Types of Rights

What You Can Do		Proposed Use
		Exhibit materials in a live classroom?	Most materials to an online class?	Distribute Readings?	Create electronic reserves?
Works Not Copyrighted	Public Domain Works (US Govt. and pre-1923 works, and certain other works)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copyrighted Works	Your Own Works (when you have copyright or reserved use rights)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Open Access Works (works available online without license, password, or technical restrictions) If rights are defined, be certain to read the rights, as open access works are still copyrighted unless otherwise noted.	Yes	Link	Link	Link
	Electronic Works Licensed by Your Institution* *depends on license, but usually permitted	Yes	Link to file in e-reserves	Link to file in e-reserves	Request Electronic Reserves
	Electronic Works with a Creative Commons License	Yes and comply with license terms	Link If permitted, give attribution and comply with license terms	Link or use Course Pack	Link and comply with license terms
	Other Works (when none of the above apply)	Yes	Yes If it meets Fair Use standards. If not, link or seek permission.	Yes If it meets Fair Use standards. If not, link or seek permission.	Yes If it meets Fair Use standards. If not, link, seek permission, or contact e-reserves librarian