Terms of use for e-resources: Taylor & Francis e-books

A collection of e-books published by Taylor & Francis.

Persons who are permitted to access the Licensed Materials through the Online Services or through a Secure Network from the Library Premises or from such other places where

• Authorised Users work or study (including but not limited to Authorised Users’ offices and homes, halls of residence and student dormitories) and
• who have been issued by the Licensee with secure authentication access or other currently valid authentication together with
• other persons who are permitted to use the Licensee's library or information service and access the Secure Network but only from computer terminals within the Library Premises.

Authorised Users shall include, but not be limited to, (i) faculty members of the Licensee (including permanent, temporary, contractor or exchange faculty for the duration of their assignment); (ii) enrolled post-graduate and undergraduate students of the Licensee; (iii) Licensee's staff members (whether on a permanent, temporary, contractor visiting basis); and (iv) contract personnel directly involved in educational and research activities of the Licensee.

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Licensed Materials with DRM, during the Term, Authorised Users may, in accordance with the Licence and the Restrictions:

1. search, view, retrieve and display the Licensed Materials on the device to which the Licensed Materials are downloaded for viewing purposes only;
2. print, copy and paste up to 20% per single eBook, serial or other literary work forming part of the Licensed Materials under this Agreement, in a rolling 30 day period, per Authorised User, for Personal Use only.

Licensed Materials which are DRM free, Authorised Users may, in accordance with the Licence and the Restrictions, during the Term:

1. search, view, retrieve and display the Licensed Materials on the device to which the Licensed Materials are downloaded for viewing purposes only; and
2. copy, paste and print the Licensed Materials or any part thereof without page or word restrictions for Personal Use only

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For the avoidance of any doubt, nothing in this Agreement permits an Authorised User to email or otherwise distribute the Licensed Materials, whether with DRM or DRM free in any way, even if such distribution is for Personal Use.

The Licensee shall not and shall procure that Authorised Users (or any other persons provided with access to the Licensed Materials and/or Online Services) shall not:

1. remove or alter the authors’ names or the Publisher's copyright notices or other means of identification or disclaimers as they appear in the Licensed Materials;
2. systematically print or make electronic copies of multiple extracts of the Licensed Materials, including complete ebooks, for any purpose;
3. upload or distribute any part of the Licensed Materials or provide access credentials or log in details which allow access to the Licensed Materials by any unauthorised person on any electronic network, including without limitation the internet and the World Wide Web, other than via the Secure Network as authorised by this Agreement; or
4. attempt to reverse compile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise reduce to human-perceivable form all or any part of the Licensed Materials and/or the Online Services.
5. The Licensee must not, and shall procure that Authorised Users (or any other persons provided with access to the Licensed Materials and/or Online Services) do not, without obtaining the Publisher's prior written consent:
   1. use all or any part of the Licensed Materials for any Commercial Use;
   2. systematically distribute or otherwise make available the whole or any part of the Licensed Materials to anyone other than Authorised Users;
   3. copy, duplicate, publish, create derivate works from, frame, mirror, republish, download, display, transmit, distribute or make available all or any portion of the Licensed Materials (as applicable), works based on the Licensed Materials or works which combine the Licensed Materials with any other material, in any form or media or by any means, other than as permitted in this Agreement; or
   4. alter, abridge, adapt or modify the Licensed Materials. For the avoidance of doubt, no alteration of the words within the Licensed Materials or their order is permitted.

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Text and Data Mining (TDM): Licensee will ensure that Authorised Users obtain prior written permission from the Publisher, to perform and engage in text and data mining activities in relation to the Licensed Materials or Online Services, which are understood as a machine process by which information may be derived by identifying patterns and trends within natural language through text categorization, statistical pattern recognition, concept or sentiment extraction, and the association of natural language with indexing terms. Requests for which, shall specify if text and data mining activities are to be for commercial or non-commercial use. If authorised by the Publisher, applicable ‘cost-recovery fees’ will be determined by the Publisher at its sole discretion. 

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Authorised Users are allowed access through Secure Network regardless of their physical location.

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