This guide answers common copyright questions related to theses and dissertations, including reusing your own and others' content.
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Welcome to the Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation guide from Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State Libraries. This guide addresses copyright questions specific to Penn State thesis and dissertation authors. It covers the following topics:
Your committee, advisors, and other mentors in your field can help you understand your field’s publishing norms, such as how to select and assess third party material and how to attribute that material properly.
The Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright provides education and services to the university community. Topics we can help with include:
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This guide is based in part on Copyright for Dissertations, a guide from the University of Michigan Library Copyright Office, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.