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Definitions

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Rules of Use

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  1. Users may browse all Tables of Content for all Electronic Products on Wiley Online Library, regardless of what Licensed Electronic Products the Customer subscribes to, and search the entire database of Tables of Content and abstracts. For most publications, Users may browse the abstracts as well.
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B. Except as provided above or with respect to material published on an open access basis, Users may not copy, distribute, transmit or otherwise reproduce, sell or resell material from Electronic Product(s); store such material in any form or medium in a retrieval system; download and/or store an entire issue of an Electronic Product or its equivalent; or transmit such material, directly or indirectly, for use in any paid service such as document delivery or list serve, or for use by any information brokerage or for systematic distribution, whether or not for commercial or non-profit use or for a fee or free of charge.

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E. If a User refuses or fails to abide by these Terms of Use or violates any other terms of this Agreement, Wiley reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend or terminate their access to Wiley Online Library and the Electronic Products immediately without notice, in addition to any other available remedies.

F. Users shall not have the right to incorporate any material from the Electronic Products into any institutional or other repository under any circumstances without Wiley’s prior written approval (including social networking websites and scholarly collaboration networks, except for those that have agreed to Wiley’s Article Sharing Policy found here: http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-826716.html and in accordance therewith).

Additional Terms

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Wiley may modify any of these terms and conditions at any time by providing notice on Wiley Online Library. A User’s continued use of Wiley Online Library shall be conclusively deemed acceptance of such modification.

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