Conditions of Use and Licensing Restrictions for Electronic
Resources
The Library subscribes to electronic journals, books and
other databases for use by authorized
users, which includes on-site patrons and remote access for current faculty, students, staff, and in some cases, alumni. 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:
Permitted
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)
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)
Breaches of the Law School's contractual arrangements with publishers
could result in the suspension of access to the resources for the entire
New England Law | Boston community.
Some of our licenses are linked here. The remainder are on file in the Collection Development Librarian's offices.
Thanks to UC Berkely and Margaret Phillips, Electronic Resources Librarian, for permission to use the Berkely web page as a model.
