Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources
Queen's University Library has signed license agreements with vendors and publishers to provide Queen's University students, faculty, and staff with access to thousands of electronic resources (databases, e-journals, e-books, data, etc.) to support their teaching, learning, and research activities.
These license agreements restrict access to the electronic resources to authorized users: generally, current Queen's University students, faculty, and staff, and on-site users of the libraries. [Off-campus (remote) use is restricted to current Queen's students and to current or retired Queen's faculty and staff.]
The agreements also set out acceptable and unacceptable uses of the electronic resources by authorized users. Users who breach license agreements may lose access to resources and may face other disciplinary or legal consequences. Misuse may also result in loss of access to a given resource for the entire Queen's University community.
License conditions may be shown on the web site of a given electronic resource under such headings as "Acceptable Use", "Conditions of Use", or "Copyright". License conditions may also be indicated on an article saved or printed from a database or online journal.
As a general guide to acceptable use of licensed electronic products, we ask users to observe the following points:
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Last Updated: 01 November 2012