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UT/DLS: access conditions and restrictions
Contents:
Who may use the data,
Acceptable uses,
Specific licences
The following restrictions are imposed by the terms of contracts
that the University of Toronto has signed with individual data
suppliers.
Who may use the data:
- Unless otherwise specified (in the
UT/DLS inventory of holdings),
data in the DLS collection are for use by University of Toronto faculty, students and staff only.
This restriction applies to on-line databases (CANSIM, CRSP, COMPUSTAT,
DRI basic economics, IMF, OECD, WB etc.), all CD-ROMS available in the
DLS, data on diskette, as well as other data files in the DLS
collection.
- Some statistical products disseminated through the Data Liberation Initiative are also available to Brock University, University of Calgary, Ryerson
University and York University IP addresses as well. Where materials are not accessible through
a WWW server, faculty, students, and staff of these local universities should contact their local data
service personnel (see Internet data resources:Individual data archives:Canada).
- Visiting faculty, visiting graduate students, affiliates, etc.,
must bring a letter signed by their respective Department Chair or
equivalent. This letter should confirm the visitor's status vis-a-vis
the University of Toronto, request that the visitor be treated as a
faculty, student or staff member (as appropriate), and the length of
time that such status should be accorded. A copy of the letter must be
provided to the Data Service Librarian for our files.
- Alumni, holders of corporate library cards, and external readers have no access to restricted data files
in the DLS collection. Only data specifically designated 'public use' and data files which the DLS is contractually
allowed to disseminate, can be made available to these users.
Acceptable uses:
Acceptable uses include academic research and/or teaching (and by the University administration for administrative planning) only.
- University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff who access these data must not make copies of these data available,
in whole or in part to colleagues who are not part of the University of Toronto academic community. Similarly, computing
accounts at the University of Toronto should not be made available to non-University of Toronto persons for the purpose of
accessing restricted data.
- These data may not be used for commercial consultancy work, commercially funded research, etc. Such users should contact
the Distributor of the file and make their own arrangements for acquisition of the data.
- Use of microdata in any way to attempt to identify individual respondents is prohibited.
When in doubt, always consult DLS staff. This is one instance
where it is not easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.
Unauthorized use could result in the University of Toronto being
permanently prohibited from acquiring data from major sources.
The DLS is contractually allowed to disseminate a number of
the data files in its collection. Copies of these data files can be made available to other users, on request, subject to
the terms of individual deposit agreements.
Specific licences for:
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