ScienceDirect Freedom Collection

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/13/2015 - 14:01
Description: 

The ScienceDirect Freedom Collection refers to access to the full text of articles from the journals in all subject collections published by Elsevier Science. Coverage is from 1995 and includes more than 2500 journals and 11,000 books in a variety of scientific disciplines. This is an access-only model beginning from the date of the existing ScienceDirect subscription with a minimum of four backfile years, plus the current year. Access is cumulative as long as the license and subscription are renewed.

Authorized Users: 
1.2 Authorized Users/Sites. Authorized Users are the full-time and part-time students, faculty, staff, researchers, and independent contractors of the Subscriber affiliated with the Subscriber’s locations listed on Schedule 2 [UMC, UMKC, UMSL, MST] and individuals using computer terminals within the library facilities at the Sites permitted by the Subscriber to access the Subscribed Products.Authorized Users who are independent contractors may use the Subscribed Products only for the purposes of the contracted work for the Subscriber.
Proxy Server License: 
Yes
InterLibrary Loan License: 
Elsevier has changed their ILL policy as indicated below. Previously the requirement was to first print the article and then scan it for electronic transmission. The ILL request comes from an academic or other non-commercial, non-corporate research library located in the same country as the subscriber. The requested article is printed by the subscriber mailed, faxed or transmitted by Ariel (or a similar ILL system) to the requesting library. For libraries in the U.S. complying with the CONTU guidelines, it is not necessary to first print the article and then scan it for electronic transmission. For full information see “http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/intro.cws_home/SD%20interlibrary%20loan”. Print and deliver journal articles from Subscribed Titles (as defined herein) and, if any, book chapters from the Subscribed Products to fulfill requests as part of the practice commonly known as “interlibrary loan” from non-commercial libraries located within the same country as the Subscriber.
Electronic Reserves License: 
* incorporate links to the Subscribed Products on the Subscriber’s intranet and internet websites, provided that the appearance of such links and/or statements accompanying such links shall be changed as reasonably requested by Elsevier;* provide print or electronic copies of individual items from the Subscribed Products to other Authorized Users and to third-party colleagues for their scholarly or research use;
Coursepacks License: 
* incorporate links to the Subscribed Products on the Subscriber’s intranet and internet websites, provided that the appearance of such links and/or statements accompanying such links shall be changed as reasonably requested by Elsevier;* provide print or
Archiving of Journals License: 
Upon termination of all of the Subscriber’s annual subscriptions on ScienceDirect online, the Subscriber may, at its option, (1) acquire, load and technically format on a server that enables access and use by Authorized Users an electronic copy of all or part of its Subscribed Titles for the publication years paid for cost and/or (2) continue to access such Subscribed Titles online for an annual access fee based on the number of full-text articles downloaded from such titles during the prior twelve (12) months at a rate of $0.81 per download (adjusted annually for inflation and cost increases), and/or (3) access such Subscribed Titles online through the Portico electronic arching service provided by Portico (in which case the Subscriber shall execute a separate Portico Journal Archive License Agreement whose terms and conditions shall also govern the Subscriber’s use of such Subscribed Titles and take precedence in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with the Agreement), in accordance with the usage provisions of this Agreement, which provisions shall survive the termination of the Agreement. Elsevier shall make available for inspection by a duly authorized auditor of the Subscriber, at the Subscriber’s sole expense, the records concerning the calculation of the annual access fee one time per year during regular business hours upon thirty (30_ days written notice to Elsevier. The electronic copy may not contain links and other features an functionality associated with the online version. If a particular Subscribed Title is withdrawn by Elsevier or not renewed by the Subscriber, but the Subscriber remains a ScienceDirect online subscriber, the Subscriber may continue to access online, at no additional charge, such formerly Subscribed Title for the publication years paid, provided that Elsevier continues to hold the electronic rights thereto.
Allowed Use: 
1.3 Authorized Uses. Each Authorized User may:* access, search, browse and view the Subscribed Products;* print, make electronic copies of and store for the exclusive use of such Authorized User individual items from the Subscribed Products; * incorporate links to the Subscribed Products on the Subscriber’s intranet and internet websites, provided that the appearance of such links and/or statements accompanying such links shall be changed as reasonably requested by Elsevier;* provide print or electronic copies of individual items from the Subscribed Products to other Authorized Users and to third-party colleagues for their scholarly or research use; and* access, search, browse, view, print , make electronic copies and store for the exclusive use of such Authorized User certain journal articles and book chapters from the ScienceDirect online service that are not subscribed to as part of the Subscribed Products, with each twenty-four (24) hour access period for a selected article or chapter, a “Transaction.”* print and deliver journal articles from Subscribed Titles (as defined herein) and, if any, book chapters from the Subscribed Products to fulfill requests as part of the practice commonly known as “interlibrary loan” from non-commercial libraries located within the same country as the Subscriber.Authorized Users who are independent contractors may use the Subscribed Products only for the purposes of the contracted work for the Subscriber.
Prohibited Use: 
1.4 Restrictions on Use of Licensed Products.Except as expressly permitted in writing by Elsevier, the Subscriber and its Authorized Users may not:1.4.1 abridge, modify, translate or create any derivative work based on the Subscribed Products , except to the extent necessary to make them perceptible on a computer screen to Authorized Users;* remove, obscure or modify in any way any copyright notices, other notices or disclaimers as they appear in the Subscribed Products; or* substantially or systematically reproduce, retain or redistribute the Subscribed Products.
Simultaneous Users: 
unlimited
Participating Campuses: 
MERLIN
Multi Year: 
Yes
End Year: 
15
Date Start: 
07/01
Date End: 
06/30