Copyright 

United States Copyright Office: Library of Congress

http://www.copyright.gov

This official site for the United States Copyright Office includes general information, official notices, copyright laws, applications and answers to frequently asked questions. Search for copyright records from 1978 to the present here.

U.S. Copyright Office Forms

http://www.copyright.gov/forms

Official site for printable and downloadable forms from the Copyright Office. You must have the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader (r) installed on your computer to view and print the forms. Some forms can be filled in and submitted online. Toll free phone number: 1-877-476-0778.

How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work

www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.pdf

General information about searching copyrights from the Copyright Office. The databases require telnet.

Copyright Clearing Center, Inc.

http://www.copyright.com 

Formed in 1978, the CCC is the largest licenser of photocopy reproduction rights. The site allows researchers to browse various databases containing U.S. copyrights.

Cornell Copyright Information Center: Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain

This table lists copyright terms and when works become part of the public domain.

Copyright Renewal Database

http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home

"This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals."

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org 

Authors are given resources to offer licenses to others, as long as the original author receives credit for the creation.  

Digital Copyright Slider

http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/

Set the arrow at the correct date on the right side of the page and refer to the information provided in the windows to check if a work is protected by copyright.

General Copyright

http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/generalcopyright/index.cfm

From the American Library Association, a directory of links pertaining to copyright.

Public Domain Works Data Base

http://www.publicdomainworks.net

This site is an open registry of artistic works that are in the public domain.  Search by title or by the name of the creator of the work.

University of Texas: Copyright Crash Course

http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright

User-friendly copyright tutorial created by the staff at the University of Texas at Austin.

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