Licensed material

The Library negotiates licence agreements with academic and commercial publishers to provide access to online resources such as databases, e-Books and e-Journals. These licence agreements specify how the material can be used.

You can use the Library’s licensed resources if you are a:

• current student or staff member, or
• an enrolled community user (onsite access, selected resources only).

You can use the Library’s licensed resources for your:

• academic research or study.

You cannot use the Library’s licensed resources for:

• commercial purposes,
• paid or unpaid work on behalf of an organisation other than Curtin University,
• bulk, excessive or automated downloading of material,
• supplying licensed material to non-authorised users (includes posting to websites), or
• actions in breach of the Copyright Act 1968.

For more information on copyright see Copyright at Curtin.