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Content Permissions for Text & Data Mining (TDM)

This guide provides guidance for navigating the content permissions for text & data mining at JHU.

Content Permissions for Text & Data Mining (TDM) Overview

Welcome to the Content Permissions for Text & Data Mining (TDM) LibGuide. As TDM is an ever evolving topic in the publishing industry, this guidance is subject to change. This highlights page is for you to get a quick overview of tools and information that are important to JHU researchers related to TDM. 

For additional guidance, including any questions about artificial intelligence not covered in this LibGuide, please do not hesitate to reach out to Nancy Shin, Scholarly Communications Librarian, at  nshin4@jhu.edu 

        LibGuide Quick Highlights:

  1. Freely available content for TDM: this is a list of freely available content for your text and data mining projects. 

  1. Library resources that allow TDM with required stipulations: this is a list of the few resources paid for and licensed by the libraries that permits/allows text and data mining projects under publisher specific contractual conditions. 

  1. TDM Copyright & Fair Use vs. License Agreements and Terms of Use: this section looks at the very important distinctions between copyright & fair use AND library-licensed agreements and website terms of use. 

  1. TDM Resources: if you need more guidance on TDM, this resource will point you to more information such as how to get your TDM project started.