Objective:
To promote the ethical and legal use of information.
- What Information Costs
- Licensing and the Economics of Information
- What is Copyright?
- Fair Use
- Plagiarism
- Giving Credit: Citing Sources
- Review Questions
In an average year, the James White Library spends over $400,000 on books, about $320,000 on periodicals, and $85,000 or more on other online resources. That's a whopping total of more than $800,000. This is enough money to buy a luxurious home.
Information is a luxury item.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(32 volumes)
$1,599.00$1,599.00 could buy...
$5000.00 could buy...
JSTOR
$5,000.00
$15,000.00
$15,000.00 could buy...
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