This document provides an overview of research skills for a book club, including finding and evaluating sources, understanding copyright and fair use principles, and identifying tools and resources for multimedia projects. Key aspects of copyright law and the fair use doctrine are explained, along with recommendations for research databases, open media sources, and citation and collaboration tools. Ethics of source use and attribution are emphasized throughout the discussion of conducting copyright-compliant research.

1. WE ARE….RESEARCHING!
Library and Media Research Skills
For Lector Book Club
Anne Behler, a.k.a. “Biblio-tech”
November 10, 2011

2. The Writing Creation Process
Raw information
1.) Research topic
2.) Brainstorm ideas
3.) Write script
4.) Storyboard
5.) Collect content
6.) Edit project
7.) Publish
Engaging narrative

3. Research
• Finding and evaluating sources
– Background information
– Evidence to support your argument
– Multimedia content
• Ethical use of information
– Understanding copyright and Fair Use
– Citing sources

4. COPYRIGHT
“…Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize
others to do the following:
• To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
• To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
• To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by r
ental, lease, or lending;
• To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes,
and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
• To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic
works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or
other audiovisual
work; and
• In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A of
the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, see Circular 40, Copyright Registration for Works of the
Visual Arts. It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. These
rights, however, are not unlimited in scope….”
(http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf)
= Creative works belong to the people who made
them, and using them without permission is stealing,
except when your use complies with the tenets of the Fair Use clause…

5. COPYRIGHT
• Copyright protection is automatic, and it applies to published and
unpublished works
• Extends 70 years after the author’s/creator’s death
• Original intent was to encourage creative production
• Fair Use provides parameters legally/ethically using or repurposing
copyrighted materials

6. FAIR USE
Aoki, K., J. Boyle, and J. Jenkins. Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law? Center for the Study of the Public Domain, 2006.
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html

7. Four Factors of Fair Use:
• What is the character of the use?
• What is the nature of the work to
be used?
• How much of the work will you
use?
• What effect would this use have on
the market value of the original?
(http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html)
Image from Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law?

8. CREATIVE COMMONS
Licenses granted by the
owners of the work for
others to use, modify, and
adapt their work.
Specific license descriptions:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Image from Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law?

9. RESEARCH RESOURCES
• LionSearch
• Recommended Research Guides:
• Sociology
• Education
• Library and Information Studies
• United States Statistics and Data

10. MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES
• Mediacommons.psu.edu/freemedia
• LionSearch
• Tinyurl.com/librarycontent
• SimplyMap (Libraries > Research > Databases)

11. HELPFUL TOOLS
• Spaaze – storyboard and organize
• KnightCite – citation generator
• Google Docs – citations and collaborative documents
• Kaywa – QR code generator
• The Biblio-Tech! - available for appointments and/or
email consultation