Access to and use of these electronic resources is generally governed by copyright laws and individual license agreements (binding legal contracts).
These define the specific terms of use and restrictions under which the Library may make access available to its users, both on and off-campus.
All users must comply with the specific Terms of Use or License Agreement for the applicable electronic resource. Users are individually responsible for compliance with the terms of use.
Questions on specific terms and conditions may be adressed to euiref@eui.eu .
General Terms of Use Restrictions
Access to the electronic resources listed on the EUI Library website and catalogue is restricted to current members of the EUI, and in some cases, to on-site users of EUI, for the purposes of research, teaching, and private study.
Under EUI Library's license agreements for electronic resources, users may not:
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Allow anyone other than an authorized user to use the licensed materials
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Modify or create a derivative work of the licensed materials without the permission of the licensor
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Remove, obscure or modify any copyright or other proprietary notices included in the licensed materials
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Use the licensed materials for commercial purposes
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Systematically download, distribute, or retain substantial portions of information (more information below)
Additional details may be found in the Library Catalogue under the heading 'Terms of Use', and on the providers' website or database.
Examples of Excessive or Systematic Downloading
Here are examples of “excessive downloading”, which is prohibited:
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Rapidly downloading one article after another
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Continuously downloading tables of contents, search results, citations, or output
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Downloading entire issues or volumes of an e-journal
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Downloading the entire content of an e-book or multimedia resource
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Using robots, spiders, or other automated programs to download from online resources
Copyright
Copyright laws govern the making of photocopies and other reproductions of copyrighted materials, such as making copies of print or electronic articles for others.
Library users must respect international copyright laws and the specific terms of database providers regarding the storage and transmission of electronic information.
See EUI Library Copyright Policies for more information.
Consequences of Misuse of Electronic Resources
Electronic resource providers are constantly monitoring overall account activity. If a serious violation is detected coming from our campus or one of our remote users, providers reserve the right to immediately suspend access to their e-resource for the entire campus.
The Library would be notified of the suspension of service and would then investigate the situation, taking steps to ensure that the violation would not happen again. Once the situation is resolved, the service is generally restored.
As such, misuse and disregard for terms and conditions of use puts at risk the Library's and all other EUI users' continued access to electronic resources.
Violations of restrictions or any other terms of use stiplutated by the provider is a grave offence, and will result in the withdrawal of electronic access rights and the possible imposition of institutional sanctions.