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Q: How can I include digital articles or books in online course packs?
A: More and more universities are putting course material online rather than making multiple print copies.
If you want online course packs to feature links to Elsevier material, remember:
- Each course pack must be on a site only accessible by students registered for the involved course.
- Even though you are not making physical copies of an article or book content, permission may still be required!
If your institution has a current subscription to Elsevierpublished digital articles or books, without asking further permission, as an academic instructor or faculty member at a noncommercial institution you can include in your course packs links to that material. This is the case whether academic-credit courses you teach involve in-person instruction or distance learning.
If you don’t have a subscription to the needed Elsevier material, you can still get permission (and you’ll need to pay a fee which is based on the number of students taking the involved course).
- If you’re with a US institution, request permission and pay via the Copyright Clearance Center’s pay-per-use permissions service: www.copyright.com.
- If you’re outside the US, request permission and pay using Rightslink: www.elsevier.com/authors/askpermission.
- If you want to use Elsevier book content, complete and submit our form: www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Some instructors prefer to use third parties such as Xanadu (www.xanadu.com) to clear permissions and organize digital content on their behalf. 
www.elsevier.com/copyright
www.elsevier.com/librarians/rightsspot
