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ESDU validated engineering data: affordable site licences for methods, best practices, data and software tools. ESDU helps students and researchers to explore and optimise their design iterations and validate their final designs quickly and easily. It is relevant to a wide range of engineering disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, structural and chemical.
Agreement start date: 1 November 2014
Agreement end date: 31 October 2019
Invoice date: 1 August
Site licence
Institutions may purchase one-year licences, to 31 October annually which will automatically renew unless licensee gives notice to terminate on or before the preceding 31 July.
A five year licence may also be purchased, ending on 31 October 2019. In this case there is an opt out clause which is activated by giving notice on or before 31 July 2017 to terminate on 31 October 2017.
For a 60 day free trial of this service, exclusive to the Chest Agreement, click here Free Trial of IHS ESDU.
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
This is the fourth 5-year Chest Agreement for ESDU Validated Engineering Data. The first Agreement started on 1 November 1999.
Service Provider: IHS Global Ltd (registered in England and Wales: company number 788737), Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8FB.
ESDU Validated Engineering Data comprises:The ESDU Series:
| Solution | Availability |
| OpenAthens | Yes |
| IP Address range | Yes |
| Shibboleth | No |
| Username / Password | Yes |
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Technical Function |
Standard |
Compliance |
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Full text linking |
No |
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Federated searching |
No |
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Harvesting |
SRW/SRU |
No |
| OAI-PMH |
No |
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| RSS or Atom |
No |
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Metadata standards |
Dublin Core |
No |
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No |
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No |
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Months embargo period |
N/A |
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Digital preservation |
Lockss |
No |
| Clockss |
No |
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| Portico |
No |
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Usage statistics |
No |
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No |
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Accessibility |
No |
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Personalisation features |
No |
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Service levels |
No |
New content is added on an ad hoc basis – there is no regular published schedule.
All additions and new functionality will be incorporated at no additional charge.
For a 60 day free trial of this service, exclusive to the Chest Agreement, please click here Free Trial of IHS ESDU
Supplier: IHS Website
Support will be provided by IHS via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Institution. Contact details:
Licensees may reasonably expect queries to be answered within one working day.
Product Documentation is provided online and can be copied.
Making copies of training materials for teaching purposes is permitted.
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ESDU Academia Brochure - Engineering for Academia - many major universities worldwide use ESDU data and software in teaching and graduate and postgraduate research projects. Find out how you can use ESDU to equip your students with the latest tools and knowledge that industry demands.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources.
On receipt of a completed Order Form Institutions will be invoiced for the Licence year in which the Licence is signed.
In subsequent years, Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Licence, on 1 August.
There is monthly pro-rata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to JISC, One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
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Keep a local cached copy for Educational Purposes |
Yes |
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Incorporation of parts of the Licensed Material |
Yes |
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Deposit learning and teaching objects in repositories |
Yes |
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Interlibrary loan |
No |
Who can use the resource?
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User |
On site |
Remote access |
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Students |
Yes |
Yes |
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Staff |
Yes |
Yes |
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Walk-in users |
Yes |
No |
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Alumni members |
Yes |
No |
What can authorised users do?
The resources can be used for Educational Purposes – defined as:
Exclusions:
Subject to any Fee shown on the Website, the Licensee may retain an electronic copy of the Licensed Material in its archives for reference only. Copies of parts of the Licensed Material already made and/or used by the Licensee or Authorised Users in accordance with clause 2.2 may be retained and used in accordance with the terms of this Licence Agreement – see Licence Term 10.5
There is no right to retain material produced during the term of the agreement.
Licensees exercising the option to terminate a Licence early on 31 October must notify Chest and the Licensor of their intention to do so by no later than 31 July prior.
The Fee for early termination in accordance with clause 10.4 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil.
The Fee for retention rights upon termination in accordance with clause 10.5 of the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Online Resources is nil.
Personal licences are not available.
Currency: All prices are in GBP and exclude VAT
Options:
Payment terms are shown on the Terms and Conditions tab.
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