LSU Libraries subscribes to licensed electronic
resources, such as databases, journals, and books,
in support of the educational and research needs
of the LSU Baton Rouge campus community.
Access and use of our electronic resources
is governed by both copyright law and license
agreements that control who can use these
materials as well as how they can be used.
Authorized Users are limited to members of
the campus community (faculty, staff, and enrolled
students) as well as on-site walk-in users.
These materials are licensed for nonprofit
educational, research, and/or scholarly purposes.
Specifically, sharing your password or using the
materials for commercial purposes is prohibited.
Please note that excessive downloading, whether by
automated processes or even through functionality
within the resource, like ScienceDirect, will
result in campus access and, specifically your
computer access, being blocked by the vendor,
until investigated and remedied. If LSU ITS or the
LSU Libraries contacts you about license
violations coming from you or your computer, which
may have been compromised, you must respond
immediately. You will receive a warning
email from the LSU Libraries concerning the event
and what you must do. If you repeatedly
engage in behavior that results in vendor
complaints and campus shut-downs, your
off-campus access to all LSU Libraries resources
will be suspended.
Violation of these terms jeopardizes campus access
and exposes violators to disciplinary actions.
Your use of these resources indicates your
awareness and compliance with licensing terms and
conditions.
Please note, you may not:
-
permit anyone other than another Authorized
User to use the licensed materials but not
through your access or your PAWS ID;
-
download or print substantial amounts of the
materials or more than a reasonable portion of
an item (access to e-resources has been shut
off for violations of 100-500 articles
downloaded in one session);
-
modify or create a derivative work of licensed
content or remove, obscure or modify any
copyright or other notices;
-
use the licensed materials for commercial
purposes, including, but not limited to, the
sale of the licensed materials;
-
upload any licensed materials to an open
website, including social networking sites;
-
engage in systematic downloading, distributing,
or retaining substantial portions of the
licensed materials;
-
use software such as scripts, agents, robots,
or spiders to retrieve information;
-
engage in text mining without prior permission.
Faculty, students, and staff with questions about
these terms of use for the licensed electronic
resources may contact the LSU Libraries Resource
Management & Assessment Librarian, Gabriella
Lindsay at
glinds4@lsu.edu
.
