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SciFinder - terms of usage

Scifinder terms of usage


Available only to Colgate Users. Use is permitted for academic research only. ' No commercial research allowed.' Users need to create a personal account. Access to the form needed to create the account is stored in a Colgate Google Site and access is limited to those with Colgate Email Accounts. Authorized users may store research results in electronic form or personal use provided that no more than 5,000 records are stored. Users are permitted to search only for themselves and may share their search results in a reasonable limited way with other Colgate users provided that any such sharing may not result in an aggregation of the electronic records stored, nor in the creation of any central source of electronic records. Stored records must be deleted when no longer needed by the user for the relevant research project or after the completion of the user`s degree program whichever occurs first. 

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lk-in (non-Colgate) use allowed? No
Remote access allowed? Yes
Simultaneous users: unlimited
Reserves allowed? no

Can be used in Course Packs? No 
Downloads allowed? yes- see limits above
Email downloaded items? yes- see limits above
Emailing records allowed? yes- see limits above
ILL allowed? yes
ILL Limits: No ILL to For-Profit libraries 
Restrictions? CU only 


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