Thousands of documents published in Quebec, Canada and 34 other countries can be used for teaching or research purposes under your college reproduction license.

• Stay within the licence’s usage limits
• Indicate the bibliographic references for the reproduced content
• Report what you have reproduced
  
  

The college license allows you to reproduce, in paper or digital version:

^{*A fee is charged for any use not permitted by your establishment’s reproduction license. The fee is $0.12 per page, up to a maximum of 20% of the publication, and applies only to the number of pages exceeding the reproduction license limit. For any request exceeding 20%, Copibec will forward your request to the rights holders to obtain their authorization and, if applicable, the applicable fee.}

The usage limits under your college reproduction rights licence apply per semester for the same course group. The limits depend on the type of content.

Publications developed specifically for college education purposes:

• 10% of the publication, up to a maximum of 25 pages

Any other publication in the Copibec repertoire:

• 15% of the publication

The license also allows you to reproduce:

• an article
• a page from a newspaper or periodical
• the lyrics of a song
• a short text from a collection
• a section from a reference work
• an image from a book, magazine or newspaper
• a chapter, provided it does not exceed 15% of the total number of pages in the book from which it is taken or, in the case of publications specifically designed for college teaching, 10% (25 pages) of the book

Special authorization from Copibec is required for any use exceeding the limits of the license.

Your establishment gives you free access to SAMUEL, Copibec’s digital content platform.

Access to DONA, an innovative assisted reading platform for students with perceptual disabilities.

Publications on the exclusion list require prior approval from the rights holder.

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