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Vendors' copyright terms of use

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Vendors' copyright terms of use

Sage e-journals

  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? 
    Yes wihin the limits of the clause about "course packs" below
  3. Can I put a digital copy of content within this database on Moodle or other course related system requiring student login?
    Yes 
  4. Inter-library loan permitted?
    Yes  within the limits of the clause about ILL below

Source

Retrieved: 26 May 2023 from our Master License Agreement with Sage Publications Ltd dated 2020 and extended in 2022

Clause 5: AUTHORIZED USE OF PRODUCT

Except as otherwise set forth in any specific Exhibit, Customer, the Institutions and Authorized Users may use the Product for Educational Purposes as follows:

Analysis. Authorized Users shall be permitted to extract or use information contained in the Product for Educational Purposes, including, but not limited to, text and data mining, extraction and manipulation of information for the purposes of illustration, explanation, example, comment, criticism, teaching, research, or analysis.


Course Packs. Customer, the Institutions and Authorized Users may use a Reasonable Amount of the Product in the preparation of course packs or other educational materials.


Digital Copy. Customer, the Institutions and Authorized Users may download and digitally copy a Reasonable Amount of the Product.


Display. Customer, the Participating Institutions and Authorized Users shall have the right to electronically display the Product to the extent necessary to further the intent and purpose of this Agreement.


Electronic Reserve. Customer, the Institutions and Authorized Users may use a Reasonable Amount of the Product in connection with specific courses of instruction offered by Customer.


Inter-Library Loan. The Customer and the Institutions shall be permitted to use Reasonable Amounts of the Product to fulfill occasional requests from other, academic institutions, a practice commonly called Inter-Library Loan (“ILL”). Customer and the Institutions shall fulfill such requests in compliance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Ch. 48, s. 41 (Eng.), as amended by European Directive 2003, and any other applicable law relating to the physical and digital reproduction and distribution by Libraries of copyrighted works.
The electronic form of the Product may be used as a source for ILL. Secure electronic transmission as used by Ariel or Prospero or another approved technology to fulfill ILL requests shall be permitted and fulfillment of Loansome DocR service requests shall be permitted. Customer and the Institutions shall include copyright notices on all ILL transmissions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any non-secure electronic transmission of files be permitted.

Print Copy. Customer, the Institutions and Authorized Users may print a Reasonable Amount of a Product.


Recover Copying Costs. Customer and the Institutions may charge a reasonable fee to cover costs of copying or printing portions of Product for Authorized Users.


Scholarly Sharing. Authorized Users may transmit to a third party colleague in hard copy or electronically, Reasonable Amounts of the Product for personal use, professional use or Educational Purposes but in no event for Commercial Use. In addition, Authorized Users have the right to use, with appropriate credit, figures, tables and brief excerpts from the Product in the Authorized User’s own scientific, scholarly and educational works.


Text Mining. Authorized Users may use the licensed material to perform and engage in text mining /data mining activities for legitimate academic research and other educational purposes. Those uses beyond educational use shall require SAGE’s permission.

This information is based on the 2023 license agreement. Please contact the Copyright Officer for updates from 2024 onwards.