When you are choosing a publisher for a journal article, check out the publisher's policy for the journal on permission to deposit. You can get this information, as well as a link to publisher copright agreements from this Sherpa/Romeo WebSite. Use the site to do a journal search to go to a page that condenses information about whether the publisher allows you to deposit the published version of your article in that journal with no restrictions. On each journal's Sherpa/Romeo page you will also find the link to the copyright form for the journal.
Refer to the tab "Publishing in Open Access" for more information.
One of the Websites linked from this guide, comes from Purdue University. From the Purdue guide you can link to "Reference List: Electronic Resources." This site gives examples of citing a variety of types of online resources such as: Web pages, data sets, online encyclopedias, electronic books, online lecture notes, computer software, articles from an online periodical, etc. Include the month, day, and year that you accessed the Web site. Be sure to record that information as you find a source you might want to include. The Site content, URL, etc. could change after you have cited it.
From the Purdue University site, Purdue Owl, under "Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report:"
"List as much of the following information as possible (...If there is a page like https://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to https://www.somesite.com/):
"Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from https://Web address"
AND
"NOTE: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date."
Don't forget to include the date you accessed the site. The Web site "APA Style" from the American Psychological Association gives an example of referencing a Web page that lists no author (as well as other examples from their FAQ page). The example shows the "Retrieved from" statement with the date of access and URL.
COPYRIGHT, CITATIONS, FAIR USE
How to Secure Permission to Use Copyrighted Works
How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work
About Fair Use from Stanford University and from Educause
From the University of Minnesota Copyright Information and Education Web site:Four Factors of Fair Use
#1: Purpose and character of the useFactor
#2: The nature of the copyrighted workFactor
#3: Amount and substantiality of the portion usedFactor
#4: Effect on the potential market for or value of the work
Proper citation of an Internet source: There are a variety of types of Internet resources that may have diverse citation formats depending on the style required for the publication.
1. Internet articles based on a print source
2. Article in an Internet-only journal
3. Article in an Internet-only newsletter
4. Stand-alone document, no author identified, no date
5. Document available on university program or department Web site
6. Electronic copy of a journal article, three to five authors, retrieved from database
Some basic elements of an Internet Web Site citation:
The citation must include the title of the Website, the URL, and the date you accessed it. One approach to determining the title is to "view" the "source" or "page source" code (from the browser) and look for the line <title>. If you can determine the author and the update date, include these as well.
If you use screen shots from a .gov Web site, you must cite them!
Check out this important Copyright Information from the Virginia Tech University "ETD" (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) Web site: https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/crightflier.pdf It contains advice about signing agreements with publishers and about using someone else's copyrighted works in dissertation or thesis.
Your students should deposit their thesis or dissertation separately (in addition to their submission for degree completion) in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Commons (Institutional Repository - linked from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries main page) so that they and their perspective employers, mother, brother, etc. will be able to access it. Contact University of Nebraska-Lincoln Librarian Paul Royster for assistance.
When you are choosing a publisher for a journal article, check out the publisher's policy for the journal on permission to deposit. You can get this information, as well as a link to publisher copright agreements from this Sherpa/Romeo WebSite. Use the site to do a journal search to go to a page that condenses information about whether the publisher allows you to deposit the published version of your article in that journal with no restrictions. On each journal's Sherpa/Romeo page you will also find the link to the copyright form for the journal.