Linking

Questions related to linking to material.

42. What are licences for electronic resources?

The University of Waterloo Library has contracts with a variety of vendors and publishers that provide the campus with thousands of electronic resources (databases, e-journals, e-books, etc.) costing millions of dollars per year.

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37. Is Course Reserves permitted to link to full-text resources that the Library has already paid for, such as e-journals and e-books? 

Generally yes, though there are a few exceptions due to licence restrictions. Contact Course Reserves for more information. 

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36. Do I need to ask permission to link to a website?

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27. In my course, I link to YouTube videos but some students are not able to access them. May I download or otherwise reproduce or screenshare YouTube videos for students who are unable to view them?

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22. May I include links to videos from a free platform such as YouTube or Vimeo, or embed the videos on a learning management system such as LEARN?

Videos from a free online service should be used only if you have a reasonable belief that they were uploaded legally. A good way to check this is to look at what account posted a video. For example, if the official account for BBC News or the producer of a documentary uploaded a video, the content is more likely to be a legal copy. If an account belonging to an individual who does not appear to be connected to a project uploads a copy of a full-length feature film, it is likely not a legal copy.

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20. May I upload a PDF of a journal article I obtained through the Library’s e-journals to a learning management system such as LEARN for my students to read? 

In some cases, the journal article is made available under a licence that prohibits posting to LEARN.  Reach out to us at copyright@uwaterloo.ca for information about such restrictions. 

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25. May I provide a link to an electronic journal article on a learning management system such as LEARN, instead of supplying that article using Course Reserves?

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