GSLC LibGuides: GSLC Dissertation Support Guide: Copyright and Permissions

Key Points for Permissions

Before submission all AU Dissertations are reviewed by the ETD Librarian for compliance with U.S. Copyright law and our best practice guidelines for third party content.
ADAPTATIONS of Copyrighted materials - Require Special permissions : Permission to Reuse AND also Permission to Adapt
All Permissions to reuse or adapt go into an Appendix, Permissions.
Please remove all non-essential private information, e.g. addresses from the permissions.

Important documents, including information for permission letters, and links on the bottom of this box.

Permission Advice from UMI Proquest
GSLC ETD Checklist for Permissions

Including what must be included in the permission request.

g eneral information for AU dissertators

Permission slides

Permissions for Third Party Content

All content in your dissertation which you did not create, including words, images, lyrics, maps, instruments, music, photographs, poetry, etc. REQUIRES WRITTEN PERMISSION EXCEPT for material that falls under:

Fair Use
- Fair Use Evaluator
- Further resources : Stanford Univerity Libraries Copyright and Fair Use
Public Domain
Creative Commons License

Most common content for which our students need permission :

Poems and lyrics or any part of a poem or lyric
Images, including photographs, drawings, clipart
Figures and tables from other people's studies
Large blocks of text
Instruments, tests, surveys, inventories .

Requesting Permissions

All dissertations are reviewed by the GSLC Librarian for permission compliance.
Because permissions may take a long time and/or not be attainable, students are strongly advised you review all 3rd party content with the librarian well before the defense.
All dissertations must be in compliance before they are accepted for final approval.

Ask the GSLC Librarian to help you identify the copyright holder !