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Cost Check Sample Searches at the Copyright Clearance Center

Click on for Academic Use under Content Users

Click on Find Title in the Get Permission section

First Sample Search: Estimating Cost of Copies for Classroom Use

Choose Classroom Use for type of use and click on Continue.
Type American Journal of Cardiology into the Search for box and click on Search.
You will see two designations on the right side of each return:
1. Available for Purchase
2. Special Order

Click on thequick price button image button by the first entry that is designated Available for Purchase.
Type in 1958 for the publication date, 2 for the number of pages to be copied, and 30 for the number of students to receive copies.
Click on the get quick price button image buttonto get an estimate of the cost of getting permission for two pages of this item for 30 students -- $9.00. A pop-up window opens and you see information at the top, including a box that contains a Per-Page fee of $ .100.
Click on the return to search results button image button and then on the browser back button twice to return to the Type of Use page of choices.

Second Example: Estimating Cost of using on WebCT

Choose An E-Learning System for type of use and click on Continue.
Type American Journal of Cardiology into the Search for box and click on Search.
You will see two designations on the right side of each return:
1. Available for Purchasequick price button image
2. Special Order

Click on the button by the first entry that is designated Available for Purchase.
Type in 1958 for the publication date, 2 for the number of pages to be copied, and 30 for the number of students to receive copies.
Click on theget quick price button imagebutton to get an estimate of the cost of getting permission for two pages of this item for 30 students -- $12.00. A pop-up window opens and you see information at the top, including a box that contains a Per-Page fee of $ .150.

Try the same searches with the title 1997 Yearbook of Neonatal & Perinatal Medicine.
When you retrieve the title, you’ll see the designation Contact Rightsholder Directly. Click on that link to see the address and contact information you need to seek permission. Publishers are often more generous in letting educators mount print information inside E-Learning systems like WebCT.