Procedures for Using Electronic Library Resources

Users may:

• open, upload, print, save on hard drive / portable media selected journal articles and book chapters for personal use;

• make links to Electronic Library Resources’ websites publicly available on the Internet, in social media and on other websites; these links will allow other Internet users to open Electronic Library Resources materials if they have a subscription for respective Electronic Library Resources;

• provide paper or electronic copies of Electronic Library Resources’ materials to other people who are also authorized to use respective HSE Electronic Library Resources.

Users may not:

• pass their login and password to other people;

• make a copy of the whole content (i.e., all articles in a journal issue, all chapters of an e-book or all search query results), or create large volumes of copied materials (including Electronic Library Resources content) on electronic or printed media;

• use bots (i.e., programs capable of performing automatic or scheduled actions similar to those of a user, including searches, opening or downloading materials from Electronic Library Resources websites);

• use Electronic Library Resources for purposes outside of research, analysis, preparation of publications, articles and other materials (i.e., sale/resale of downloaded materials or deriving any other commercial benefits);

• make Electronic Library Resources’ content publicly available on the Internet, in social media and on other websites without permission of the copyright holders and other Electronic Library Resources providers;

• send materials via e-mail, etc., to people without access to HSE Electronic Library Resources.