Chest - APA Style Central

Key Facts

Benefits

Discount from direct subscription

Important dates

Agreement start: 1 October 2016

Agreement end: 31 July 2018

Invoice Date: In years subsequent to the initial invoice Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 May.

Licence Type

Site Licence

Commitment Period

This Agreement is of 22 months duration. Institutions may join the agreement at any time during the agreement period. They will then be committed to the end of the Agreement Period.

Trial

Free trial are available for a period of 30 days. Please contact Chest Help with your IP address range.

Eligible Institutions

Universities, colleges and other learning, educational and research bodies in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Other organisations aligned with Eduserv’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Eduserv will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.

Background Information

This agreement complements other content Chest has for subscription or outright purchase with APA.

Product Information

Supplier Details

Owner: American Psychological Association (APA) 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242

Product Description

APA Style® CENTRAL is the only authoritative and complete online environment for teaching, writing, and publishing in APA Style.

Designed to help users develop their writing and professional research skills, APA Style CENTRAL combines sophisticated learning and teaching tools, advanced writing and content management technology, and full integration of APA's best-selling Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association® to create an unparalleled web-based suite of integrated services and tools.

All of the tools within APA Style CENTRAL have been created by a team of APA Style experts, which assures users and instructors a level of accuracy, consistency, and confidence not available from any other source.

Access and Identity Management Solution

OpenAthens	Yes
IP Address range	Yes
Shibboleth	No
Username / Password	No
EZProxy	Yes

Technical Function Specification

Technical Function	Standard	Compliance	Supplier Notes
Full text linking	OpenURL	Yes	APA Style CENTRAL® provides access to 17 reference titles in the Research Center that are Open-URL compliant.
Federated searching	Z39.50 protocol	No
Harvesting	SRW/SRU	No
	OAI-PMH	No
	RSS or Atom	No
Metadata standards	Dublin Core	No
	MARC	Yes	MARC records will be available for the 17 reference titles in the Research Center.
	PRISM	No
Months embargo period		N/A
Digital preservation	Lockss	No
	Clockss	No
	Portico	No
Usage statistics	COUNTER	No
Usage statistics	SUSHI	No
Accessibility	Web Content Accessibility Guidelines	No	The learning objects are however ADA compliant and provide transcripts.
Personalisation features		Yes	The platform allows an institution to upload their logo to brand the site.
Service levels		Yes	99% uptime. Customer Service is available 18 hours per day via email and telephone.

The supplier confirms that throughout the term of the agreement the products will comply with the standards indicated.

Updates

New Titles are added to the APA Publishing Center on an ad hoc basis.

Alterations/Additions

All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.

Service and Support

Trials

Free trial are available for a period of 30 days. Please contact Eduserv Help with your IP address range.

Login information

Welcome to APA Style CENTRAL®

Technical Support

Support will be provided via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:

email:technicalhelp@apa.org
online: APA Support Center

Product Documentation

Comprehensive help files are included in the online service.

Copying of hardcopy and electronic documentation is permitted.

Training and Training Materials

Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.

Terms and Conditions

Licence

This agreement is not based on Eduserv Standard Chest Agreement terms and conditions. Please make sure you read and accept APA's licence terms.

There is one exception to these terms listed at the bottom of this page.

What are institutions and library services allowed to do?

Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes	No
Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material	Yes
Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories	Yes
Interlibrary loan	No

Who can use the resource?

User	On site	Remote access
Students	Yes	Yes
Staff	Yes	Yes
Walk-in users	Yes	No
Alumni members	Yes	No

What can authorised users do?

The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:

education
teaching
distance learning
private study
academic research
administration and management of the Licensee’s educational or research operations

Exclusions: [Delete or amend as appropriate]

See the Licence for any exclusions and restrictions
The resources may not be used for anything other than Educational Purposes unless the Licence Extension for Commercial Projects has been bought; this allows use for the restricted “Commercial Projects” defined – see Annex B of the Licence (Licence Extension for Commercial Projects)
Downloading of large amounts of material by authorised users that might be considered ‘systematic’.

Termination Clauses

Personal Licences

Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.

Products and Pricing

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