Nature Online

Members may transmit to a non-commercial library single items of content, including articles, book chapters or portions thereof only for personal educational, scientific, or research purposes (“Interlibrary Loans”). Such transmission shall be reviewed and fulfilled by Members’ staff, and shall be made by hand, post, fax or through any secure document transmission software, so long as, in the case of any electronic transmission, the electronic file retains the relevant copyright notice. The right set out in this clause does not extend to centralized ordering facilities, such as document delivery systems, nor the distribution of copies in such quantities as to substitute for a subscription or purchase of the distributed Content.

Ereserves

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

3.7 COURSE PACKS, ELECTRONIC RESERVE, & ELECTRONIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Members and Authorized Users, subject to section 4 [Prohibited Uses], may incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials in printed and electronic Course Packs and Electronic Reserve collections for the use of Authorized Users in the course of instruction at a Member, and/or in Electronic Learning Environments hosted on a Secure Network, but not for Commercial Use. Each such item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source. Course Packs in alternate formats may also be offered to Authorized Users that require Accessible Formats.

Archival Access

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text:

Perpetual Access Journals: During the Term, Members shall have access to the Perpetual Access Journals listed in Section 3.1 first published during the Term. After the Term, Members shall have Perpetual Access to the Perpetual Access Journals first published during the Term, subject to all the terms and conditions of this License Agreement.

Nothing in this License Agreement shall affect any rights, including perpetual access rights, granted to Licensee or any Members in prior license agreements.

Backfile Access During the Term: In addition, during the Term only, Members will be granted access to the Content of titles listed in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 published beginning the later of (a)1997 (b) the first date of publication or (c), the date on which Licensor first acquired publication rights.

License Begins:

January 1, 2021

License Ends:

December 31, 2021

Vendor:

Springer Nature

Description:

Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.

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Simultaneous Users:

Unlimited

Chron coverage:

Rolling 4-year backfile

Usage Stats:

Usage statistic reports are uploaded to your site license administration account before the end of every month for the proceeding month. The registered site license administrator will be alerted by e-mail when reports are available.

Usage stats 2015: Year of publication, all Nature journals.

See 2015 to 2016 usage files attached under pricing files

2016 use (not as detailed as reports under pricing files), 2016 use part 2 (Dalhousie, MUN, UNB, MacEwan, Okanagan College, Kwantlen)

2016 denials, 2016 denials part 2

2017(Jan to Jun) use, 2017 use part 2

2017 (Jan to Jun) denials, 2017 denials part 2

2018 Denials - several worksheets to sort to get to institution level data

2018 Usage - several worksheets to sort to get to institution level data

Content Types:

FullText, Ejournals

Multi-Year Contract:

Sunday, December 31, 2023

Counter-Compliant:

Yes

Notes on Subscribers:

Nature Online does not include perpetual access but a rolling 4-year backfile is included in the subscriptions

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