To provide access to electronic resources, the Rockefeller University Library is required to agree to the terms and conditions detailed in the license for each of those resources. As set forth in the Rockefeller University Code of Conduct and the Computing and Electronic Communications Policy, the community's responsible use of campus resources, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and contractual obligations that affect them, is essential to the operation and reputation of the University.

The use of licensed electronic resources is restricted by agreements made with the producers of these materials or any element thereof (collectively "Materials"). Users of electronic resources are subject to the same copyright laws that govern the use of print materials. Use of electronic resources is governed by both U.S. copyright law AND terms and restrictions of the license agreements, as negotiated and accepted by the Rockefeller University Library on behalf of the RU community. Some common restrictions are:

• The Materials may be used for scholarly, educational and/or scientific research purposes; any selling, distributing, licensing, or renting of Material for commercial uses is prohibited.
• The Materials may be used by or made available to only authorized users. Authorized users are faculty, students, and staff of the Rockefeller University and those who have been allowed access to the library's computers.
• The Materials may not be systematically downloaded, electronically copied, distributed (including, but not limited to, mounting any part of the Materials on any electronic network, bulletin board, Web sites), or archived. Only a reasonable number of records, articles or chapters may be downloaded for personal use in the conduct of the Authorized user's research. Use of web crawlers, robots, or any other software packages or systematic searching tools or programs is forbidden.
• The proprietary and/or copyright notices, author attribution or disclaimers on the Materials may not be deleted or modified.

Users are expected to comply with terms and conditions of site licenses, and any copyright infringement or misuse of the electronic materials may result in the termination of access to those materials for the entire RU community.

Complete text of the U.S. Copyright Law is available at: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

If you have any questions regarding e-resources licenses or restrictions please contact Paula Desko, Electronic Resources Librarian, at x8911.