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Public Access and Library Terminals Use - Definitions

Walk-in User
A person who is not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution but is permitted by the institution to access the secure network* via a computer or terminal within the Library premises is deemed to be an authorised user but only for the duration they are within the Library premises. Institutions that provide access to networks, and users who benefit from that access, should regard it as normal to require an individual identity.

Walk-in Users may not be given means to access the licensed work when they are not within the Library premises.

Unidentified Visitor
This term refers to a general public user who is an unknown, anonymous user not a currently registered student, faculty member or employee of the licensed institution and who does not have remote access to resources.

Authorised Users
Currently registered students, faculty members or employees of the licensed institution who are authorised by the licensee to access the licensee's information services whether from a computer or terminal on the licensee's secure network* or off site via a secure access management system.

Authorised Users should abide by a code of conduct (e.g: Chest "Code of Conduct") and be expected to sign an undertaking not to use the product for commercial activity.

* Secure Network shall mean a network (whether a stand alone network or a virtual network within the Internet) which is only accessible to Authorised Users whose identities are authenticated by the Institution at the time of log-in and periodically thereafter consistent with current best practice and whose conduct is subject to regulation by the Institution.

Note: Only those agreements which include reference to 'Walk-in Users' in the terms and conditions are listed below.

Agreement Walk-in Users Unidentified Visitors
ARTBibliographics Modern (ABM) Allowed Not Allowed
Business Insights Allowed Not Allowed
CSA Collections Agreement Allowed Not Allowed
Datamonitor Allowed Not Allowed
Design & Applied Arts Index (DAAI) Allowed Not Allowed
EBSCO Databases Allowed The licence for EBSCO Databases permits use by unidentified visitors or general public users provided that security procedures are undertaken that will prevent remote access by institutions or individuals that are not parties to the licence who are not expressly and specifically granted access by EBSCO
Ei Databases Allowed Not Allowed
Emerald Computer Abstracts Allowed Not Allowed
Emerald International Civil Engineering Abstracts Allowed Not Allowed
Emerald Fulltext Allowed Not Allowed
Emerald Management Reviews Allowed Not Allowed
Emerald Management Xtra Allowed Not Allowed
Global Market Information Database (GMID)  Not Allowed Not Allowed
IET Online Publications Allowed Not Allowed
Inspec Allowed Not Allowed
Key Note Market Information Allowed Not Allowed
Kluwer E-Reference Works from Springer Allowed Not Allowed
Landolt-Bornstein Allowed Not Allowed
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Allowed Not Allowed
LinkSource Allowed The licence for EBSCO Databases permits use by unidentified visitors or general public users provided that security procedures are undertaken that will prevent remote access by institutions or individuals that are not parties to the licence who are not expressly and specifically granted access by EBSCO.
It remains a requirement of the Licensee (Institution) that it is satisfied that the user is an employee, student, or other persons authorised by the Licensee for the purposes of the normal business of the Licensee's organisation.
NOTE: the granting of an ATHENS Username and Password is not a right to use in itself.
MathSciNet Allowed Not Allowed
NewsBank Newspapers Allowed Not Allowed
New Scientist Archive Online Allowed Not Allowed
PsycARTICLES Allowed Not Allowed
PsycINFO Allowed Not Allowed
Rapra Abstracts Database Allowed Not Allowed
RefWorks Allowed Not Allowed
SciFinder Scholar® Not Allowed Not Allowed
Springer Book Series Allowed Not Allowed
The Times Newspaper Allowed Not Allowed
WebDewey Not allowed Not Allowed