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The user of digital sources at the Library have to adhere to some important conditions . The content of academic and scientific sources is licensed for users who are recognised as members of Library for electronic usage by means of an IP-number or a dial-up account.

There are many different licences in use which impose a range of restrictions. However, there is agreement about certain actions which users are not permitted to carry out with digital materials. We have created a list of the most important infringements. This provides information on:

systematic manual downloads

programmed downloads: ‘spidering’

copyright and re-use of materials

sale and transfer to third parties

permanent archiving

making changes to original work

This list is not intended as a set of binding legal conditions but rather as guidance for the appropriate use of academic material.