# Copyright at UNSW

**Source**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/copyright/open_access_creative_commons
**Parent**: https://subjectguides.library.unsw.edu.au/copyright/plagiarism_contract_cheating

Material that is open access has been made available, through a licence, for others to use without the need to get permission from the copyright owner.

A licence may allow unrestricted use of the material or it may have restrictions on some types of uses. It may also have requirements about how the material should be cited or attributed. Before using open access materials, it is essential to check the licence permissions and restrictions.

Open access licences can be attached to all copyright materials, not just scholarly publications, but the open access movement is well established in the scholarly publishing space.