Digital Scholarship@UNLV (institutional repository)

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Nope! We are an open access/free-to-read repository! It's intended to be open and free for all. 

We support free access and free readership. However, since there are materials from a variety of open access levels and license types, there may be limitations on reuse based on the license and agreement an individual author chooses for their Work.

Some work may also be an under an "embargo," which is a temporary restriction from public access, usually due to publishing conflicts or grant stipulations.

I found materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV that I want to reuse in my own research. Can you grant me permission?

The University Libraries at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas does not hold copyright of materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV. Authors maintain their copyright and only the copyright holder can grant permission for reuse. In order to reuse a work, please follow these steps:

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I tried to access materials in Digital Scholarship@UNLV but they are not digitally accessible. How can I request an accessible version?

Digital Scholarship@UNLV includes research, scholarship, and creative activity in a variety of mediums, including text, visual materials, audio recordings, and moving images. Please contact us at digitalscholarship@unlv.edu if you need support accessing these materials and include the following information:

• The page URL for the material you need to access
• The difficulty you encountered

Requests will generally be completed within 10 business days. However, requests for multiple files, multiple formats, or large files may take longer. We will prioritize requests in the following order:

1. UNLV course-related requests
2. Other UNLV requests
3. Public requests

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