Answered By: Chrissy Karafit
Last Updated: Oct 29, 2025     Views: 27

Publisher and vendor licensing may restrict use of their database content and online resources in conjunction with artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Below are listed specific license terms for library vendors.

American Chemical Society:

Authorized Licensee and its Named Users shall not: use the product for the purposes of machine learning, algorithmic development, testing or enhancing, or any other artificial intelligence purposes. (See 6.e.iii. in CAS SciFinder Academic User Terms of Use)

EBSCO:

Authorized Users may not use the Databases and Services in combination with an artificial intelligence tool (including to train an algorithm, test, process, analyse, generate output and/or develop any form of artificial intelligence tool). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Licensee and Authorized Users may use, transmit, view, or store the content or outputs from the Database, Services, or e-content in any software tools and/or systems that may have artificial intelligence tools running therein.