Fair Dealing Evaluator

The Fair Dealing Evaluator is a resource for researchers and graduate students who would like to learn how to apply fair dealing to the material they are using in publications and theses. 

This resource is not designed to replace the guidelines outlined in the Queen's Fair Dealing Policy.

Consult the Copyright & Fair Dealing section if you are copying for educational purposes and you are working for Queen's University.

Key resources for teaching and learning include:

The Fair Dealing Evaluator is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It was adapted from the Fair Use Evaluator created by Michael Brewer and the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy.

If you would like the tool to create a PDF for your records, please fill out the forms completely. 

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This resource is a work in progress - please Ask Us if you have questions or would like to provide feedback and comments. 

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