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POLICY FOR USE OF ONLINE SERVICES

Databases and electronic journals are provided for academic research by current authorized Georgia Tech faculty, students and staff only. The use of each online service is governed by copyright law and by the terms of the license between Georgia Tech and the publisher.

PERMITTED USES
 
Searching the content of the online service, including 
 searching, viewing and browsing tables of content, 
 full-text of articles, bibliographic information and data
   
Downloading, saving and printing limited data or articles
 for personal, academic use only 
   
NOTE: Downloading entire collections of data or entire issues of a journal or conference is a violation of copyright law and a violation of Georgia Tech's licenses with publishers.

PROHIBITED USES

Any commercial use
  
Any systematic or substantial reproduction of the 
 information provided in the database or electronic 
 journal or creation of derivative works
   
Any alteration, modification, or repackaging of the 
 information contents in the database or electronic 
 journal, including creating a searchable archive
   
Any distribution of the information contents of the 
 online service, or material downloaded from the online 
 service, in any form.

PROHIBITED ACTIONS

Adding, removing, or modifying identifying network header 
 information (aka "spoofing") 
   
Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged 
 headers or other identifying information
   
Using any program/script/command or sending messages of 
 any kind, designed to interfere with a user's session, 
 by any means, (i.e., proxy hunters, spiders, robots)
   
Removing, modifying, or obscuring copyright notices or 
 other notices and disclaimers
   
Facilitating use or access by non-authorized users, 
 including sharing your PRISM password or other login 
 information with anyone

ENFORCEMENT

Unauthorized use of or access to these online services may violate the Georgia Tech Computer and Network Usage Policy and can result in individuals losing access to these online services and/or to the Georgia Tech network. Violation of the Georgia Tech Computer and Network Usage Policy can result in disciplinary action. Continued or repeated misuse of an online service can result in the loss of access for the entire Georgia Tech community.

SYSTEMATIC DOWNLOADING OF DATA IS PROHIBITED

For more information see,
Official Georgia Tech Computer & Network Usage and Security Policy (CNUSP)

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Statement on Access to Electronic Resources

Georgia Tech is different from many other campuses because we have only registered the IP ranges for the Library buildings and our proxy server (as opposed to the entire campus) with our electronic resource vendors. At one time we did have the entire campus's range registered, which we agree is much easier for faculty. We had to change this, unfortunately, due to a number of abuses by Georgia Tech users. At the recommendation of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, we put restrictions in place that would require that everyone go through our proxy server. Please refer to the Library’s Policy for Use of Online Services [see above] for more detail about the terms of authorized use. We regret the inconvenience to our faculty and students; however, we are committed to making these resources available without interruption by honoring the license agreements with the vendors.

For access to electronic journals, the option we recommend is accessing them through the Library's eJournals page on our website at http://sfx.galib.uga.edu/sfx_git1/az. Our link resolver will ensure that you have the most current full text options and will pass you through the proxy server, which will allow the publishers' sites to recognize you as a legitimate Georgia Tech user.
This strategy works for databases as well: http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/databases.php
You may also want to check out our web localizer which will help you access library resources from external websites: http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/web_localizer.php
Another option is to use the proxy prefix with the publishers' direct links. Just add http://www.library.gatech.edu:2048/login?url= to the beginning of the publisher’s URL.