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Frequently Used Tools:


Copyright & Open Access Publishing

OASIS is the comprehensive web resource on all aspects of OA publishing.


Protecting your copyright: Why?

Why retain your rights? (MIT Libraries: Retaining Rights & Increasing the Impact of Your Research)

Tutorial from MIT: "Scholarly Publication and Copyright: Retaining Rights & Increasing the Impact of Research”

Pendergrass Library's page on Scholarly Publishing In Agriculture.


Protecting your copyright: How?

Use the Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine to secure your rights as the author of a journal article.

Note: Talk with your publisher about retaining the elements of your copyright that are important to you. Publishers are used to these requests, and many alternate copyright contracts already in place. You have power in these negotiations.

 

See what rights you retain under the default copyright agreement with traditional publishers using SHERPA/RoMEO.

If you retain the right, consider depositing the full text of your scholarly output in the University of Tennessee’s digital archive, TRACE.

 

Publishing Open Access: How?

UTK has a support fund to help pay potential costs when publishing in open access journals. Use the Directory of Open Access Journals to find a journal in your field.

See what rights you retain under the default copyright agreement with traditional publishers using SHERPA/RoMEO.

If you retain the right, consider depositing the full text of your scholarly output in the University of Tennessee’s digital archive, TRACE.


Copyright issues for Teaching Faculty

The Association of Research Libraries has developed an excellent brochure that covers the most common copyright issues encountered in a teaching setting. In particular, the one-page “What You Can Do” chart is useful for quick reference. (Click here for the full-color version).

 

These tools provided by the Copyright Advisory Subcommittee of the ALA can be helpful when trying to understand the complexities of copyright. Teaching faculty may be particularly interested in the Exceptions for Instructors eTool.

Minnesota fair use analysis tool
Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center


Open Access Publishing

Peter Suber's Open Access Overview and his Field Guide to Misunderstandings about OA.

Identifying and Evaluating Author-Friendly Journals Susan Payne 2006.

PLoS: UT authors receive a 10% discount on publishing charges in PLoS because UT is an institutional member of PLoS.


Not all OA publishers are created equal. See this list of Predatory Open-Access Publishers.

See also: An older version of the list, with more detailed explanations. 

Also see: Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development

Other UTK Related Library Resouces