 academic staff and provides wide range of services and
advice to members.
CARFAC
http://www.carfac.ca
Non-profit organization representing professional Canadian visual artists'
voices to government.
Collectives
Canadian Private Copying
Collective (CPCC)
http://www.resound.ca/en/index.htm
Canadian non-profit collective that collects and distributes the private
copying levies and advocates on behalf of members.
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en.html American
copyright collective that can provide licenses for American and international
in- and out-of-print books, journals, newspapers, magazines, movies, television
shows, images, blogs and ebooks.
Educational Rights Collective of
Canada (ERCC)
http://www.ercc.ca/ercc_welcome.html
Canadian non-profit copyright collective that administers the Educational
Rights Tariff. The Copyright Act allows educational institutions to make
a single copy of works at the time of their broadcast and use those copies in
the classroom without the permission of the copyright owners. Educational
institutions must comply with the Educational Rights Tariff certified by the
Copyright Board of Canada.
Re:Sound
http://www.resound.ca/en/index.htm
Canadian non-profit music licensing company that provides licenses for
performance rights and compensation for artists and record companies.
Society of Composers, Authors
and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
http://www.socan.ca/
Canadian copyright collective that administers performing rights of more than
100,000 composer, author and music publisher members.
Copyright websites at other "opt-out" universities:
Athabasca University
http://cldd.athabascau.ca/services/copyright.php
Carleton University
http://www.library.carleton.ca/copyright
Memorial University
http://www.mun.ca/copyright/
Mount Royal University
http://www.mtroyal.ca/Library/Research/Copyright/index.htm
Queen's University
http://library.queensu.ca/copyright
Royal Roads University
http://library.royalroads.ca/copyright-office
Trent University
http://guides.lib.trentu.ca/copyright
University of British Columbia
http://copyright.ubc.ca/
University of Guelph
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/about/policies/copyright.cfm
University of New Brunswick
http://www.lib.unb.ca/copyright/
University of Northern British
Columbia
http://libguides.unbc.ca/copyright
University of Waterloo
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/copyright/index.html
University of Windsor
http://web4.uwindsor.ca/units/leddy/leddy.nsf/Copyright!OpenForm
York University
http://copyright.info.yorku.ca/
Note that information found on the websites at other institutions may not be applicable at the University of Saskatchewan. Please contact the Copyright Office (8817) if you have questions or require further assistance with any of these resources.
Note: The information obtained from or through this site does not constitute legal advice, but is provided as guidelines for using works for educational purposes.
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