Copyright Permission Resources

To determine if works are in public domain

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States, Cornell Copyright Information Center

To copy or digitize copies of book chapters or journal articles

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
http://www.copyright.com/

You may get permission within 24 hours if the work is already registered with CCC. There is a processing fee.

To copy works from journals, newspapers, or other news organizations

Search the Libraries' online Journal Finder.

Also, some major newspapers provide on-line archives that can be linked.

To duplicate musical works (compositions)

Music licensing agencies:

• ASCAP
  http://www.ascap.com
• BMI
  http://www.bmi.com/licensing/
• SESAC
  http://www.sesac.com/

To duplicate sound recordings (musical performances)

Harry Fox Agency, Inc., includes the Song File Index of songs represented by HFA.
http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp

Or the recording company, artist or producer (the rights holder is indicated by the encircled "P" on the label). See the Recording Industry Assoc. of America
http://www.riaa.com/

To duplicate images

Media Image Resource Alliance, MIRA
http://www.mira.com/

To duplicate motion pictures

Motion Picture Licensing Corporation, MPLC
http://www.mplc.org/

If you do not know whether the work is copyrighted

Searching Online U.S. Copyright Office Records
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/rb.html

If you can not identify the publisher

For books, search Literary Marketplace or Books in Print

For journals, search Ulrich's International Periodicals

For music scores, contact the Music Publishers Association (MPA) or the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)

Or search WorldCat.