For more information and examples, see Fair Use of Copyrighted Works . If the Web site was created for a class assignment and will be available to others in the class for only a limited time, you can use materials in the same way you would if you were creating a print project. Fair use rules also consider the amount of the original that is copied. You cannot post an entire copyrighted article, but you can quote sections of it. If the article is available online from the encylopedia publisher, provide a link to the full text on the publisher's site.
Images are also subject to fair use guidelines.
If your research project will be posted on a Web site that is openly available, be cautious about using copyrighted photos or other materials. Newsgroup postings are generally considered published since they are submitted for viewing by the entire group of subscribers. Fair use guidelines apply here. This is something to remember when you are the author of newsgroup or discussion list messages as well. E-mail is unpublished , so fair use probably doesn't apply.