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Use of AccessScience

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Links

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AccessScience Image and PowerPoint Usage Guidelines

AccessScience users may display, download, or print out PowerPoint slides and images associated with the site for personal and educational use only. Educational use refers to classroom teaching, lectures, presentations, and other instructional activities, such as displaying, linking to, downloading, printing and making and distributing multiple copies of said isolated materials in both print and electronic format. Users will only display, distribute, or otherwise make such PowerPoint slides and images from the applicable AccessScience materials available to students or other persons attending in-person presentations, lectures, or other similar instructional activities presented or given by User. Permission to use such material may be obtained by submitting a written request to McGraw Hill's Permission's Department; more information is available here.

Commercial use of PowerPoint slides and images is not permitted under this agreement. Users may modify the content of downloaded PowerPoint slides only for educational (non-commercial) use; however, the source and attribution may not be modified. Users may not otherwise copy, print, transmit, rent, lend, sell, or modify any images from AccessScience or modify or remove any proprietary notices contained therein, or create derivative works based on materials therefrom. They also many not disseminate any portion of the applicable AccessScience site subscribed to hereunder through electronic means except as outlined above, including mail lists or electronic bulletin boards.

No Warranties/Limitations on Liability

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Privacy Policy

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Term and Termination

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McGraw Hill reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement by providing notice in AccessScience or, at McGraw Hill's option, directly to users via electronic mail or conventional mail. Use of AccessScience following the posting of any changes to these terms and conditions shall be conclusively deemed acceptance of those changes by the User.

McGraw Hill may discontinue or change AccessScience, or its availability to you, at any time. If you refuse or fail to abide by these rules or violate any other terms or conditions of this Agreement, McGraw Hill reserves the right in its sole discretion to suspend or terminate your access to AccessScience immediately without notice, in addition to any other available remedies.

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General

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the User and McGraw Hill relating to AccessScience and supersedes any and all other agreements, oral or in writing, with respect to AccessScience. This Agreement may be modified only by a writing signed by both parties. The failure of McGraw Hill to insist upon strict compliance with any term of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver with regard to any subsequent failure to comply with such term or provision. This Agreement is personal to you, and you may not assign your rights or obligations to anyone. If any provision in this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable laws, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. This Agreement, your rights and obligations, and all actions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America and New York State, as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within New York State.