Managing Editor Educators and students have access to many more materials than they did in the past, from CD-ROMs and other digital collections of information and multimedia elements to the Web.
Different guidelines apply to different materials.
Many materials are in the public domain, and much educational use of copyright materials is protected as fair use. You can find resources on the Web to help you and your students assess how you use materials. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright, and users do not need to request permission to use them. Fair use allows educators, students, and others to use portions of work for teaching materials, research projects and documentation, and discussion or comment. However, it is often hard to decide what really constitutes fair use.