• Materials which are in the public domain  
• Materials for which the use can be identified as "fair use"  
• Materials licensed as Open Access  (Creative commons, etc.)                                                             
• Links to items held in the libraries' or Blackboard electronic collections
• Items that or linked or which have been purchased for course reserve through the libraries
• Works for which you have received permission from the rights holder

Check to see if the library owns electronic versions of the articles you need. In most cases, you may link the articles directly into you Blackboard course.

To ensure that your links are usable by your students, please use the following guide to create proxied (Athenized) links.

Additional information on creating permalinks to materials that are available through the libraries can be found by searching "permalinks" in AskUs

The libraries can place items on electronic and paper course reserves. Electronic reserves will be linked to your Blackboard class.