Conditions of Use and Licensing Restrictions for Electronic
Resources
The Library subscribes to thousands of electronic journals, books and
other databases for use by authorized
users (current faculty, students and staff and, in most cases, on-site
visitors). The terms and conditions for using these resources are set out
in electronic resource license agreements with each publisher. It is the
responsibility of individual users to ensure their use of electronic
resources does not breach the terms and conditions specified in the
license agreements. Licenses vary from publisher to publisher; however,
the general principles are:
Engagement in any of the activities included in the Not Permitted list below may result in an immediate reset of a patron's PIN.
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Not Permitted |
- viewing, downloading, copying, printing and saving a copy of search
results
- viewing, downloading, copying, printing and saving individual
articles
- using e-resources for scholarly, educational or scientific research,
teaching, private study and clinical purposes
- sending a copy of an article to another authorized user (i.e. current
faculty, students or staff)
- posting the URL to the publisher's version of the article on a class
website (publisher links will allow only authorized users access)
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- use of robots or intelligent agents to do systematic, bulk or
automatic downloading is not permitted
- systematic downloading or printing of entire journal issues or
volumes, or large portions of other e-resources is not permitted
- using e-resources for commercial gain is not permitted (i.e.
reselling, redistributing or republishing licensed content)
- transmitting, disseminating or otherwise making online content
available to unauthorized users (i.e. sending to mailing lists or
electronic bulletin boards) is not permitted
- posting the publisher's version or PDF of an article to an open
class website is not permitted (instead, post the URL to the article which
will allow only authorized users access)
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Breaches of the University's contractual arrangements with publishers
could result in the suspension of access to the resources for the entire
UC Berkeley community.
Full licenses for many publishers, specifying all the terms and
conditions, are available at their websites. Copies of agreements entered
into by the California Digital Library (CDL) on behalf of the University
of California system can be viewed at: www.cdlib.org/services/collections/redactions/.
Conditions
of Use and Licensing Restrictions for Electronic Resources (PDF).
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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