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Mississippi Electronic Libraries Online (MELO) is a virtual library developed in March 2000 to meet academic resource needs of distance learning within the Mississippi community and junior colleges. It is an electronic environment that mirrors the traditional library through online databases, electronic books and journals, and scholarly web sites.

MISSION STATEMENT
To provide equal access to information and resources for the students and instructors who are enrolled or teaching in the virtual classrooms of the 15 public community/junior colleges of Mississippi.

SELECTION POLICY
The Mississippi Electronic Libraries On-line (MELO) contains resources and information to meet the needs of the students and faculty of the virtual classrooms of the Mississippi Community/Junior Colleges. MELO strives to collect, store and organize information on a broad range of subjects. By encouraging cooperative efforts of the Mississippi Community/Junior College libraries and by promoting economic delivery of information, MELO supports the needs and interests of students and faculty.

Content for the collection will be examined for its currency, usefulness and relevancy within the scope of providing information to the community college student and faculty. Selection considerations will include appearance as to design, content authority and ease of accessibility.

DISCLAIMER
This is to notify the users of Mississippi Electronic Libraries On-line (MELO) that the materials accessed are not officially licensed or sponsored by Mississippi Community/Junior Colleges. Although rights of free speech apply to all Mississippi citizens, it is the user's responsibility to evaluate the authenticity and validity of the materials used. MELO is not responsible and disclaims all liability for any data, information or opinions contained.

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Section 108 (f) (1) Copyright Notice

Copying, displaying and distributing copyrighted works may infringe the owner's copyright. The (school system or school) policy statement on fair use may help you determine whether your use of a copyrighted work may be an infringement. Any use of a computer or duplicating facilities by student, faculty or staff for infringing use of copyrighted materials is subject to appropriate disciplinary action as well as those civil remedies and criminal penalties provided by law. This applies to downloads off a computer as well as traditional copying.

A STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM
Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as your own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. "Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, of course --from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences and, indeed, phrases -- but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc. "Someone else" can mean a professional source, such as a published writer or critic in a book, magazine, encyclopedia or journal; an electronic resource such as material you discover on the World Wide Web; another student at your school or anywhere else; a paper-writing "service" which offers to sell written papers for a fee.

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