Copyright permission can be requested directly from the
copyright holders – authors, book publishers or journal
publishers.
Book publishers' addresses, phone numbers, etc. are listed in Books in Print.
Journal publisher addresses, etc. are listed in the front of the
print journal and also in the directory, Ulrich's International
Periodicals.
Copyright permission may also be obtained from the Copyright
Clearance Center (CCC) an organization that offers
fee-based permissions services and a variety of services for
copyright owners.
To help you with the permission process, following are some
standard forms, request letters, and other useful web resources
developed by other institutions and organizations: