Basic Copyright Guidelines
- For books and magazines, you can use up to 1,000 words, up to a maximum of 10% of the book or article.
- For poems, you can use up to 250 words from one poem; a maximum of three poems by the same poet; and a maximum of five poems from the same collection.
- For photos, drawings, and artwork, you can use a maximum of five pieces from the same artist and a maximum of 15 from the same collection.
- For videos and films, you can use three minutes OR 10% of the entire video and you cannot alter the clip.
- For music, you can use 30 seconds OR 10% of the sheet music or 10% of the recording with only minor edits.
For more information and resources on copyright, check out the resources below:
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.html
Copyright Guidelines for Teachers
Citation Information
In your paper, you must credit all the sources from which you gathered your information to avoid plagiarism. This is called citing your sources.
At the end of your paper or your project you will have a Works Cited/Bibliography/Resources page. This will list all the resources, both print and electronic, that you used for your research.
If you use resources from the Gale or JSTOR databases, it will create a citation for you in the format that you specify. You can even save the articles to your school OneDrive account to access them at a later date.
Citation Tools
Google Citation Help
Citation Builder
Owl at Purdue
MLA Style Center