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Fall Database Trials

In October and March of each year, Gleeson Library/Geschke Center offers short-term trials of databases and other electronic resources we are considering adding to our collection. Current students, staff, and faculty may contact their library liaison to suggest a database to trial or to add to a wishlist. This semester we are trialing several databases, which you can access … Continue reading Fall Database Trials

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Copyright, contracts, and using Gleeson databases

We hope you are learning a lot during Fair Use Week and feeling empowered to create and innovate. Fair use is your right and works together with copyright law. The Association of Research Libraries Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (2012) points out that “without fair use and related exceptions, copyright would create an unconstitutional constraint on free expression” (p. 6). An important third factor is the contracts that Gleeson Library signs with vendors to provide electronic databases to you. Those contracts, or licenses, guide how you can use the database contents and, in general, take precedence over fair use guidelines.

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