Text and Data Mining Rights at K-State Libraries
Library Research Guide
In order to avoid jeopardizing university access to a licensed resource, please consult the information in this guide before text or data mining of resources licensed by K-State Libraries. In this guide you will find
- process for text and data mining using resources licensed by K-State Libraries.
- names of vendors who agree to mining and crawling of their resource.
If you have any questions or require permission of a resource that is not listed in this guide, please consult the Electronic Resources Librarian.
Text and Data Mining Licensed Content
- Some of the coursework and research at K-State may require an analysis of the patterns of large amount of journal articles or data.
- The library vendors may have tools built into their search interface, but some work may also require a separate application programming interface (API) to process the information because of its size. A vendor may provide an API through its original agreement, or project investigators may receive permission to build one locally.
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Curious about data mining? Watch this video by Thales Sehn Koerting (2015) for a brief introduction.
Warning about Mining Activities and Library Agreements
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The activities associated with text or data mining constitute "systematic download", which is often a cause for allegation of breach of a license agreement.
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Another reason a vendor might object is that they do not allow the content to be modified, such as downloading full text HTML or PDFs and creating separate text files of their content.
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Please consult the information in this guide before text or data mining of resources licensed by K-State Libraries. If you have any questions or require permission of a resource that is not listed in this guide, please consult the Electronic Resources Librarian.
Information Technology Usage Policy (PPM 3420.060) states:
