Permission to Use the Contents of The Oregon Encyclopedia

Portland State University (PSU) owns the content on The Oregon Encyclopedia. All materials, including entries and images, may not be reproduced in print or electronically without written permission from Portland State University.

Teachers and educational organizations may use the content on The Oregon Encyclopedia for educational purposes only. They do not need to obtain permission to use site materials for classroom exercises or teacher workshops, but they must make proper attribution to both The Oregon Encyclopedia and the authors of the entries. Web site administrators may create a direct link to pages of The Oregon Encyclopedia from their Web sites without obtaining permission from PSU. Teachers and educational organizations may not reproduce Encyclopedia content in publications of any kind—paper or electronic—or on Web sites without written permission from Portland State University.

The images used on The Oregon Encyclopedia are reproduced by permission of various institutions and individuals who retain copyright of their materials. The Oregon Encyclopedia and Portland State University may not grant permission to reproduce images found on the Web site. You must contact the institution or individual owners of the images to get permission. This information may be found on each image.

All requests to use written material from The Oregon Encyclopedia should be sent to oepinfo@pdx.edu.