Rules & Regulations
Library rules and regulations are designed to maintain a quiet, respectful, and productive learning environment for all users.
All students are expected to follow these guidelines to ensure effective use of library resources and facilities.
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Access to e-resources is provided by the library via license agreements with publishers, and the materials provided by publishers are subject to copyright law.
Printing and downloading
E-Resources provided by the Library are copyright material, subject to copyright law. This means that there are clearly defined limits to the amount of material which can be downloaded or printed from any e-journal or e-book which we licence from a publisher.
| e-journals | You may print or download up to one article from an individual issue of a journal for private study and non-commercial research. Printing or downloading more than this, without the permission of the copyright owner, is an infringement of copyright law. |
| e-books | you may print or download up to one chapter or 5%, whichever is the greater, for private study and non-commercial research. Printing or downloading more than this, without the permission of the copyright owner, is an infringement of copyright law. |
There may also be additional restrictions to the level of downloading from e-books, depending on limits set by individual publishers and third party suppliers. Where this is the case there will usually be alerts on the pubisher or supplier website to indicate how much you can print or download from the e-book.
Systematic downloading
Systematic downloading of material is generally prohibited by our licence agreements with publishers, although this does vary from licence to licence.
Prohibited activity may include use of robots, spiders, crawlers or other automated downloading programs, or any manual process to sytematically search, scrape, extract, deep link or index any of the copyright material.
Publishers carefully monitor use of the material provided via their web sites or platforms, and they will notify us of any mass-downloading activity which their systems detect. When this arises, the publisher may block access from specific Salim Habib University IP addresses, or they may suspend access to the whole service for all University staff and students, until the problem has been resolved.
Most e-journal web sites include a link to the publisher’s terms and conditions where consent to copy ‘fairly’ from an electronic journal may be given by the publisher’s licence.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you are acting within both the copyright law and the publisher’s license terms – please contact the E-Resources Team Helpline below if you have any queries about specific e-resources.
Digital Resource Policy
Access to Tariq Amin Library’s electronic resources is restricted to authorized users, including registered students, faculty, and staff, and is subject to institutional authentication and valid library membership. These resources are provided strictly for academic purposes such as personal study, teaching, and non-commercial research. Users may download, save, or print limited portions of content in accordance with copyright regulations and license agreements.
Any misuse — including systematic or excessive downloading, copying entire journal issues or databases, altering or recompiling content, or using automated tools such as bots, crawlers, or harvesting software — is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, reselling, redistributing, publishing, or republishing content in any format is not permitted. All materials accessed through subscribed journals and databases remain the intellectual property of their respective publishers and are protected under national and international copyright laws. Users are required to comply fully with all publisher license agreements and usage policies when accessing library-subscribed electronic resources.
Compliance & User Responsibility
Users are fully responsible for adhering to copyright laws, license agreements, and library policies while using Tariq Amin Library’s electronic resources. Any violation may result in legal consequences for which the user will be held accountable.
The University reserves the right to hold users liable, on an indemnity basis, for any claims, losses, costs, or damages arising from misuse or policy violations. Furthermore, the Library reserves the right to suspend or permanently terminate both on-campus and remote access to electronic resources in cases of unauthorized use, infringement, or non-compliance with established guidelines.
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