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In mainstream and academic publishing, Open Access (OA) refers to a publishing mandate that abides by the principles established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Non-open access distribution is called "toll access" or "subscription access. Publishers and authors choosing to make their publications accessible under OA principles do so to maximize educational and research impact.
Any electronic resources, listed in the StMU E-Resource Directories, which have the Open Access  logo provide access to content that is generally free of copyright and licensing restrictions that often act as barriers to access. This means that they are easily accessible online in digital format, and free of charge to the readers. Please consult the access terms & conditions of use of specific electronic resources in the for details about OA access.
Just because access to an article or online resource has been released under Open Access principles does not mean that it is open to plagiarism.
- All creators (authors, artists, song writers, etc) retain the moral copyright to their creations. That is, they retain the right in perpetuity to be acknowledged for any use of or derivative works based on their work, even after that work has entered the Public Domain.
- It is your responsibility to properly cite any and all works that you use by acknowledging the author and source of the materials.
The Library has posted more information on Copyright and Fair Dealing on its policy section, which is accessible from the front page of the Library website.
The Library also has specific FAQs on different aspects of Intellectual Property rights in an academic context:
Acknowledgements & Other Information
For more information on the Library's copyright policy, library users should consult the Library's Copyright Policy page. For information of copyright policies with respect to faculty and administrative services, StMU Faculty and Administrative staff should consult the Library's Intellectual Property resources.
The Creative Commons logo above was originally designed by the Creative Commons a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. It is licensed under the Creative Commons' Attribution 3.0 License. You are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to the official license.
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