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The University of Hawai'i at Manoa library website is a gateway to physical and electronic scholarly information resources, which reflects the dynamic growth and change in the way information is produced, disseminated, accessed and utilized. The mission of the website is to assist faculty, staff, students and the community to connect to the Library resources and services they need for research, instruction and learning.

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All University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries users must respect the copyrights in works that are accessible through computers connected to the Libraries network. No copyrighted work may be copied, published, disseminated, displayed, performed or played without permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the fair use of licensed agreement. (Link to Fair use explanation.) Digitized and other special collections may have specific use conditions or permission requirements. See the Usage Rights information page for further details. Some electronic resources are restricted by license agreement to current students, faculty, and staff members in the University of Hawaii at Manoa community and to on-site users of the University of Hawaii at Manoa libraries for purposes of research, teaching, and private study. Commercial use and systematic downloading, copying or distributing of information is expressly prohibited.

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Privacy

When you use the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries website, some or all of the following information may be stored: the Internet address from which our site is accessed, date and time, URLs, file names or words entered in search commands, links clicked on the page, and the browser and operating system used. If request forms are used email addresses ("From" and "To") are logged. This information may be used for analyzing the use of resources, troubleshooting problems, and improving services. It is not used for associating search terms or patterns of site navigation with individual users or to identify individuals for any other purpose. If you choose to provide us with personal information, as in an e-mail message, the University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries will use this information to respond to your request. There are times when your email is forwarded within the Library to employees better able to assist you. The Library does not share email with a third party unless required by law.