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License Terms of Use

For Library users

Can I make an electronic copy for use in an e-reserve system? Yes

Your college may include material from this resource in e-reserves, which are electronic copies of articles stored on a secure network for use by students in connection with a specific class.

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Your college may incorporate limited parts of the licensed materials into electronic reserve collections (or electronic course readings), which are collections of electronic copies of materials made and stored on a secure network, for use by students in connection with specific courses of instruction.

Can I post a copy in a course management system? Yes

Your college may include material from this resource in Blackboard.

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Your college may incorporate limited parts of the licensed materials in course management systems like Blackboard, D2L, or Moodle.

Can I put it in a course pack? Yes

Your college may include material from this resource in compilations of articles for use by students in a class.

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Your college may incorporate limited parts of the licensed materials into course packs, which are compilations of materials (such as journal articles, book chapters, and other excerpts) assembled by an academic institution for use by its students in a class for the purposes of instruction.

Can I link to it? Yes

You may create a persistent link to individual items, such as articles or ebooks.

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You may create, save, and distribute to other authorized users persistent links to individual pages or items within the resource (also known as durable URLs). 

Can I make print or electronic copies? Yes

You may make limited print and electronic copies of the material.

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You may make limited print and electronic copies of the material.

For Libraries

Is ILL allowed? Yes

Your library can share printed materials from this resource with users from other libraries.  For further inquiries, contact your library.

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Interlibrary loan (ILL) is a library service whereby users from one library may borrow material from another library for the purposes of research or private study, and not for commercial use. Geographic restrictions may be specified in the licence. For further inquiries, please contact your library.