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The Ontario Tech Library 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 (licence agreements) with resource providers. The agreements stipulate that access to the resource is restricted to current students, faculty and staff of Ontario Tech. Use of these resources may only be used for educational and research purposes only and not for commercial purposes.
What can I do with electronic resources?
Please remember that violations of our licence 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 licence database.
| Generally Allowed | Generally Not Allowed |
|---|---|
| Use by "walk-in" users not affiliated with Ontario Tech | Remote use for those who are not students, faculty or staff of Ontario Tech |
| Printing or downloading a copy of an article for yourself | Excessive printing or systematic downloading (e.g. whole journal issues, whole books) |
| Using licensed material for research, instruction, and educational purposes | Commercial use, selling or distributing licensed material |
| Sharing an article with a fellow member of the Ontario Tech community | Sharing material with others not affiliated with Ontario Tech |
| Posting persistent links to licensed material | Posting, scanning or uploading articles/book chapters on personal websites or third-party platforms, including generative AI tools |
| Transmitting short excerpts by email, or uploading copies within a secure network | No site scraping (downloading entire websites) |