COPYRIGHT, CITATIONS, FAIR USE

How to Secure Permission to Use Copyrighted Works http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/permsec.htm
How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html
Fair Use http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.html and http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=645&PARENT_ID=393&bhcp=1
From the University of Minnesota Copyright Information and Education Web site:Four Factors of Fair Use: <Factor">http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/checklist.phtml>Factor
#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: APA Style (from the 5th edition, 2001 of the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association) From the APA Web site Electronic References section http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html#71examples are given for proper citation of:
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

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: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/crightflier.pdf. Contains advice about signing agreements with publishers and about using someone else's copyrighted works in your dissertation or thesis.