York University instructors are hereby notified of important developments with respect to the use of Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles that directly stem from increased restrictions in our HBR license which has direct implications for HBR article e-reserves.
The notice of restriction now appended to each HBR article in Business Source Complete (York University Library's source for HBR) states that "academic licenses may not use this content in electronic reserves, electronic course packs,[or] persistent linking from syllabi."
What this boils down to is the following:
1. Inability to link directly to HBR articles via library e-reserves, Moodle or other course management system. As a result HBR e-reserve records will not bring students to articles directly any more.
Note this does not mean that access to these articles is lost; they can be located by students conducting a search of HBR articles via Business Source Complete as individual use is permitted.
Please consult this web guide for instructions you can share with students about how to find Harvard Business Review articles using the library web site and for further information.
2. 500 HBR articles via Business Source Complete will be read-only effective August 2013. The top 500 articles are determined by usage statistics and therefore may change from year-to-year.These articles can still be viewed, but they cannot be linked to, printed, or downloaded. The top 500 articles will be accessible as read-only files through the library system. Furthermore, it is not permissible to link to ANY HBR article. There is an option to print or download articles for $3.95 per article, similar to the HBR cases. The affected articles are clearly marked as limited use.
Please keep in mind that there are over 13,000 HBR articles available in our Business Source Complete database dating back to its founding year of publication (1922). As a result the vast majority of HBR articles will still be available and allow for printing and downloading.
We thank you for your patience with this matter. We are happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Regards,
Sophie Bury, Head
Bronfman Business Library | Schulich School of Business
416 736 2100 ext. 66951, sbury@yorku.ca