Terms of Use E-Resources

When using all electronic resources (e.g. e-books, e-journals, databases, video tutorials) of the library of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, the applicable provisions of the Copyright Act, the respective terms and conditions of use, publishing and licence conditions and the Library Regulations (in particular § 29) must be observed.

In particular, the following terms of use must be strictly observed:

• Access to licensed electronic resources is only permitted to members of the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences and external users with a valid library card.
• External users (= walk-in-users) may only use the resources on site in the library. Some services are only available to members of Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences.
• The electronic resources are available exclusively for study, research and teaching as well as for private use.
  Search results, hit lists and full texts from electronic resources may only be used, printed or saved for personal and academic use as well as for research purposes. Permanent storage is not permitted.
• Systematic printing, downloading and saving of articles, complete issues, journal volumes, books, tutorials, search results, etc., in particular by robots, is prohibited.
• The commercial use of search results, hit lists and full texts, their use by third parties, their forwarding to third parties and the (re)publication of content are prohibited. “Third parties” also includes external applications such as bots, software or websites, including those that use artificial intelligence technologies such as large language models and generative AI.
• Detailed terms of use for the e-resources can be found on the websites of the respective providers. This applies in particular to the conditions for text and data mining and the use of AI systems.
• If the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences is prosecuted for an infringement of third-party rights caused by users, these users are liable for all resulting costs and compensation payments and must reimburse these. In the event of a justified suspicion of infringement, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences is authorised to collect the contact details of the users concerned and to pass them on to contractual partners.
• If users use the option within the e-resource offerings to create user accounts, bibliographies, alerting services, or otherwise enter personal or business data (e-mail address, names, addresses, etc.), they do so at their own risk. Further information can be found in the Privacy Notice for E-Resources.

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SHOULD DIFFICULTIES OF INTERPRETATION ARISE, THE GERMAN TEXT OF THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE BINDING.