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CAS Academic Program for STN Terms and Conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to participants in the CAS Academic Program for STN: 

1. I am a current faculty or administrative staff member, or officially registered student of the College or University.
2. I will use the CAS Academic Program to access STN, STN on the Web, or STN Easy only for my own academic or educational research.
3. I will not use the CAS Academic Program for commercial research. Nor will I use the CAS Academic Program in the course of work to provide research to any outside organization or to provide a search-for-fee service. If I require research for commercial purposes, I will perform the search using an STN commercial account.
4. I will use my search results in the ordinary course of academic research and acknowledge that I may store search results in electronic form for the duration of research projects. I will abide by the current CAS Information Use Policies. I may share search results in a limited, reasonable way with other College or University students or faculty working on the same project, but I will not aggregate my electronic search results with thos e of anyone else beyond what is permitted. I will delete stored records when I no longer need them for the relevant research project, or after the completion of my degree program, whichever occurs first. If I need to use search results beyond what is described here, I will contact my College or University Account Administrator to discuss and to obtain CAS permission. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM NOT PERMITTED TO DISTRIBUTE ANY CAS DATA FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN OR OTHERWISE, OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR TO THIRD PARTIES.
5. I acknowledge that the College or University has signed a CAS Academic Program Order Form and an STN Agreement and Order Form to provide access to STN, STN on the Web, or STN Easy, and that violation of the agreement by any user could result in a termination of the agreement for all users.
6. I will contact CAS or my account administrator with any questions related to the use of the CAS Academic Program to access STN, STN on the Web, or STN Easy.