What license agreements or relevant access terms may apply to copyright at StFX?
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Digital Licenses: StFX has various agreements and licenses with copyright owners often negotiated through consortial agreements, such as subscriptions to electronic journals and e-books. Use of copyrighted material is indicated in the terms of use for each agreement and is not uniform across all licenses. See How to Check Copying Restrictions for a Specific Journal, or you may contact your Liaison Librarian.
Creative Commons License: Check to see if the work comes under a creative commons license. Look for the Creative Commons symbol.
Open Access: Check to see if the work is being published via an Open Access Journal or resides on an institutional repository. Both are sources that are free to use without copyright clearance.
Web Content: Websites are publicly published and can be copied unless there is a clearly visible notice prohibiting it. Some websites such as YouTube offer an embedding tool that will enable you to embed the video into a website. Most of the licensed journals via StFX offer a persistent URL that can be embedded into Moodle courses or a protected website. These persistent links bring users directly to the work and include required authentication. For more information, see the guide on how to create reliable links to articles in library subscribed databases.
