Full Text Tools

Use of electronic resources subscribed by the Library is governed by license agreements negotiated between the Library and publishers/vendors. 

In general, the license agreements prohibit:

• Large-scale or systematic downloading of single or multiple copies of abstracts, tables of contents or full text documents in print or electronic copies
• Utilisation of software programmes or routines designed to continuously and automatically search and index the resources, such as spiders, web-crawlers and robots
• Alter, amend, modify, abridge, translate or change in any manner the licensed materials
• Sales and exploitation of licensed materials for any commercial purposes
• Publication, distribution, mount on any electronic network, or retaining portions of licensed materials or combining them with any other material

Users who have been detected to violate the above terms may face a temporary suspension, depending on the severity.

For the full policy, please refer to Appropriate Use of Information Resources.