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Poor knowledge of copyright laws results in improper use of copyrighted materials. However, the extent to which academic library users in Ghana know about the exceptions and limitations, as well as their understanding of permissible use of information in the Copyright Act 690, 2005 of Ghana are not known. The sequential mixed methods approach was employed to collect data from 530 postgraduate students from two public and two private universities in Ghana to assess their knowledge of copyright exceptions and limitations, as well as their understanding of permissible use of information in Copyright Act 690, 2005 whilst using the services of their libraries. The study shows that students were poorly knowledgeable about the various applications of the exceptions and limitations clause in the copyright laws of Ghana: students were either indifferent (i.e. \u2018neutral\u2019), or \u2018disagree\u2019, and \u2018strongly disagree\u2019 on whether the Copyright Act 690, 2005 had clauses on exceptions and limitations on various uses of information such as for \u2018Private copying\u2019, for \u2018Quotations\u2019 or \u2018For the benefit of persons with disability\u2019. Over 50% of respondents were not sure that the copyright laws of Ghana had provisions for permissible use of information. Age and gender of respondent significantly influenced these responses: older students 46\u2009years and above, and females, were more knowledgeable compared to younger students and males respectively about exceptions and limitations for \u2018Private copying\u2019, and \u2018For the benefit of people with disability\u2019 in the copyright laws of Ghana. 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