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Frequently asked questions and answers

• Can I put materials found on this Web site into a restricted database or Web site at my school?
  
  Yes, if there is no charge for users of your materials and if distribution is of limited duration to your school only. Images must remain unaltered. All of the accompanying caption information must be included without alteration and the citation should include the URL “www.ushmm.org.”
  
  
• Can I use materials found on this Web site in a personal Web site?
  
  Yes, so long as the site displays no advertisements and has no sponsors, does not charge a fee for services, and does not offer any product or service for sale. The images must remain unaltered. All of the accompanying caption information must be included without alteration and the citation should include the URL “www.ushmm.org.”
  
  
• May I put images or text from this Web site on a CD-ROM or general access Web site?
  
  No, unless permission has been obtained in advance from the Museum. The permission of a third party may also be required.
  
  
• Can I print materials found on this Web site for a class project, lesson, and/or presentation at a professional conference?
  
  Yes, if it is a personal or academic work and not for publication in any medium. The images must remain unaltered and all of the accompanying caption information must be included without alteration. This type of use is encouraged; all other forms of publication are expressly prohibited.
  
  
• May I use the designs or logos on this Web site in my Web site or publication?
  
  No, unless permission has been obtained in advance from the Museum.
  
  
• May I link to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web site?
  
  The Museum is pleased to have you link from your Web site to this Web site, provided that your link to this site is presented in a manner that does not give the impression that the Museum is making an express or implied endorsement of the content or service provided on your Web site, and that the link is presented in a manner that indicates that the user is leaving one site and accessing another.
  
  A link to this Web site must identify the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in one of the following ways:
  
  
  • by name: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • by URL: www.ushmm.org
  
  
  You may not frame the pages of this Web site or transport viewers to any other location outside this Web site using the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s name, or any variation thereof, without the prior written permission of the Museum. Linking to this Web site does not grant you any ownership rights or interest in or to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum name or any variation thereof. The Museum has no obligation to link from its Web site to your Web site or to provide any reciprocal service of any kind.
  
  
• How do I obtain permission for other forms of publication?
  
  Anyone wishing to use the text, images or content on this Web site for purposes other than as authorized herein must obtain prior written approval. Permission for such use is granted on a case-by-case basis at the sole discretion of the Museum. The permission of a third party may also be required. Permission requests may be sent to permissionrequest@ushmm.org.
  
  
• How do I refer to the Museum’s Web site when I am writing a research or professional paper?
  
  Because this Web site is updated frequently, it is important to include when you visited the Web page that displays the material you are using. The following is an example of how to reference the Museum Web site in a text or footnote citation of a research or professional paper.
  
  
  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, “Women’s History Month,” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Web site, http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/women_02; accessed 28 January 2006.