Rights and Wrongs
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Many people use the internet to search for information to help
them make life easier. The search is relativity easy, but
ensuring the information is factual, reliable and not stolen is
hard. Material created for public use, such as published articles
and graphics are protected under copyright laws. Just because you
finally found the information you sought on a web site, does not
necessarily prove the information reliable or authentic.
Listed below are four web sites you may find useful in
determining your rights, the creators rights, and evaluate web
sites:
The Library of Congress - Copyright Office
- Provides a site information search engine
- Search copyright records
- Copyright Publications and news
- Links to related copyright issues
What is Copyright?
- A bibliography source site
- Defines copyright protection for information used from original creators
- Defines International Law of copyright protection
- Links to related copyright issues
Tips for Evaluating a WWW Search
- Sponsored by the University of Florida
- Tips on how to evaluate for reliability
- Questions you should keep in mind while evaluating information from the Web
- Links to helpful resources
Evaluating WEBsites: Criteria and Tools
- Evaluate USER and WEB content
- How to find the best reliable information
- WEBliography
- Links to helpful resources
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