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Library Licensing Guide: Abstract, Index and Citation Databases

Audit sheet for Abstract, Index and Citation Dababases (available as a word document at the bottom of this page)

Authentication

Standard License Language

Definition of User in Glossary of Terms

Standard License Language

Uses

               Interlibrary Loan -- N/A

               Scholarly Sharing --  “Linking to content is allowed under college website, coursepacks and course management systems but printing, download and storing a reasonable portion is only allowed by Authorized Users.”

               Course Packs print and electronic -- “Licensee and Authorized Users may incorporate links to citations and use a reasonable portion of individual abstracts in the preparation of Course Packs or other educational materials.  Each such item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and author of the extract, title and author of the work, and the publisher. Copies of such items shall be deleted by the Licensee when they are no longer used for such purpose.”

               Reserves -- “Licensee and Authorized Users may use a reasonable portion of the individual abstracts for use in connection with specific courses of instruction offered by Licensee and/or its member institutions provided that the printed content will carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, title, author and publisher.”

               Course Management Systems -- “The Licensee may incorporate links to citations and use a reasonable portion of individual abstracts in Virtual Learning Environments [Course Management Systems] for the use of Authorized Users in the course of instruction at the Licensee's institution, but not for Commercial Use. Each such item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and author of the extract, title and author of the work, and the publisher. Copies of such items shall be deleted by the Licensee when they are no longer used for such purpose.”

               College Websites -- N//A

               Printing and downloading --  Standard Clause

Perpetual Access Rights

N/A

Archival Access/backup copies - N/A

 

Privacy

See: Standard Licensing Language: Privacy

Quality of Service

See: Standard Licensing Language: Quality of Service

Copyright

 

Data Mining

Authorized users may extract and index Affiliation Data (as defined below) relating to  journal articles, abstracts, conference proceedings, technical reports, presentations/lectures,    and   other   research   and   intellectual   output as  published   for  the Subscriber  by its affiliated  authors, to load in, make publicly accessible from at no charge, and store  in perpetuity  in, the Subscriber's secure  database  system that Subscriber  uses to collect, preserve and disseminate  information about the intellectual output of the Subscriber's institute(s) ("Institutional  Repository"),  provided that the display of any Affiliation Data will at all times include (if available) the associated Digital Object Identifier ("DOl"), and (ii) incorporate links in Affiliation Data to the relevant landing page in the Licensed Materials  from which such Affiliation   Data   was   extracted.    "Affiliation   Data"   will   be   limited   to the   following bibliographic  metadata:   author  name, author  profile  number,   author  country of residence, author  affiliation,  document  title,  document  publication  year,  source  title,  volume,  issue, pages, source and document type, publisher, ISSN, DOl, subject category (ASJC). CAS registration numbers, author contact information, author profiles, non-English language tags, chemical names and controlled vocabulary are excluded.”

Accessibility

Standard Licensing Language

Usage Statistics

Standard Licensing Language

Abstract, Index and Citation Audit Sheet Word Document