Licenses

As a general rule:

• You may search, read and print or download a reasonable amount of data
• You may use this information for research, teaching or private study. You may not use electronic resources for commercial purposes.
• You may not make multiple copies of any material
• You may not share any material with unauthorized users (for example, non-members of the University of Antwerp). You should not make licensed material available to others over any kind of network or by e-mail.
• You must never disclose your password for electronic resources.
• You must not modify the text of any copyright material, nor any related copyright statement.

 E-Journals

• You may print or download single copies of articles, providing they are for your own personal use. 
• You may also e-mail them to yourself.
• You must not systematically make copies of a whole issue of a journal.

 E-Books

In some cases, there are restrictions on the number of pages that you can download, copy or print. 

You may make articles from library online journal subscriptions available to students by adding links to Blackboard.

Most publishers provide persistent links or a DOI-link for linking to articles. You can also  bookmark full records from the catalogue to refer to books or journals.
 
You should not upload personal copies of articles, whether from the University of Antwerp subscriptions, other institutions or obtained commercially.

Some databases contain images (graphs, photos, etc.) e.g. Academic Search and SpringerImages.
 
These images may be used for internal, non-commercial use without further permission during the subscription. You can use the images for personal study, research or education.

Other use, e.g. to re-use an image in a new book is not allowed.

By default, the university library negotiates licenses that provide:

• Campus wide access for students, researchers and staff from the University of Antwerp, and
• Remote access for students, researchers and staff from the University of Antwerp, and
• Access in the library for external library users.

 However, there are exceptions to these principles.

• Some databases are not available for external library users and require an extra login.
• ​Some publishers don’t allow remote access.

 Detailed information is provided in the Overview of databases or you can contact the library for further information.