Articles, books and other publications

Copying limits apply to the use of textual third party copyright material communicated under the Educational Statutory Licence. For material covered by other licences, such as library electronic resources or Creative Commons, you should refer to the relevant licence terms for each resource.

Articles may come from periodicals such as newspapers, journals, magazines. Under the Educational Statutory Licence, you may copy

  • The whole or part of one article from a print issue, or
  • The whole or part of two or more articles from the same issue if they relate to the same subject matter

You can copy more than the copying limits above if the article is in the public domain i.e. copyright in the article has expired.

If the article is from a public website i.e. not from a library electronic subscription

  • You are advised to link to the internet material
    • Please check: Do not link to an infringing, or potentially infringing copy
  • If you need to download the electronic article from the public website (instead of linking), the article must be communicated in Reading List under the Educational Statutory Licence
    • Please check: If access to the article requires you to agree to, or accept terms and conditions please contact readinglist@une.edu.au to check if we can use the article in reliance of the Educational Statutory Licence
    • If you need to download more than one article from the same issue, please contact readinglist@une.edu.au to check whether this is possible

If the article is from one of the library's electronic subscriptions

  • You must link to the subscription article from Reading List (preferred) or myLearn. You must not download articles from electronic subscriptions and communicate them online or via email
  • Refer to the licence terms: Conditions of access and use, the number of concurrent users, copying and downloading limits of resources vary between publishers/vendors and is governed by individual licence conditions

If the article is available under a Creative Commons licence i.e. is Open Access:

  • You can use the article under the terms of the Creative Commons licence, which, at a minimum for non-commercial purposes, permits the copying, distribution, display and performance of the article.

Under the Educational Statutory Licence you may copy a reasonable portion:

  • One chapter (if the work is divided into chapters), or
  • 10% of the number of pages (the 10% portion does not need to be consecutive - it can be made up from different sections of the material)
    • Whichever is the greater of the two

Up to the whole book or other resource if it is:

  • Commercially unavailable i.e. it is not available for purchase within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price. Confirm commercial availability with copyright@une.edu.au, or
  • In the public domain i.e. copyright has expired in the material

If the material is from a public website i.e. not an electronic subscription

  • You are advised to link to the internet material
    • Please check: Do not link to an infringing, or potentially infringing copy
  • If you need to download the electronic material from the public website (instead of linking), the material must be communicated in Reading List under the Educational Statutory Licence
    • Please check: If access to the material requires you to agree to, or accept terms and conditions please contact readinglist@une.edu.au to check if we can use the material in reliance of the Educational Statutory Licence
    • If you can use the downloaded material, copying limits of 10% of the number of words or one chapter (whichever is greater) apply, unless the material is not separately published, the website permits the greater copying, or it is commercially unavailable

If the material is from one of the library's electronic subscriptions

  • You must link to the subscription material from Reading List (preferred) or myLearn. You must not download material from electronic subscriptions and communicate them online or via email
  • Refer to the licence terms: Conditions of access and use, the number of concurrent users, copying and downloading limits of resources vary between publishers/vendors and is governed by individual licence conditions

If the material is available under a Creative Commons licence i.e. is Open Access:

  • You can use the material under the terms of the Creative Commons licence, which, at a minimum for non-commercial purposes, permits the copying, distribution, display and performance of the material

The following applies to the reproduction and communication under the Educational Statutory Licence of literary and dramatic works contained in a paginated anthology. An anthology or edited work is a publication made up of more than one self-contained work. Examples of such publications include a collection of essays, chapters, plays or short stories. Anthologies of print music and artworks are not covered by this provision.

If the work (the separate/individual work of the anthology) is:

  • 15 pages or less, we may copy the whole work

If the work (the separate/individual work of the anthology) is:

  • more than 15 pages, we may copy a reasonable portion - 10% of the pages or one chapter (if divided into chapters), or
  • the whole work if it:
    • has not separately published, or
    • has been separately published, but it is commercially unavailable. Check with copyright coordinator if unsure

Note: The sections that make up an anthology are separate works in their own right, which can sometimes be purchased separately.  This means a commercial availability check may be required for a chapter/section as part of the checking process. Refer to the Reading List team.

Use of unpublished images, letters, internal memos, emails and other ephemeral material for educational purposes requires permission from the copyright owner. It is recommended that where permission is received, the copied material be placed in Reading List so that the UNE Library can manage the associated permissions and licences, and manage access in future offerings in Reading List.

If the author of the thesis or conference paper is a UNE author, it is preferable to link to the material in RUNE.

Conference proceedings that are published annually, may be considered as a periodical publication, and thus it may be permissible to copy more than one article if they all are on the same subject matter under the Educational Statutory Licence. However, most conference proceedings are unlikely to fall within the definition of "periodical publication", with the result that the rules relating to edited work/anthology should be applied. Refer to the above copying limits.