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Publisher policies for TDM

Please check the policy of the relevant database publisher before you download any data from them for the purposes of text or data mining. Some allow TDM and others do not, or may offer it with certain restrictions. This is not an exhaustive list of all our databases so please get in touch with us if the resource you would like to use is not listed.  We have also provided the contact details of each publisher if you would like further information.

 

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AAAS Science 
Which resources does this publisher own?: Science Online
Access method: Content may be downloaded for TDM directly from the AAAS online platform for local storage and analysis.
Conditions of use: Non-commercial use only. Downloading must be limited to a “reasonable rate and speed,” users must comply with the terms in Annex A Institutional License Agreement | Science | AAAS
For more information: scienceonline@aaas.org

 

ABC-CLIO
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Praeger Security International: Terrorism, Homeland Security, Strategy (PSI)  
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: databases@abc-clio.com

 

Aerospace Medical Association
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
Conditions of use:  NO. TDM is not permitted.
For more information: inquiries@asma.org

 

Association for Computing Machinery
Which resources does this publisher own?:
ACM Digital Library
Access method: Institutional login
Conditions of use:  
Permitted to download and make copies of the whole or any parts of the Licensed Material for the purposes of, and to perform and engage in computational analysis (including text and data mining) using the Licensed Material for the purpose of research and other Educational Purposes but not for Commercial Use, and to permit Authorised Users to distribute and display and otherwise use (publicly or otherwise), other than for Commercial Use, the results, provided that such results do not reproduce the whole or a substantial part of any Licensed Content. Copies of Licensed Content made under this Clause 3.2.10 shall be deleted promptly after the computational analysis has been completed.
For more information: dl-team@hq.acm.org

 

ACS [American Chemical Society]
Which resources does this publisher own?:
CAS SciFinder
Conditions of use:  NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information:  help@cas.org

 

American Helicopter Society
Which resources does this publisher own?:
AHS Online Library
Conditions of use:  NO. TDM is not permitted. 
For more information: Contact Form VFS - Policies (openathens.net)

 

AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [ARC]
Which resources does this publisher own?:
AIAA Journal, Journal of Aircraft, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Access method: TDM is on a case-by-case basis. Licensee and its Authorized Users may not use the Licensed Materials to perform and engage in text mining or data mining activities, save as for use which is demanded under law in the country of the Licensee. Use is possible with the express permission of the Licensors which must be sought on a case-by-case basis in which case Licensors reserve the right to introduce additional charges for text or data-mining.
Conditions of use:  Text data mining of AIAA content is available in Aerospace Research Central (ARC) but requires a bilateral agreement with AIAA. Terms of use for all content remain subject to copyright.
For more information:  custserv@aiaa.org
https://www.aiaa.org/publications/Publish-with-AIAA/Rights-and-Permissions 
https://www.aiaa.org/contact

 

AIP American Institute of Physics
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Applied Physics Letters, Physics of Fluids
Access method: case-by-case basis, contact AIP
Conditions of use:  TDM is on a case-by-case basis. Without AIPP’s authorization, Licensee shall not, and shall not cause, assist or encourage any Authorized Users or third parties to: (i)systematically or programmatically download, whether manually or by using programs such as robots or searchbots, spiders, crawlers or other automated downloading programs, algorithms or devices, to continuously or automatically search, scrape, extract, deep link or index all or a substantial portion of the Licensed Content, such as an entire issue of or article from a journal; (ii) download the Licensed Content in aggregate for central storage or later retrieval; or (iii) conduct text and data mining.
For more information: rights@aip.org.

 

ASABE American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 
Access method:
NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: hq@asabe.org

 

ASM American Society for Microbiology
Access method:
Not specified. See recommended web crawler throttling rates in the license below
Conditions of use: Non-commercial use only. Commercial data mining rights requests can be made through RightFind® for XML Mining, a service of the Copyright Clearance Center.
TDM Outputs and Credit. ASM Journals Expectations When TDM Outputs Are Made Available:

  • The original authors receive the appropriate credit and attribution.
  • DOI-based URLs to the content on the Publisher’s site are included.

For more information: ASM Journals Non-Commercial TDM License


American Socety of Agronomy - see Wiley
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Soil Science Society of America Journal, Journal of Environmental Quality
Conditions of use:  Articles published in this journal use a range of Creative Commons licenses. Permission may still be required, 
For more information:  see Wiley and customercare@copyright.com


ASME [American Society of Mechanical Engineers]
Access method:
On request only.
Conditions of use: On request only due to the drain on server processing. Provide the dates needed it can be scheduled it for you. It is for academic use only.
Further Information: HiattP@ASME.org (P Hiatt, Publishing Sales)

 

ASTD [American Society of Training and Development] - See ProQuest


ASTM International
Which resources does this publisher own?:
ASTM Compass Digital Library
Access method: Contact ASTM
Conditions of use:  Not explicitly permitted. [Prohibited Use] “...systematically download, archive, or centrally store substantial portions of standards, articles, files, or material obtained from any ASTM Product or Document...without ASTM’s prior written permission”
For more information: service@astm.org


Aviation Economics 
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Aviation Strategy
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: https://aviationstrategy.aero/contact_us

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Bioline International
Access method: TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-by) content. However Bioline is an aggregator providing a free platform for journal publishers wishing to provide global open access movement. TDM is not currently supported (March 2023)
For more information: Bioline.International@utoronto.ca


BioMed Central
Access method: Various access models supported; see: http://old.biomedcentral.com/about/datamining registration may be required for some access models
Further Information: info@biomedcentral.com
For more information:  http://old.biomedcentral.com/about/datamining

 

Bloomberg
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Customer Contact Centre

 

Brill 
Which resources does this publisher own?: Brill Journal Archive
Access method: TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-by) content. See CrossRef for access information
Further Information: rights@brill.com.

 

BMJ
Which resources does this publisher own?: BMJ Clinical research Online
Access method:  Via the Crossref Text and Data mining Service https://tdmsupport.crossref.org/ 
Conditions of use: Conditions of use must be accepted 
https://www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy/
For more information: support@bmj.com

 

British Standards
Which resources does this publisher own?: BSI Online
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Contact Us

 

Bureau Van Dijk 
Which resources does this publisher own?: FAME,  Orbis BankFocus
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Contact us
bankfocus@bvdinfo.com

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Cambridge University Press
Which resources does this publisher own?: Cambridge Core, Aeronautical Journal, Antiquity
Access method:  Cambridge does not currently provide access to Content via an API. If you would like to carry out programmatic or large-scale downloading which may be affected by technical protection measures, or if you need delivery of content in specific formats, please contact openresearch@cambridge.org.
Cranfield staff and students are permitted download, extract, store and index content for any purpose and may mount, load, integrate and analyse the results of TDM subject to the inclusion of a link to the underlying content on our Site. Any copies of the Content stored locally for the purposes of TDM must be deleted once such research project ends. 
Terms of use (cambridge.org)
For more information: openresearch@cambridge.org

 

Centaur Communications
Which resources does this publisher own?: Marketing Week
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: customerservices@marketingweek.com

 

Clarivate - see also ProQuest
Which resources does this publisher own?: Web of Science
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. However numerous APIs can pull data available are on their Developer Portal.
Clarivate Developer Portal - APIs
For more information: Clarivate Developer Portal - Contact Information

 

CORE
Access method: API or bulk data download; more information available here: https://core.ac.uk/services
Access restrictions: Free to use, but registration and API key required, register for API key at https://core.ac.uk/api-keys/register
Conditions of use: Quota applied for query volume, details at https://core.ac.uk/services#api
Further Information: theteam@core.ac.uk  
For more information: https://core.ac.uk/services

 

Cornell University
Which resources does this publisher own?: arXiv 
Access method: Free APIs available see: https://api.arxiv.org/
Further Information: help@arxiv.org.
For more information: Terms of Use for arXiv APIs | arXiv e-print repository

 

CrossRef
Access method: Uses the https://api.crossref.org/swagger-ui/index.html
to access the full-text of published content for participating publishers.
Note: Rate limits may be set by participating publishers
Further Information: support@crossref.org http://tdmsupport.crossref.org/
https://www.crossref.org/documentation/retrieve-metadata/rest-api/text-and-data-mining/

 

CRSP [Centre for Research in Security Prices]
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: support@crsp.org

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DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-by) content.
Access method: You should seek prior permission from IS4OA. Check that your use adheres to terms and conditions in the Infrastructure Services for Open Access « Parent holding company for DOAJ (is4oa.org)
For more information: Contact Us

 

Dow Jones
Which resources does this publisher own?: Factiva
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Help Request Form

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EBSCO
Which resources does this publisher own?: Business Source Complete, E-Journals, eBook Collection, Environment Complete, ERIC, GreenFile, MEDLINE, PsycARTICLES, PsychINFO and Regional Business News
Access method:  NO
Conditions of use: No systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to the Website without EBSCO Information Services’ express written consent
https://www.ebsco.com/website-terms-of-use
For more information: https://www.ebsco.com/contact


Economist Intelligence Unit 
Which resources does this publisher own?: Economist
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: rights@economist.com

 

ELDIS
TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-by) content.
Access method: Eldis content is available through the IDS Knowledge Services Open API which provides tools and applications to help you to use Eldis content in your websites or applications. 
For more information: Get the data | Eldis ; Contact eldis@ids.ac.uk


Elsevier
Which resources does this publisher own?: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Knovel, SSRN
Access method: via Elsevier APIs Elsevier Developer Portal
For data not available through API, researchers should contact Elsevier: integrationsupport@elsevier.com
Some restrictions on use of TDM downloaded material and output
Further Information: https://service.elsevier.com/app/contact/supporthub/researchproductsapis/ 
For more information: Text and data mining policy - Elsevier
Text and Data Mining FAQ (elsevier.com)
https://www.elsevier.com/en-au/open-science/research-data/text-and-data-mining

 

Emerald
Which resources does this publisher own?: Emerald Insight, Journal of humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
Access method: Accessible via CrossRef’s TDM service; users should inform support@emeraldinsight.com of the IP address that will be used for mining prior to beginning to avoid an IP block
Conditions of use: Non-commercial use only; subject to terms in the TDM license
Further Information: support@emeraldinsight.com
For more information: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/page/tdm; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/page/tdmfaqs


Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
Which resources does this publisher own?: Airfinance Journal
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: info@delinian.com

 

Euromonitor International
Which resources does this publisher own?: Passport
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: info@euromonitor.com

 

EverySpec
Which resources does this publisher own?: Specifications, Standards, Handbooks and Mil-Spec documents
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: copyright@everyspec.com

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Factiva
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (April 2023)
For more information: Support

 

FAME - see Bureau Van Dijk

 

Fitch Solutions
Which resources does this publisher own?: FitchConnect
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Client services

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Harvard Business Review - see EBSCO


Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Journals
Access method: TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-BY) content.
For more information: help@hindawi.com

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IBISWorld Inc
Which resources does this publisher own?: Global Database
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Contact Us | IBISWorld


INFORMS [Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences]
Which resources does this publisher own?: Decision Analysis, Information Systems Research, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics
INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS Journal on Data Science, INFORMS Journal on Optimization, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Contact INFORMS

 

Institute of Water Association
Which resources does this publisher own?: Magazine and Journal
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information:  martin@instituteofwater.org.uk

 

ICE Publishing [Institution of Civil Engineers]
Which resources does this publisher own?: Civil Engineering, New Civil Engineer, Proceedings of the ICE, Advances in Cement Research, Dams and Reservoirs, Environmental Geotechnics, Geosynthetics International, Geotechnical Research, Geotechnique, Geotechnique Letters, Infrastructure Asset Management, International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Magazine of Concrete Research, Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, Emerging Materials Research, Green Materials, Nanomaterials and Energy, Surface Innovations
Access method: TDM is usually permitted on Open Access (CC-BY) content. All ICE journals are included in CrossRef.
For more information: Contact us

 

IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]
Which resources does this publisher own?: IEEE Xplore - IET and IEEE journals, transactions and conference proceedings
Access method:  Sign in or register for an IEEE account to obtain an API key.  A summary of the TDM project will be required before an API key is issued. Please note the database does not provide access to full-text metadata via API.   
For more information: https://developer.ieee.org/docs


Interscience Enterprises Limited
Which resources does this publisher own?: International Journal of System of Systems Engineering
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Contact us


IOP Institute of Physics 
Access method: TDM access can be arranged by request. Email textmining@iop.org confirming:

  • full name
  • name of institution to which affiliated
  • titles and scope (years) of the journals wishing to mine
  • the approximate length of time that needed to have access to the IOPscience website to carry out the T&DM
  • the purpose for which of the T&DM request

Some rate limits and restrictions may apply
For more information: https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining
For further information: legal@iop.org

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Janes
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Customer care

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Knovel - see Elsevier

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Middle East Institute – see ProQuest
Which resources does this publisher own?: Middle East Journal
Access method: Not via Ingenta Connect.  See ProQuest for possible access
For more information: Customer service

 

Mindsystems Pty Ltd
Which resources does this publisher own?: Journal of Information Warfare
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: JIW@ArmisteadTec.com

 

MINTEL Group Ltd
Which resources does this publisher own?: MINTEL Reports
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: info@mintel.com


MIT Sloan
Which resources does this publisher own?: MIT Sloan Management Review
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: smr-help@mit.edu

 

MORS Military Operations Research Society
Which resources does this publisher own?: Military Operations Research, Phalanx
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Phalanx & MOR Journal Editor

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National Agriculture Library 
Which resources does this publisher own?: AGRICOLA
Access method: Most information on the NAL website is in the public domain. Contact NAL to discuss TDM requirements
For more information: Contact Us | National Agricultural Library (usda.gov)
Scientific Data Services | National Agricultural Library (usda.gov)

 

Nature Publishing Group – see Springer
Which resources does this publisher own?: Nature Complete journals

 

Nimrod publications
Which resources does this publisher own?: Aircraft Commerce
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information:  Contact Us - Aircraft CommerceAircraft Commerce (aircraft-commerce.com)

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Oxford University Press
Which resources does this publisher own?: Review of Financial Studies
Access method: TDM access can be arranged by request, 
For more information: Data.Mining@oup.com

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Palgrave – see Springer
Which resources does this publisher own?: Journal of the Operational Research Society & Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of International Business Studies

 

Praeger Security International [PSI] – see ABC-CLIO  


PLOS
Open access publisher
Access method: Bulk download from https://www.plos.org/text-and-data-mining
No explicit Conditions of Use; content under CC-BY license
For more information: https://www.plos.org/text-and-data-mining


ProQuest 
Which resources does this publisher own?: ABI Inform, ProQuest One Business, EBook Central
Access method: https://support.proquest.com/s/article/How-to-generate-a-usage-report-for-TDM-database
Subject to any content-specific restrictions, Cranfield users may extract and compile data from locally loaded copies of the Purchased Content for TDM Content must be purchased, delivered, and locally stored by Cranfield; process may take six months or longer
For more information: Terms and Conditions of Unauthenticated Use (proquest.com)
Data Mining is specifically mentioned in section 7-d and 10-I
https://support.proquest.com/s/submit-a-case 

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Radiological Society of North America
Which resources does this publisher own?: Radiology
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: permissions@rsna.org


Refinitiv
Which resources does this publisher own?: AfterMarket Research, Workspace
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: Legal.IP@refinitiv.com

 

Royal United Services Institute for Defence – see Taylor & Francis
Which resources does this publisher own?: News Brief, RUSI Journal, RUSI Defence Systems

 

RSC [Royal Society of Chemistry]
Access method: Arranged on individual request. Please contact RSC two weeks beforehand if you are planning a text mining project, they will need to make sure the machine access doesn’t affect other users or contradict RSC terms and conditions.
The full journals catalogue is available for TDM, supplied as XML with tables and accompanying images. Bulk delivery of archive material can be supplemented by secure delivery of new publications.
TDM: free resources and open source software (rsc.org)
For more information: See Contact form 
https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/research-tools/text-and-data-mining/

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SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers]
Which resources does this publisher own?: SAE Mobilius, SAE Standards, all SAE International Journals, SAE Magazines, and SAE EDGE reports.  
Access method: submit all requests to use content from SAE standards to copyright@sae.org, including the following details:
Exact portions requested
How the content will be used
The expected number of people who will have access
A written permission agreement will be provided for approved requests.
For more information: copyright@sae.org


Safari O'Reilly
Which resources does this publisher own?: EBooks
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted (March 2023)
For more information: legal@oreilly.com

 

Sage
Which resources does this publisher own?: Sage Journals
Access method:  Users must agree contact SAGE to accept to the standard text and data mining licence and be authorised. 
https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license
Sage recommends downloading content for TDM. Use the CrossRef Text and Data Mining API for best results. 
Respect downloading limits.
For more information:  http://tdmsupport.crossref.org/researchers/  onlinesupport@sagepub.co.uk
https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining

 

ScienceDirect (see Elsevier)

Scopus (see Elsevier)

 

SPIE
Which resources does this publisher own?: SPIE Digital Library
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: customerservice@spie.org

 

Senate Hall
Which resources does this publisher own?: International Review of Entrepreneurship, Journal of Strategic Management Education
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: info@senatehall.com

 

Shephard Group Publications
Which resources does this publisher own?: Unmanned Vehicles [Uncrewed Vehicles]
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. Anyone wishing to make any use of material on the site, please make a request (March 2023)
For more information: insight@shephardmedia.com


SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied
Which resources does this publisher own?: LOCUS - SIAM Online Journal Archive - 1952-1996, SIAM Journals
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: epsupport@siam.org

 

Springer 
Which resources does this publisher own?: Journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.
Access method: Individual researchers can download subscription (and open access) journal articles and books for TDM purposes directly from Springer Nature’s content platforms. 
Spinger Nature offers a variety of APIs. A full list with details information, examples and API key sign-up can be looked up under https://api.springernature.com.
The use of Springer Nature’s TDM API incurs additional costs.

**Library Note**
Subscribing academic and government institutions may include text and data mining rights in all new and renewed Journal and ebook subscription agreements under Springer Nature’s standard TDM terms (Springer Nature's specialist Database products excluded). For such customers the rights to perform TDM is at no additional cost for content that their subscription license provides access to. 
Existing subscribers may also add TDM rights under these terms before their agreement is up for renewal. 
Further Support: tdm@springernature.com 
Text and Data Mining | Springer Nature | For Researchers | Springer Nature
https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining


S&P Global
Which resources does this publisher own?: Capital IQ, Compustat Historical Data
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted.(March 2023)
For more information: Customer Care

 

Systems Support Inc
Which resources does this publisher own?:
Disaster Recovery Journal
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: drj@drj.com

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Taylor and Francis
Which resources does this publisher own?: Taylor & Francis Online
Access method: TDM access can be arranged by request, users should contact support@tandfonline.com
Conditions of use: Non-commercial use - users should adhere to the STM Model Licence or seek a supplement to the existing subscription licence (contact the Library). For commercial use contact T&F to discuss and for a price quotation 
For more information: Text and Data Mining - Taylor & Francis (taylorandfrancis.com)


TR Media UK Ltd
Which resources does this publisher own?: Digital Forensics Magazine
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: editorial@digitalforensicsmagazine.com

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Walter de Gruyter Inc
Which resources does this publisher own?: Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: rights@degruyter.com


Wolters Kluwer Health Ltd
Which resources does this publisher own?: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery,  Journals@Ovid
Access method: NO. TDM is not permitted. (March 2023)
For more information: Licensing enquries


Wiley
Which resources does this publisher own?: Wiley Online Library, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Ecological Applications, Ecological Mongraphs, Ecology, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Access method: The library or licensing institution requires a separate Text and Data Mining agreement in place with Wiley.  Via API. Academic subscribers can use their ORCID ID to obtain an API token which allows access to subscribed content once accepted the Wiley click-through TDM license and received the API token. The token enables Wiley to verify that the individual has agreed to Wiley Terms and Conditions. Can also use the Crossref API as an intermediary to access Wiley full-text abstracts and pdfs.
Further Information: l TDM@wiley.com
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/library-info/resources/text-and-datamining
Text and Data Mining Policy - Wiley Online Library

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