Text and Data Mining
Making copies for text and data mining is now permitted by copyright legislation, subject to certain conditions:
- You must have lawful access to the data you wish to mine (i.e., you must own a copy personally or City Library must own a copy)
- You must acknowledge the source if possible
- You must not pass on any copies made to anyone who does not have lawful access
- Nothing in any license or contract can override the right to make copies for this purpose
- You must not circumvent any DRM measures applied by the owner of the data.
If you wish to text or data mine from a subscription resource made available by Library Services, please contact the e-access team e-access@city.ac.uk and your Subject Librarian in the first instance, as it is important that we are aware of this type of usage of our resources.
Generally we have found that publishers are supportive of text and data mining of their resources, especially if they are notified in advance.