Evaluating Sources

Integrating Information From Sources

Citing Information

What is Plagiarism?

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And Then There's Copyright

Copyright vs. Plagiarism

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Works Protected by Copyright
To be protected under the U.S. Copyright law, a work must be original and fixed in a tangible form of expression. It does not, however, have to be registered with the US Copyright Office, and it can include anything published OR unpublished. There are several broad categories for works that can be copyrighted:

literary works

choreographic works
musical works
film or motion pictures
sound recordings
dramatic works
architectural works
pictorial, graphic and sculptural works
software programs
digital media including email and web pages

Works without a copyright notice may still be protected by the law!