Standard Permission and Accreditation
Most material on this web site is protected by
copyright. In most cases, material may be copied
and distributed under the provisions of the following
standard notice.
| The owner [S. A. Joyce] grants
permission to copy and distribute this material,
in whole or in part, provided that remarks are
neither taken out of context nor edited to
distort their meaning, and provided that credit
is given to the owner, and provided that no
charge whatever is made for such copies or
distribution without the owner's express written
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Any paper citing material from an
Internet web site should include a parenthetical
reference to the author at the end of the citation, and
the following MLA (or equivalent) format line should
appear on its "Works Cited" page.
General MLA format:
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Author. "Article
Title." article date. Web Site Name.
site revision date.
<article page URL> |
Example, using this page:
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Joyce, S. A. "Copying
& Distribution."
08 January 2008. Tangents.
28 February 2010.
<http://tangents.home.att.net/site/copyright.htm> |
MLA format specifies that each item in
a reference be separated from the next by a period and a
single space. The web site name may be either underlined
or italicized; dates are expressed in
international (day month year) format, e.g.,
"1 September 2001" or
"1 Sep. 2001."
Finding the required information:
- On this web site, the article date is located on
the article page (usually at the top right) and
designated "Posted,"
"Edited," "Revised,"
"Updated," or the like.
- The site revision date is located at the top
right of the MAIN (home) page.
- The page URL should appear in your browser's
address window when you first access the article.
For informal citations of material in personal
correspondence or Internet news group postings, a
parenthetical reference to the source is usually
sufficient.
Proper accreditation not only protects you from
charges of plagiarism (presenting the work of another as
your own), but also serves as a courtesy to your readers,
who may wish to verify your sources and perhaps explore
them further.
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Special Permission
A few documents on this web site—for example,
open letters to public figures—contain the header
notice:
Special permissions apply.
Such material may be freely copied, distributed,
modified, and mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to the
appropriate offices, under the conditions of the
following notice.
| The owner [S. A. Joyce] grants
permission to copy, modify, and distribute this
material, in whole or in part, provided that no
charge whatever is made for such copying or
distribution without the owner's express written
consent. |
No accreditation is required for such
use.
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Special Restrictions
Some documents, specifically those intended for future
publication in printed form, contain the header notation:
Special
restrictions apply.
Such material is subject to the following special
restriction, which supersedes any other permission,
explicit or implicit.
| This material is intended solely for
viewing at this Internet web site. The URL
may be hyperlinked or cited elsewhere, and the
user may make a single digital or printed copy of
the content for his or her personal
reference. Any other form of citation,
duplication, distribution, or republication of
the content of this page, whether in whole or in
part, is strictly prohibited. |
The headers of such
documents display the warning, "Special restrictions
apply," and the condition, "all rights
reserved," is appended to the copyright notice.
In addition, some material on this web site is the
property of others, protected by their copyrights, and
used here by permission. Your copying and
distribution of such material should respect the rights
of the respective owners.
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Items in
the Public Domain
Material compiled from public sources is in the public
domain. In addition, the owner may choose to
relinquish control of selected material. Page
headers of such items contain wording to the effect that:
This
material is in the public domain.
| Material enters the public domain
upon expiration of the copyright, or it may be
deliberately placed in the public domain by the
owner. Material in the public domain may be
copied and distributed without restriction. |
Although attribution is appreciated, it
is not required.
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