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Social Work Guide

This guide includes scholarly articles, policy resources, and evidence-based practice tools to support social work education and community engagement.

Copyright & Fair Use


Concordia University Intellectual Property Policy


Fair Use Recommendations

ACRL Fair Use Tool Kit: A variety of information about fair use including presentations, legal cases, and guides


Requesting Permission

If the resource you wish to use is protected under copyright, and you need more than what can be shared under fair use, then you must request permission.

  • Determine the copyright owner. This could be the publisher, creator, or the employer (in work-for-hire). Tips for Determining the Owner
  • Identify what permissions you need. Remember: the more you need, the larger the (potential) fee.
    • how many copies (the number of students)?
    • how much (paragraphs, pages, or chapters?)
    • how long (number of terms/semesters)?
  • The Basics of Getting Permission (Stanford University Libraries)

  • Contact the copyright holder in writing. Many publishers now accept permission requests via email or website online form.
    • Identify yourself and Concordia University
    • identify where and how you will use the work
    • Identify how much of the work you need to use