"It is critical when using resources from the WWW
to give the site (title name, URL, and organization or individual) credit for the information and pictures."

     Now that you have found valid resources, you need to cite them appropriately in your work and your students need to do the same for their work. It is critical when using resources from the Web to give the site (title name, URL, and organization or individual) credit for the information and pictures. The following information addresses the appropriate manner to cite Internet resources in documents and provides resources on the topic of Copyright.

     Many sites have a copyright tag on the top or bottom of the page. If you copy the information into a written document, you need to ask permission from the author. Often an e-mail address is provided in order for users to request permission for copying the information. More and more sites are beginning to do this. Consider any received information protected: cite it appropriately and request permission to copy. When citing a Web site, include the title page, URL, and date when used.

     The following guidelines address the appropriate manner for citing Internet resources in documents. These guidelines come from "Citing Internet Resources", Classroom Connect Newsletter, September, 1999.

Author. Title of Item. [Online] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download.

Example :

Brown, J., Reinsvold, L. WOW's iNTERNET for Educators. [Online] Available http://www.uswestwow.org/nwow/neducation/neducator/, September 5, 1999.

Description or title of image. [Online image] Available http://address/filename, date of document, image, or download.

Example:

Koala. [Online image] Available http://www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/koala.htm, September 20, 1999.

Description or title of sound. [Online sound] Available http://address/filename, date of document, sound, or download.

Example:

Aborigine Dideridoo. [Online sound] Available http://library.advanced.org/28994/music.html, September 20, 1999.

Description or title of video clip. [Online video clip] Available http://address/filename, date of document, video clip, or download.

Example:

Tasmanian Devil. [Online video clip] Available http://vcserv.seas.smu.edu/tastour/fauna/devils.mov, September 20, 1999.

Author of e-mail message. Subject line of the message. [Online] Available e-mail:Student@address.edu, date of message or download.

Example:

Brown, Jane. The Attachment Blues. [Online] Available e-mail:wow@uswestmail.net, September 6, 1999.

     For more information: check these URLs:

• APA Style of Electronic Citation
  www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/apa.html
  
  
• Copyright & Fair Use
  fairuse.stanford.edu
  
  
• Copyright homepage
  www.benedict.com
  
  
• Copyright Management Center
  www.benedict.com
  
  
• From Now On | Keeping it Legal: Questions Arising out of Web Site Management
  www.fno.org/jun96/legal.html
  
  
• Guide for Citing Electronic Information
  www.wilpaterson.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.htm
  
  
• Penn State's Site for Copyright Information
  www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/copyright_sites.html
  
  
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office homepage
  www.uspto.gov
  
  
• United States Copyright Office
  lcweb.loc.gov/copyright