Newman Library arranges access to a variety of electronic resources which are available via the Electronic Resources web page. Each resource has a license agreement or terms and conditions for use which stipulate whether material can be downloaded and printed and whether electronic copies can be made. You should ensure that you are aware of any restrictions and conditions attached to the resources you use.

The following conditions are found in many of the licenses:

• Only Authorised users are allowed to access resources - Newman students and staff are Authorised users - but you should be aware that you should not pass on any password details, either for Athens or any individual resource, to anyone else.

• Most resources allow the downloading of material (references to articles and full-text if available) and printing of a copy for personal use.

• Usage of downloaded or printed material for any commercial benefit is not sanctioned without prior written agreement from the publisher.

• Any copyright notices must not be removed, changed or hidden from downloaded materials.

Please see below for details of license agreements to individual resources.

DATABASES & E-JOURNALS

ABELL - Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
BIOSIS Previews
Brill Journal Archive
British Humanities Index
British Periodicals Collection
Burney Collection
Business Source Elite
Cambridge Companions Online - Literature and Classics Collection
Cambridge Journals Online
Childlink
Computer Source
Edinburgh University Press (EUP) Publishing
Education Research Complete
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996
Greenfile
Humanities International Complete
Ingenta Connect
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) - via CSA Illumina
John Johnson Collection
JSTOR
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
Ovid Journals
Oxford Journals Archive
Parliamentary Papers - 18th Century
Parliamentary Papers - 19th Century
Parliamentary Papers - 20th Century
Periodicals Archive Online
Project MUSE - FAQs with link to licence if required
PsycARTICLES - basic usage terms with link to full agreement 'for sites accessing via EBSCO, OCLC, Ovid or Proquest'.
Psychology & Behavioual Sciences Collection (PBSC)
PsycINFO - basic usage terms with link to full agreement 'for sites accessing via EBSCO, OCLC, Ovid or Proquest'.
Regional Business News
Religion and Philosophy Collection
SAGE Journals Online
Sport Discus
SwetsWise - Access via either of the links on the eresources page. Once logged in select 'terms and conditions' from the bottom of the page.
Taylor & Francis Online
ZETOC (Electronic Table of Contents)

E-BOOKS

Early English Books Online
Dawsonera - terms and conditions displayed when you log in the resource

E-REFERENCE

Britannica Online - Academic
Johns Hopkins University Press Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

IMAGE & SOUND COLLECTIONS

BFI Inview - Once logged in click on the Terms of use link
Film and Sound Online - Terms and conditions displayed on login to resource
NewsFilm Online

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