Multisite use. For the purposes of this document, Internet Acess is defined as the viewing and use of subscribed Journal content online via the World Wide Web. An Institution can be a university, a part of a government agency, a not-for-profit organization or a for-profit company An Institution includes all parts of a single organization that report to the same Chief Academic Officer, Chief Executive Officer or Director of a not-for-profit, agency, governmental or non-governmental organization or independent company. (For multi-campus academic institutions, each organization listed in the Directory of Higher Education [http://www.educause.edu/MembershipDirectory/672], or its equivalent, is considered a separate institution. For multi-site government agencies, not-for-profit organizations or a for-profit companies the institutional license is for a single geographical location.

Authorized Users. An online institutional subscription permits unlimited simultaneous Internet Access to complete Journal content by Authorized Users for the entire subscription term. Secure proxy access from off campus locations is allowed. Authorized users of an institutional subscription are persons with a current, authenticated affiliation to the subscribing Institution. This includes full- and part-time students and employees (including faculty, staff, affiliated researchers, administration and independent contractors) plus other individuals who have permission to use the computers on the subscribing institution's site/campus that are supported by that institution.

Authentication. Institutional subscribers must make reasonable efforts to create and maintain appropriate security measures to ensure that only Authorized Users can access subscribed Journal content online. Institutional subscribers affirm that all Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses provided for use of online Journals are controlled by the Institution exclusively for Internet Access by Authorized Users. If Institutional subscribers become aware of unauthorized access to Journals, they will notify publishers immediately and cooperate in locating and attempting to stop the specific individuals who are abusing the service. If the specific abuser(s) cannot be identified or stopped, publishers have the right to withhold, suspend, or terminate access to any or all Journal content, without liability.

Non-authorized users. Institutional subscribers are prohibited from making agreements for access to Journal content with individuals, organizations, vendors, affiliates, or partners, who are not Authorized Users. No direct commercial re-use (e.g. downloading, posting of a file, or printing to sell or distribute to any non-authorized user) of any Journal content is permitted without prior, express written permission of publishers. Permission is granted, however, to provide a limited amount of print or electronic Journal content for purposes of regulatory approval, patent and/or trademark applications or other legal or regulatory purposes.

Interlibrary Loan. Institutional subscribers may fulfill interlibrary loan requests from other institutions via fax or paper document delivery under CONTU (National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyright Works) guidelines [http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/CONTU.html]. Redistribution of Journal content to non-authorized users in electronic or digital form is prohibited without prior publisher approval.

Accessibility. Institutional subscribers may transcribe any portion of Journal content into Braille script, enlarged type or other appropriate version in order to allow Authorized Users with disabilities to access Journals.

Archiving. The Institutional subscribers may participate in the LOCKSS system for archiving digitized publications. To benefit from this support, Institutional subscribers must install a LOCKSS cache at their Institution. (See http://lockss.stanford.edu for further information.) The Institutional subscriber may perpetually use the LOCKSS system to archive and restore Journal content, so long as the Institutional subscriber's use is otherwise consistent with these Guidelines. Publishers further acknowledge and agree that, in using the LOCKSS system, Journal content may be made available to other LOCKSS system participants who indicate a right to the subscribed Journal content.

COPYRIGHT / PROPRIETARY RIGHTS NOTICE

Unless otherwise noted, the Publisher holds the copyright on all materials published in the Journal, whether in print or electronic form, both as a compilation and as individual articles. All Journal content is subject to "fair use" provisions of U.S. or applicable international copyright laws (see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html).

Removal of copyright notice. Institutional subscribers agree not to remove, cover, overlay, obscure, block, or change any copyright notices, legends, or terms of use.
Modification: Institutional subscribers shall not modify or create a derivative work of any Journal content without the prior written permission of publishers.

TECHNICAL ACCESS

The Publisher intends for Journal web sites to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. However, publishers WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OR REFUNDS SHOULD A SITE BECOME UNAVAILABLE TEMPORARILY OR ACCESS TO A SITE BECOMES SLOW OR INCOMPLETE due to system back-up procedures, Internet traffic volume, upgrades, overload of requests to the servers, general network failures or delays, or any other cause which may from time to time make Journal content inaccessible to Institutional subscribers. Publishers will make reasonable efforts to notify Institutional subscribers of any unusually extended interruptions and will attempt to restore access to sites as soon as possible.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

The Journal Online is under development and changes may be made in these publications and programs at any time. There is no guarantee that the information contained in the online version of the journal is identical to the print version of the journal.
In no event shall the publisher be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, including but not limited to: loss of data, business interruption, or loss of profits, arising out of the use of or the inability to use the Journal content.
This publication is provided "as is": the Publisher DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ITS ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications, or inclusion of an advertisement in the Journal, neither constitutes nor implies a guarantee, endorsement or support of claims made of that product, publication or service.

SEVERABILITY
If any portion of these Guidelines turn out to be invalid, illegal, under dispute, unenforceable or in conflict with the law of any jurisdiction, the rest of the provisions shall remain applicable.

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