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Vendors' copyright terms of use

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Vendors' copyright terms of use

Proquest - includes Academic Complete, ebook central and Proquest Central

  1. Can I link from Moodle to the Database? 
    Yes you can put a URL link to the Database on Moodle to allow students to access the content.
  2. Can I make multiple print copies of content within this database such as journal articles or images? 
    No 
  3. Can I put a digital copy of content within this database on Moodle or other course related system requiring student login?
    No
  4. Inter-library loan permitted?
    Yes in accordance with the ILL provision below
  5. Can I use genAI with this database?
    You can use the genAI functionality that is built into the database as part of the product. For restrictions on GenAI use see Clause 2(f) here: https://clarivate.com/legal-center/terms-of-business/
    For further restrictions regarding Ebooks see clause 4 (i) here: https://clarivate.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Product-Terms-v3.5-ProQuest-Platform-Ebooks.pdf

Source

Proquest License Agreement  for 2025 entered into by Te Pukenga on 9 December 2024, and  Proquest Terms and Conditions retrieved on 31 October 2025  from https://clarivate.com/legal-center/terms-of-business/

Here is an extract from Exhibit A of the License Agreement:

1(e) Academic Institutions, Schools, and Public Libraries. If Customer is an academic institution, school, or public library:

i. Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Library Customer may loan digital or print copies of materials retrieved from the Service to other libraries, provided that
(i) loans are not done in a manner or magnitude that would replace the receiving library’s own subscription to the Service or purchase of the underlying work (e.g., newspaper, magazine, book),
(ii) Customer complies with any special terms governing specific content or licensors as described in this Agreement,
(iii) with respect to ebooks, copying is limited to small portions of a book, and
iv) Customer complies with all laws and regulations regarding ILL.

ii. Scholarly Sharing. Customer and its Authorized Users may provide to a third party colleague minimal, insubstantial amounts of materials retrieved from the Service for personal use or scholarly, educational research use in hard copy or electronically, provided that in no case is any such sharing done in a manner or magnitude as to act as a replacement for the recipient's or recipient educational institution's own subscription to either the Service or the purchase of the underlying work.

Link to Terms of Use for Ebooks platform:

https://clarivate.com/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Product-Terms-v3.5-ProQuest-Platform-Ebooks.pdf