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Welcome to the Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation guide from Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State Libraries. This guide addresses copyright questions specific to Penn State thesis and dissertation authors. It covers the following topics:
Your committee, advisors, and other mentors in your field can help you understand your field’s publishing norms, such as how to select and assess third party material and how to attribute that material properly.
The Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State Libraries supports faculty, staff, and students in making informed and ethical decisions about copyright and the use of copyrighted materials in support of education and scholarly communications. The University Libraries supports teaching, learning, and research at Penn State as an active participant in the open access ecosystem, raising discoverability and visibility of Penn State scholarship and resources.
We are available to answer your questions. Submit a request to the Office of Scholarly Communications & Copyright.
This guide is based in part on Copyright for Dissertations, a guide from the University of Michigan Library Copyright Office, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.