Terms & Conditions

PERMITTED USE

  1. Authorized Users are permitted online access to the ASCE Online Products and may download, save, or print text, search results, or other information from the Online Products solely for their private use or research. The Sites and Authorized Users may only use this online access in a way that conforms with all applicable laws and regulations.
  2. ASCE grants Authorized Users permission to use brief quotations from the content of the online products with the customary acknowledgment of the source, and to copy and transmit content from individual articles in "person-to-person" and non-systematic exchanges of information between Authorized Users and specific individuals.
  3. The Subscriber agrees that use by Authorized Users other than indicated above is a violation of the terms of this Agreement. Any other use of the licensed material requires the written permission of the copyright holder.

PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN USE

  1. Altering, recompiling, systematic or programmatic copying, reselling, redistributing, publishing or republishing (beyond the brief quotations permitted under Section 4 of ASCE's individual user agreement for online journal subscriptions) of any journal text, output, search result, or other information from the Online Products, or any portion thereof, including without limitation, copyright, proprietary and/or other legal notices contained therein, in any form or medium is prohibited.
  2. Systematic or programmatic downloading (for example, downloading entire journal issues), service bureau redistribution services, printing for fee-for-service purposes and/or the systematic making of print or electronic copies of individual titles for transmission to persons other than Authorized Users are prohibited. Downloading portions of the Online Products for the purpose of creating systematic and persistent local copies (not including transient, dynamic caches of individually requested material) for redistribution is prohibited.
  3. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to ASCE. The Sites and Authorized Users may not circumvent ASCE's access control systems or use ASCE's systems or services to make any attempt to gain unauthorized access to any other system or network.
  4. ASCE shall not be required to distribute, and Sites shall not redistribute any Online Products to a country to which export is prohibited by U.S. law or regulation.