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The materials available on this Web site are for research use only. For purposes of private study, scholarship, and research, you may reproduce (print out or download) materials from this Web site without prior permission. If you are citing materials, please give proper attribution of the source. (See below for appropriate forms of attribution.)

Publication and/or broadcast in any form (including electronic) requires written permission from the Sophia Smith Collection and payment of applicable fees. To request high resolution reproductions and permission to publish, see Photographs and Audiovisual Materials, or contact us.

Reproductions of materials on this Web site may not be made for, or donated to, other repositories, nor may they be further reproduced without written permission from the Sophia Smith Collection.

United States Copyright Law

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.

For more information on how copyright law governs Internet resources, see the Copyright Considerations page from University of California, San Diego.

How to Cite Materials found on the Sophia Smith Collection Web site

When using digital images or documents from the Sophia Smith Collection Web site, please identify the item and acknowledge its source by clearly providing the name of the collection in which the item is located, followed by "Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA." Then give the URL (Web address).

Example:

Margaret Sanger and mothers at the Tucson Birth Control Clinic, 1936.
Margaret Sanger Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College.
URL: <http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/>

For more information on proper forms for citing Internet resources in general, see "Citation Guides for Electronic Documents," maintained by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

For more information on citing materials from the Sophia Smith Collection, see Citing SSC Materials. For information on obtaining permission to publish quotations and reproductions from the SSC, see our Frequently Asked Questions section.

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