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Copyright Basics
Middle School
Copyright and Fair Use
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What is “intellectual property?”
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What is “copyright?”
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Ideas and creative works in tangible
form (recorded)
What is “fair use?”
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Ideas and creative works
Special conditions under which I may
use copyrighted material
What does it mean to “cite” my
sources?
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Give credit to someone else for their
work
Fair Use Guidelines
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Folllow the “fair use” guidelines
Know the limits for using
copyrighted material
Cite your sources
Researching
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Take notes by summarizing and
paraphrasing material in your own
words
Record bibliographic information
(include at least)
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Title
Author
Date
Cite sources of specific quotations or
visuals
Organize information
Use a MLA format to record sources
Citations Provided
Many of the library resources
cite for you!
 Locate
the MLA citation
 Copy and paste
Look for citation in:
 Destiny
Card Catalog
 Badgerlink Resources
 Grolier Online Encyclopedia
Examples of Works Cited in
MLA 7
 Books
 Print
Encyclopedia
 Magazine Articles
 Interview
 Online Articles
 Web Pages
 Online image
 Multimedia Presentations
Books: Destiny Cites For You
Book with one author:
 Author.
 Title of book. (italics)
 City of publication:
 Publisher, date of publication. Print.
Cohen, Daniel. America's Very Own Ghosts.
New York: Doubleday, 2011. Print.
Book with two authors:
 Authors (in the order they are given in the
book).
 Rest: Same as above.
Smith, Elizabeth and David Wright. Rocks and
Minerals. Chicago: Macmillan, 2012. Print.
Print Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia and other familiar reference
books:
 Author of article (if available).
 "Title of article."
 Title of book. (italics)
 Date of edition.
 Print.
Eiselen, Malcolm R. "Franklin, Benjamin."
The World Book Encyclopedia. 2010
ed. Print.
Magazine Articles
Article in print:
 Author (if available).
 "Title of article."
 Periodical title (italics) date: page.
 Print.
Haverkamp, Beth. "Bad Women and Bandit
Queens." American Girl. May 2010:
20-22. Print.
Interview
Interview:
 Name of person interviewed.
 Type of interview.
 Date of interview.
Whitman, Christie. Personal interview. 20
August 2011.
Online Articles
Article from an online database:
 Author.
 "Title of article."
 Magazine title (italics) date: page.
 Name of database. (italics)
 Publisher of database. (if available).
 Web.
 Date of visit.
Peterson, Robert W. "Teddy Roosevelt: The
Conservation President." Boys' Life. April
2011: 28. Middle Search. EBSCO Publishing.
Web. 12 November 2012.
Web Pages
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Author (if known).
Title of website. (Italics)
Date of site. (if known).
Web.
Date of visit.
Boritt, Gabor S. War Files.1
September 2012. Web. 3 March
2013.
Online Image
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“Name or Description”
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Title of website. (italics)
Date of image.
Web.
Date of use.
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“Family.” Flikr. 1 September
2010. Web. 2 April 2012.
Multimedia Presentation
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If you use copyrighted materials,
the law requires this message
on the opening screen. It may
be in small type.
Certain materials are included under the fair use
exemption of the U. S. Copyright Law and have been
prepared according to the fair use multimedia guidelines
and are restricted from further use.
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Multimedia limitations