The UC San Diego Library subscribes to many databases, electronic journals, ebooks, streaming media, and datasets for use by authorized users (faculty, staff, students and onsite users).
Access, use, and reproduction of most electronic resources available through the Library are governed by license agreements between the Library and publishers, rightsholders, and/or vendors. University community members must make reasonable and good faith efforts to comply with license terms or terms and conditions available on the Library website or California Digital Library’s (CDL) website.
The Library's electronic resources may be used while on campus, and off-campus access is usually restricted to current UC San Diego faculty, staff, and students. In using licensed electronic resources, users shall:
Examples of how you may and may not use licensed resources:
| You may: | You may not: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stream films accessible to authorized users | Download films | ||
| Print, download or quote limited amounts of information (with proper attribution) | Systematically download large amounts of information (e.g. download all articles in a journal; engage in large-scale downloading from licensed resources to create large databases) | ||
| Copy an article for your personal use in teaching or research.) | Sell or distribute articles to individuals, institutions, or organizations for commercial purposes. | ||
| Send a copy of an article to another authorized user (current faculty, staff or students) | Send copies of articles to unauthorized users or mailing lists | ||
| Post a URL to the publisher's version of the article on a restricted class website (only authorized users will be able to access the article) | Post a copy of a published article to a University server (e.g. Canvas, departmental website) or public website | ||
| Access resources for use in a class or for UCSD-related research | Access resources for use at a job / non-UCSD employment |
Users should be aware that publishers monitor use levels of electronic resources to verify compliance with licensing agreements.
Breach of license by a single user may prompt the publisher to suspend that user’s access or the university's access without warning.