Most digital books and articles in library databases are paid for by the library, thus creating no additional costs for students.
However, these resources are limited by restrictions from publishers and vendors.
- The number of concurrent viewers may be limited
- Access may change unexpectedly
- Publisher embargos delay access to the most recent materials
- Significant copyright limitations for sharing, printing, etc.
Items marked as Open Access in our catalog were not paid for by the library. However, unless those sources are OER, using a Creative Commons license, they are still limited by traditional copyright expectations.