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Terms of use and copyright provisions

The University of Würzburg has entered into agreements with various publishers to provide you with access to a wide range of electronic resources, such as e-books, electronic journals, databases, and newspapers. Use of these resources is permitted only within the framework of copyright law (UrhG). In addition, some publishers stipulate specific terms of use that you, as a user, must also comply with.

By accessing licensed resources, you agree to comply with the following provisions. At the same time, by accessing these resources, you confirm that you are not on any international sanctions lists or subject to sanctions. Failure to comply with the terms of use may result in the service being blocked for the entire campus! If the University of Würzburg or the University Library of Würzburg faces legal action due to a violation of copyright or licensing provisions, users are obligated to compensate for the claimed damages.

  • Only persons working in the fields of research and teaching
  • either directly (e.g., professors and their assistants) or
  • indirectly (e.g., university administration, library, campus IT, etc., including employees and civil servants of the University of Würzburg), as well as students enrolled there and registered library users (including walk-in users) are authorized to use the content.
  • Search results, data, full texts, and other licensed content may only be used within the scope provided for by copyright law for personal or non-commercial academic use and for research purposes. The creation of copies is also permitted only within the scope of the German Copyright Act (UrhG).

The following is not permitted:

  • The commercial use or exploitation of licensed content.
  • Automatic searching, indexing, or the creation of collections.
  • The mass or systematic downloading of search results, data, full texts, and other licensed content—e.g., entire volumes of journals.
  • the use of special software (e.g., robots, spiders, crawlers, searchbots) for downloading.
  • the permanent storage of licensed content—particularly beyond the scope of affiliation with the institution.
  • the creation of one’s own private archive “for future use."
  • the disclosure of search results, data, full texts, and other licensed content to third parties.
  • the disclosure of login credentials to third parties.
  • modifications to all or part of the respective licensed content—in particular, modifications to printed and digital documents and the web interface, as well as the removal of copyright notices, logos, and identifying features.

E-resources licensed by the University of Würzburg may, as a general rule, only be used in accordance with the providers’ applicable licence terms.

Any automated access to licensed e-resources requires prior authorisation from the University of Würzburg Library. This applies in particular to

  • text and data mining (TDM),
  • the automated extraction, downloading or analysis of content,
  • the use of AI applications to access e-resources,
  • the use of e-resources for the training, adaptation or further development of AI systems, and
  • other automated processes for capturing, handling and processing licensed content.

The Library will assess the permissibility of the planned project and, where necessary, coordinate it with the relevant provider or publisher. There is no entitlement to authorisation.

Unauthorised automated access may breach licence agreements and result in the temporary or permanent blocking of the service in question for the entire University of Würzburg.

If you are planning a project that involves automated access, text and data mining or AI applications, please contact us at ub-emedien@​uni-wuerzburg.de by email at an early stage so that the use can be coordinated with the relevant providers.

For legal reasons, third-party copyrighted materials may be made available to students online at the University of Würzburg exclusively via WueCampus (see German Copyright Act (UrhG) §§ 60a–60b). Making such materials available via storage drives, websites, or other technical means is not permitted.

To make e-media available to students for instructional purposes in compliance with the law, it is recommended to set up a copyright-compliant course collection through the University of Würzburg or to include a link in WueCampus.

In addition, publishers’ license agreements may permit other forms of use. Please feel free to direct any questions regarding this matter to us via email at ub-emedien@uni-wuerzburg.de.