The ACCC Fair Dealing Policy allows you to copy a short excerpt of a copyright protected work:

• up to 10% of a copyright-protected work (including a literary work, musical score, sound recording, and an audiovisual work)
• one chapter from a book
• a single article from a periodical
• an entire artistic work (including a painting, print, photograph, diagram, drawing, map, chart, and plan) from a copyright-protected work containing other artistic works
• an entire newspaper article or page
• an entire single poem or musical score from a copyright-protected work containing other poems or musical scores
• an entire entry from an encyclopedia, annotated bibliography, dictionary or similar reference work

No copies may be made of the following:

• Unpublished works
• Proprietary workbooks, work cards, assignment sheets, tests or examination papers
• Instruction manuals
• Newsletters with restricted circulation to a fee paying clientele
• Business cases which are made available for purchase

As a student, your main copyright challenge is to ensure you properly cite all sources you use in your school work!

You need to cite to ensure...

• You give credit to the original authors/sources of information and avoid plagiarism
• Your readers can quickly access your original sources
• You add credibility to your assignments and help prove your arguments.

Colleges/Universities, subject areas and professions select and use a standard method of citation. Be sure to check with your Professor on what method to use.