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Faculty & Staff​

Teaching and Classroom Support

• Request Library Instruction for Your Class  
• Place Course Materials on Reserve

Using Library eBooks & Open Educational Resources in Your Courses

• Shafer Library licenses eBooks from a variety of well-know publishers. If you are looking for content which you and your students can access without additional costs, consider using these materials. Go to our eBooks Collection resource page to see all of our licensed content and links to open access texts.

• Open Educational Resources (Shafer Library)
  

Locating Journal Articles

• Shafer Library has an extensive number of databases to locate articles and other specialized information in your discipline. Find Articles | Research Guides (by Subject)
  
• Search for a specific journal using Journal Finder

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Getting Books from Other Ohio Libraries

• You can directly request books & DVDs from other Ohio academic & public libraries and pick them up at Shafer Library. Details at Find Books & eBooks
  

Can't Find a Book or Journal Article?

• Submit a special request and the library will try to obtain a copy. Article | Book
  

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Copyright Considerations & Fair Use

Copyright infringement can occur when you:

• Make a copy of a work (upload and post; photocopy)

• Distribute a digital or print copy of a work to others

• Perform a work

Some things you can do to minimize copyright infringement:

• Use Shafer Library's licensed content and provide a link to the journal article or e-book

• Use openly licensed works

• Use works in the public domain

• Obtain a print copy of a book or DVD from a library

Tools to help you decide whether your use of a copyrighted work is Fair Use:

• Fair Use Evaluator (ALA Copyright Advisory Network)

• Fair Use Checklist (Columbia University Libraries

Information on Copyright & Fair Use:

• Columbia University Libraries, Copyright Advisory Services

Disclaimer: This information does not constitute legal advice. If you have any questions about copyright and fair use, we will direct you to resources to help you better understand this legal landscape.

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Questions? Contact Your College Librarian

Brigitte Galauner, College Librarian for Business, Education, and Social Sciences
419-434-4260
[email protected]

Rebecca Quintus, College Librarian for Health Professions, Pharmacy, and Sciences
419-434-4549
[email protected]

Jenni Royce, College Librarian for Arts and Humanities
419-434-6915
[email protected]