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BiblioLine is NISC's Worldwide Web search service. Each month we will add new online databases. Use this form to subscribe to BiblioLine products via the Internet. A subscription is for twelve months beginning from the subscription start date specified on this form. Please review the terms of the BiblioLine Annual License and Subscription Agreement.

Full text and local holdings linking may be available for your library's e-journal and OpenURL services at no extra cost. Please complete the online survey or write to sales@nisc.com. A NISC representative will contact you to discuss implementation.

NISC's BiblioLine is a no nonsense and straightforward service. We do not pile on assorted surcharges and extra fees.

You may print this form, fill it out later, and send it with payment in the mail if you prefer (address below).

Please provide complete information for all sections. We will send a subscription confirmation by email to the contact person provided below prior to beginning service.

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BiblioLine ACCESS MODE:

NISC offers three modes of access to BiblioLine. Your choice should be made after considering the following issues: 1) Should users enter a User ID/password to access products; 2) If you subscribe to more than one BiblioLine product, do you want to restrict access to certain products, and/or 3) Will your access to BiblioLine use a dial-up account provided via an Internet Service Provider?

Please select one (required)  of the following Access Modes described below.

Access Mode Access Mode Description Information Required
IP This option restricts access based on IP address only: no User ID or Password is used. Permitted access is based on a list or range of IP addresses provided to NISC at the time of subscription. Complete list of IP addresses.
(complete Section A below)
User ID/Password This option requires the user to enter an User ID/Password to logon. User ID/Password Choices.
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Referer This option restricts access to a URL on the subscriber's web site through which authenticated users can access database subscriptions. Refering URL (complete Section C below)

 

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Section A
IP Address: Provide individual IP addresses, address ranges, or Netmasks for groups of IP addresses.

IP Ranges:

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Section B
Please enter your choices for User ID and Password combinations. Confirmation of your User ID and Password will be sent to the Email address entered for the contact person provided at the top of this form.

1 Please enter your User ID choices in order of preference.

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User ID Tips:
  • Twelve (12) characters or less.
  • Any combination of letters (a-z) and/or numbers (0-9).
  • Not case sensitive.
  • You may want to provide a User ID that is descriptive of your institution.
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Write this down for safe keeping! Password will not be displayed again.		 Password Tips:
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  • Not case sensitive

Section C

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BEGINNING DATE OF BiblioLine SERVICE:

Specify a beginning subscription date for each of the products ordered. Each date should be the day you want to begin accessing the product via BiblioLine. Confirmation of the beginning subscription date will be sent to the E-mail address entered for the contact person given at the top of this form.

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SUBSCRIPTION TYPE & PRODUCT SELECTION:
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Please select one of the following types of subscriptions.
Individual

Individual subscriptions are for non-institutional use and are limited to a maximum of 100 active search sessions* within a subscription period (12 months). This subscription may be used only by the subscriber. The only access mode available for this subscription is the User ID/Password combination.

* An active search session begins when a user logs on, conducts one or more searches, and ends when the same user logs out or is automatically logged out due to 8 minutes of inactivity.
Institutional Non-profit Organizations, Universities, Colleges, Academic/Special Libraries, Public Libraries, etc.
Corporate Corporate subscriptions apply to for-profit, commercial enterprises.

 

Product Selection:
Products are invoiced separately:

1Update Frequency:   W= Weekly     M = Monthly     Q = Quarterly     S = Semiannually   I=Irregular
2 number of concurrent users.
3 Remote access surcharge may apply. Remote access is off-site access by employees or Authorized Users who are located in the city, town or adjoining counties nearby the subscribing institution with the following exceptions: 1) Authorized Users on travel or temporarily off-site are exempted; 2) Academic Insitutions: Authorized Users enrolled in an official distance education programme or located at off-site teaching sites used for conducting classes only (not to include branch campuses that have libraries) are exempt. Remote access is not available between or among multiple libraries servicing different geographical regions. However, special circumstances can be negotiated at NISC's discretion.  For additional guidance please refer to section D 2.(d) of the License Agreement.

  FREE ACCESS!!!!

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption:

Please check here if you would like to include FREE access to the Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption database with your order.  Click here for information about this database.  NISC is pleased to offer, in association with the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, FREE Internet access to the foremost bibliographic resource on the maltreatment of children. This invaluable research tool is available to libraries and other qualified institutions. Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption is indispensable for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and administrators working to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect.

AIDSearch (MEDLINE AIDS/HIV Subset, AIDSTRIALS & AIDSDRUGS databases ):

Please check here if you would like to include FREE access to the AIDSearch with your order.  Click here for information about this database.  AIDSearch combines the following three database files providing information about Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related topics:  MEDLINE AIDS/HIV Subset, AIDSDRUGS & AIDSTRIALS (AIDS and clinical TRIALS) databases.

 

BiblioLine Titles Updates1 Concurrent Users2 Subtotal4
African Health Anthology Q
Africa-Wide: NiPAD Q
Aquatic Biology, Aquaculture & Fisheries Resources Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
Arctic & Antarctic Regions S
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals M
Biotechnology Abstracts: Agricultural & Environmental Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
Bibliography of the History of Art Q
Black Studies Database I
Ceramic Abstracts Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
Child Development & Adolescent Studies M
CIS (Chemical Information System) Q
Family & Society Studies Worldwide M
Fish & Fisheries Worldwide Q
Gender Studies Database S
Historical Research Index M
Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series S
INFO-LATINOAMERICA W
Left Index M
LIBROS EN VENTA Q
Marine, Oceanographic & Freshwater Resources Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies S
Music Catalog [U.S. Library of Congress, 1960s - 2001] A
Niles' Register: Cumulative Index, 1811-1849 A
Pollution Abstracts Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature M
RIPM: International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals S
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 S
South African Studies Q
Species Information Library ----
Water Resources Abstracts Q Unlimited Concurrent Users
Water Resources Worldwide Q
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide Q
Women's Studies International S

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Net Terms: Payable in 30 days from receipt of service or invoice, whichever is first. Prices are subject to change.

BiblioLine SERVICE: LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

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Your typed name below certifies that you have read and accepted the terms and conditions of use of the BiblioLine Annual License and Subscription Agreement. Click here to review the BiblioLine Annual License and Subscription Agreement. 

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BiblioLineAnnual License and Subscription Agreement

A. PARTIES: The parties to this "License" are Subscriber, as licensee, and NISC, as licensor. "NISC" means an affiliate of NISC, Inc which invoices the Subscriber. This License provides for the use of NISC's BiblioLine Service and the databases provided therein and shall become effective between the parties upon the first subscription providing access to the "Products" as defined below. For this License, the plural includes the singular and vice versa.
B. PRODUCTS: The "Products" subject to this agreement include: 1) The "Database(s)" - electronic databases made available on BiblioLine from NISC and its suppliers or Information Partners for which the Subscriber has paid the appropriate fee or for which authorized access has been granted for a trial period. 2) The "ROMWright Software" - proprietary search-and-retrieval software developed and owned by NISC International, Inc. and any enhancements thereto. 3) The online help and/or printed documentation produced by NISC consisting of directions relating to the use of BiblioLine. And, 4) customer support services, via telephone, facsimile transmissions, or e-mail.
C. LICENSED USE OF BiblioLine:
1. NISC hereby grants to Subscriber and Subscriber hereby accepts from NISC a non-transferable license providing for computerized access to Products via BiblioLine subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this License. Subscriber acquires no ownership rights to the Products whatsoever, or any portions thereof, and all such rights remain with NISC. Title, as well as all applicable copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other intellectual proprietary rights of and to the materials in the Products are, and remain the property of NISC and NISC's suppliers or Information Partners, as applicable.
2. Subscriber rights under this agreement are limited to "Authorized Users" of BiblioLine in accordance with the definitions and terms provided below for Academic Institution, Special Library/Institution, Commercial Business, Public Library and Individual subscriptions.  Subscriber rights do not extend to "unauthorized users" including parent or subsidiary corporations, institutions, associations, or organizations affiliated with or related to the Subscriber. NISC reserves the right to determine or define an eligible site, operational entity, library system or similar limitations with respect to any prospective Subscriber, and to refuse to accept any subscription order for any reason at NISC's sole discretion.
Academic Institution subscriptions are limited by geographic site whereby each geographically distinct campus shall be treated as a separate site for purposes of the BiblioLine service. Authorized users at academic institutions shall be defined as the following: (i) persons officially registered as full or part-time students of  Subscriber; (ii) full or part-time faculty and staff of Subscriber, including adjunct and courtesy appointments and active volunteers; (iii) registered users of the Susbcriber's libraries and (iv) walk-in public users physically present at subscriber's library facilities. New categories of Authorized Users not listed above will be negotiated with NISC. Remote access shall be limited to authorized users defined by Section D(2)(c).
Special Library/Institution shall mean a single geographically distinct operational entity (e.g., Aquarium, Government research library, NGO site, laboratory, etc). A separate subscription is required for each geographically distinct operational entity unless otherwise negotiated with NISC. Authorized Users shall be limited to current employees of that institution. Remote access shall be limited to authorized users in accordance with Section D(2)(c).
Commercial Business shall mean a single corporate location . A separate subscription is required for each geographically distinct operational entity unless otherwise negotiated with NISC. Authorized Users shall be limited to current employees of that business. Remote access shall be limited to authorized users in accordance with section D(2)(c).
Public Library subscriptions (non-academic) are limited by geographic /service area and to a single main library and its branches (i.e., to the libraries under a single director/board of trustees). Authorized users shall be limited to library patrons accessing BiblioLine while physically present in the library. Remote access by library patrons is permitted upon payment of the remote access fee, and provided that remote access requires the patron to log on first to the library system local computer, using a current authorized library card or other library-controlled authorization before accessing BiblioLine.
Individual Subscriptions are for non-institutional, personal use only and are limited to the number of search sessions specified in the BiblioLine Subscription Form for a subscription period of 12 months.  An Authorized user of this subscription includes the End-User only. 
3. The terms of this License apply to the use of BiblioLine Services and Products during trial periods, paid subscription periods, and upon the receipt of new and updated databases and/or Products.
4. Subscriber's uses of the Products are subject to any disclaimers and restrictions on usage that are indicated in Section D of this License or other restrictions that may be published by NISC. Neither the Products, nor any portions thereof, may be reproduced, transferred, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written consent of NISC, except as expressly permitted by this License.
5. Subscriber shall not use the Products as a part of or as a basis of a database for commercial sale, access, or distribution software rental bureau, or timesharing arrangement. Subscriber is not permitted to alter or duplicate the Products in any manner.
6. Subscriber is responsible for providing any and all equipment necessary to access BiblioLine and is responsible for ensuring that it is compatible with access requirements for BiblioLine.
7. The terms and conditions of this Agreement may be changed from time to time and the Subscriber will be notified of all revisions that impact authorized user rights to access including concurrent user restrictions, copyright and protection conditions, subscription cycles and payment terms. Revised license terms shall apply to the Product(s) provided on BiblioLine and the service itself received before and after the revision(s). If Subscriber does not agree to the revised License terms, it may terminate its subscription within thirty (30) days after receiving such revised License terms. A failure to terminate the subscription shall constitute acceptance of the revised License terms.

D. USE RESTRICTIONS OF BiblioLine:

1. General restrictions applicable to all Subscribers:

a) Products, or any portions thereof, cannot be duplicated, reproduced, transferred, prepared for commercial distribution, commercially exploited in any manner or sold except as part of an ordinary 1) library-patron, 2) consultant-client, 3) attorney-client or, similar relationship where the principal purpose is not the distribution of data and as permitted by applicable copyright law (including, without limitation, that of the United States).
b) Passwords and User IDs issued to Subscriber may not be used outside the territorial limits of the country in which they were originally obtained by Subscriber without written consent of NISC, except as part of an official distance education programme or from off-site teaching sites used for conducting classes only. The country is as indicated in the "End-User Subscriber Address" section of the BiblioLine Subscription form. The Subscriber shall be the exporter and importer of record of all BiblioLine services and Products provided by NISC outside the United States, by electronic means or otherwise. Furthermore, Subscriber shall pay and/or comply with all applicable export and import laws, customs, regulations, tariffs, duties and fees, and procurement, data and technology transfer laws. NISC's obligations hereunder are contingent upon necessary export licenses being obtained from federal agencies of the U.S Government.
c) Products or any portions thereof, cannot be transferred to a hard disk except as expressly permitted by this License in section D(1)(d). 
d) Permitted uses of data and screen displays provided by the BiblioLine Service include:  i ) portions of the database may be printed or downloaded onto electronic/magnetic media (or other machine-readable form) for temporary use or storage only in conjunction with Customer's editing or re-formatting of data for purposes of making a single printout or report for permitted or personal, non-commercial use in human-readable form. Under no circumstances may the results of searches be sold entirely or substantially as part of another product to a third party;  ii ) an authorized user may view screen displays of the data while viewing the BiblioLine service, and may make one (1) copy per screen display of any portions of such data being viewed by that person for that person's internal, personal, research or educational, non-commercial purposes.
e) Subscriber may not reverse engineer, decompile, attempt to disassemble, or reveal the proprietary programming techniques and structures used in the ROMWright software or BiblioLine Service, nor create derivative works based on the Products or any portions thereof. Subscriber shall take reasonable efforts to ensure that end-users do not copy, capture, or otherwise use any of the graphic icons, images, or other aspects of the HTML encoded Web pages presented in BiblioLine as published and owned by NISC, except for the purposes of creating instructional tools for teaching use of the Product to Authorized Users.

 2. Restrictions on users provided access to Products via BiblioLine.

a) Single User: access to an ordered Product is provided to any one authorized user at a time.
b) Multiple User: access to an ordered Product is provided to a specified number of simultaneous or concurrent authorized users via computers owned or controlled by the Subscriber and located on the Subscriber's premises. The specified number of authorized users permitted access at one given time to conduct simultaneous searches are defined and authorized in the BiblioLine Subscription License Form by the Subscriber at the time of ordering the Product(s) and for which a fee is paid.
c) Remote Access: if the Subscriber has paid the appropriate remote access fee, remote access to an ordered Product can be made only by Authorized Users who are located in the city, town or adjoining counties nearby the subscribing institution with the following exceptions:
Authorized Users on travel or temporarily off-site are exempted
Academic Institutions: Authorized Users enrolled in an official distance education programme or located at off-site teaching sites used for conducting classes only (not to include branch campuses that have libraries) are exempt.
Remote access is not available between or among multiple libraries servicing different geographical regions. However, special circumstances can be negotiated at NISC's discretion.

3. Restrictions applicable to U.S. Government users:

If Subscriber is a unit or agency of the United States government, the following provisions apply and Subscriber agrees as follows:
a) All data supplied through BiblioLine access is a "computer data base" that constitutes "restricted computer software" as defined in Clause 52.227-19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and "commercial computer software" as defined in Clause 52.227-7013 of the Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). If Subscriber is a unit or agency of the Department of Defense (DoD), Subscriber agrees that it will have only those rights to use such data that are defined in Clause 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) of the DFARS and in the "Permissible Uses of Data" provisions of this License. If Subscriber is a unit or agency of the United States government other than DoD, Subscriber agrees that it will have only those rights to use such data that are defined Clause 52.227-19(c)(2) of the FAR and in the "Permissible Uses of Data" provisions of this Agreement.
b) All data being supplied in hardcopy reports and all data that Subscriber extracts through BiblioLine access and prints in hardcopy form is "limited rights data" as defined in Clause 52.227-14 of the FAR and in Clause 252.227-7013 of the DFARS and is subject to the following provisions. If Subscriber is a unit or agency of DoD, Subscriber agrees that it will have only those rights to use such data that are defined in the "Permissible Uses of Data" provisions of this License and as provided in Clause 252.227-7013 of the DFARS. If Subscriber is a unit or agency of the United States government other than DoD, Subscriber agrees that it will have only those rights to use such data that are defined in the "Permissible Uses of Data" provisions of this License and in the limited rights as provided in Clause 52.227-14 of the FAR.
c) Subscriber shall not be required to provide an advance deposit (unless otherwise agreed). Additionally, the several provisions respecting interest charges, collection agency and attorneys fees are hereby deleted and this Agreement will be governed by applicable government regulations then in effect respecting Late Payments to Contractors. The term hereof shall be governed by the then-current expiration date as evidenced by the government order authorized by the Contracting Officer or other government official who has executed this Agreement.

 E. SUBSCRIPTION CYCLE AND PAYMENT TERMS :

1. Annual Subscriptions:

a) The subscription cycle, license, and rights granted to the Subscriber by this License to a BiblioLine Product shall commence upon the Subscriber's specified start date of access in the BiblioLine Subscription Form. The subscription cycle, this license, and other rights shall continue for twelve (12) months from the specified start date of access and are subject to renewal and continuation in accordance with NISC's most current applicable terms at the time of renewal and at the option of both parties hereto.
b) The license and the rights granted to Subscriber hereunder shall terminate upon the earlier of: 1) Expiration of the twelve (12) month subscription cycle for the last Product made subject to this License, if same is not renewed; or b) Termination by the Subscriber or by NISC in accordance with any of the termination provisions described in this License. Access to individual Products may be terminated at the expiration of the applicable subscription cycle, and the license and rights granted Subscriber will terminate, effective at expiration of the subscription cycle, whereupon access to applicable BiblioLine Products will be denied.

2. General payment terms for subscriptions: