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Current students and employees of ÂÒÂ×Ðã, plus Honorary members of staff, can access ÂÒÂ×Ðã's e-resources for academic purposes only.

Access to our electronic resources is determined by the legally binding contracts that we, as a University, sign when entering into an agreement with a publisher or provider. Most of our contracts have educational arrangements, agreed on a national basis with such bodies as and .

Many electronic resources do not require a login from computers on the ÂÒÂ×Ðã network. However, if you are using a computer which is not on the ÂÒÂ×Ðã network, then when you follow links to electronic resources from the ÂÒÂ×Ðã Library Services website, you will often see the ÂÒÂ×Ðã e-resource login screen.

This allows the resource to identify you as an authorised ÂÒÂ×Ðã user. Simply enter your ÂÒÂ×Ðã userid and password in the boxes to access the resource.

Many of our contracts permit limited use by members of ÂÒÂ×Ðã Library Services who are not current staff or students of ÂÒÂ×Ðã (eg NHS personnel; alumni; retired staff; external members). These people should use the dedicated 'Explore access points' situated within Library buildings: we are not licensed to offer to these groups more extensive access.

ÂÒÂ×Ðã users are encouraged to use Explore, ÂÒÂ×Ðã Library Services' search tool for finding journals, books, full-text articles, archive material and much more. Whether you're looking for items on your reading list or information for a project or research, you'll find it in Explore and you get instant access to any full-text we subscribe to.

Explore also provides links to tools for finding individual Ìý²¹²Ô»å . Using this route guarantees that you getÌýaccess to theÌýfull range ofÌýresources to which you are entitled as a ÂÒÂ×Ðã member. If you are on-site you will not need to log in to resources. If you are off-site, you will be prompted for your ÂÒÂ×Ðã userid and password automatically.

E-resources are subject to copyright law just like printed materials and their use is also governed by the licence agreements that ÂÒÂ×Ðã signs with publishers when arranging electronic access. These agreements set out how the e-resources may be used and who may use them. You are responsible for ensuring that you use e-resources in accordance with these requirements. Please remember that your ÂÒÂ×Ðã usernameÌý²¹²Ô»å password are for your use only and must never be disclosed to others.

What can I use e-resources for?

You can use e-resources for private study, teaching and / or research, provided that these activities are for non-commercial purposes.

What can I do with e-resources?

As a general rule you may, for your own personal non-commercial use (private study, teaching, research):

• print a single copy of an article or chapter;
• save a copy of an article or chapter;
• print single copies of or save limited extracts from a database.

What can I NOT do with e-resources?

You MUST NOT:

• use the e-resources for any commercial purpose;
• make multiple print or electronic copies of a single article or chapter;
• make print or permanent electronic copies of more than one article from one issue of a journal or one chapter from an e-book
• engage in systematic or excessive downloading, either manually or through the use of technical means such as robots;
• provide print or electronic copies of material to anyone;
• post any content on the Internet or other electronic network;
• remove or alter publisher copyright notices, authors' names, journal / book / chapter / article titles or any other means of identification;
• alter or adapt material from the e-resources.