General Copyright Links

•    Copyright Act
•    Bill C-11, Copyright Modernization Act (Introduced September 29, 2011)
•    CAUT Fair Dealing Advisory
•    Canadian Library Association - Copyright Information
•    Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
•    CIPO Guide to Copyrights
•    CIPO Canadian Copyrights Database
•    Michael Geist (blog)
•    Howard Knopf (blog)
•    Creators' Copyright Coalition

Is It In The Public Domain?

•    Canadian Public Domain Flowchart
•    Stanford Copyright Renewal Database (US)

Public Domain and Archive Links

Not everything on these websites will be in the public domain or open access. Ensure that you check the copyright notices on the sites as well as on individual documents. When in doubt, direct your students to the links so they can copy the content themselves under fair dealing.

•    Creative Commons (text, audio, videos, images)
•    Creative Commons Canada (text, audio, videos, images)
•    Directory of Open Access Journals (open access resources)
•    Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) (open access resources)
•    SHERPA/RoMEO - Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving
•    D-Space, Repository List (open access resources)
•    Flat World Knowledge (open access textbooks)
•    PubMed Central (biomedical open access resources)
•    Connexions (course materials)
•    Textbook Revolution (course materials)
•    MERLOT (course materials)
•    MIT Open Courseware (lecture notes, exams, videos)
•    Open Educational Resources (course materials)
•    Freeload Press (e-textbooks)
•    Public Domain Resources Wiki (text)
•    Wikimedia Commons (media files)
•    Internet Archive (text, audio, videos, software, educational material)
•    Ibiblio (text, audio, software)
•    Project Gutenberg (e-books)
•    Wikisource (text)
•    Open Library (text)
•    Library and Archives Canada (text, audio, videos, art, stamps, photos, maps, etc.)
•    Government of Canada Open Data Portal (Statistical Data)
•    CBC Digital Archives (audio, videos, images)
•    Images Canada (images of events, people, places, etc.)
•    Library of Congress (U.S.) (text, audio, videos, images)
•    Digital Book Index (text)
•    World Digital Library (text)
•    The Online Books Page (text)
•    The Universal Library (text)
•    Internet Classics archive (text)
•    Internet Medieval Sourcebook (text)
•    Google Books (not all items are public domain)
•    Google Art Project (high res art images)
•    Librivox (audiobooks)
•    eBook Locator (e-books)
•    Public Domain Images Wiki (images)
•    Academic Image Co-operative (images)
•    Art Resource (fine art)
•    Web Gallery of Art (fine art)
•    CGFA Art Archive (fine art)
•    Artchive (fine art)
•    Canadian Art Database (fine art)
•    Art Renewal Center (fine art)
•    PicFindr (photos)
•    Copyright Free Photos (photos)
•    Public Domain Pictures (photos)
•    iStockphoto (photos, audio, videos)
•    Can Stock Photo (photos)
•    Thinkstock (photos)
•    Freeimages (images)
•    Pics4Learning (images)
•    Biocrawler (biology images)
•    Microsoft (clip art, box shots, screen shots, etc.)
•    School Clip Art (clip art)
•    Awesome Clipart for Educators (clip art)
•    Map Resources (maps)
•    Public Domain Music/Royalty Free Music (songs, sheet music)
•    Freeplaymusic (production music, indie artists, sound effects, etc.)
•    Stock Vault (stock photos)
•    National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project
•    YouTube (video)
•    Google Video (video)
•    Mutopia Sheet music (sheet music)
•    International Music Score Library Project (sheet music)
•    Public Domain Music (sheet music, music downloads)
•    Free Music Archive (streaming music)
•    Free Play Music (production music, sound effects)
•    http://creativecommons.org/audio/ (free music, licensed music)
•    Jamendo (streaming music)

MacEwan Library Links

These resources are available to MacEwan staff and students (and may be accessed remotely through the MyMacewan portal).

•    Article Databases
•    e-books
•    LibGuides
•    Library Program Contacts

COPYRIGHT LICENSING COLLECTIVES

A list of copyright licensing collectives with contact information can be found on the Copyright Board of Canada’s Copyright Collective Societies webpage.