The University of Western Ontario Libraries licenses many electronic resources for its staff, faculty, and current students including indexes, databases, e-journals, and e-books. Access to these resources is governed by contractual agreements (license agreements) with resource providers. The agreements stipulate that access to the resource is restricted to current students, faculty and staff of Western. These resources may be used for educational and research purposes only and not for commercial purposes.
Please remember that violations of our license terms by anyone can result in the loss of access to that resource for the entire university community. If you are unsure about what you can do with a particular resource, check the permitted uses for that resource in our license database.
| Generally Allowed | Generally Not Allowed |
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| Use by "walk-in" users not affiliated with Western |
Off-campus access for those who are not students, faculty or staff of Western (Students, staff and faculty can access resources by logging in on the Library Website) |
| Printing or downloading a copy of an article for yourself | Excessive printing or downloading (e.g. whole journal issues, whole books) |
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Using licensed material for personal use such as scholarly research or private study and educational use such as teaching
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Commercial use, selling or distributing licensed material |
| Sharing an article with a fellow member of the Western community | Sharing material with others not affiliated with Western |
| Posting persistent links to licensed material on personal webpages or in course management systems |
Posting or scanning articles or book chapters on personal websites or in course management systems |