• Hyperlinked HTML format including user navigation aids, high-resolution graphics, video, databases, and PDF's
• Free links from cited references to bibliographic and scientific databases where available, including Medline, ISI, GenBank and full-text of other HighWire-affiliated journals.
• Current subscription includes all previous issues and back material that is available online

Access

• Unlimited simultaneous access for all desktops at the subscriber site*
• User access validated by IP address (no passwords required)
• Includes all users on site, including remote readers on campus networks (most journals)
• Locally managed access control system

Usage

• General use consistent with U.S. Copyright law governing Fair Use
• Use of materials for interlibrary loan and course packs
• Unlimited printing and downloading
• User statistics showing usage by title and institution

Technology

• All files delivered via the web. Private network available at no extra cost to many non-U.S. sites. (Select journals only.)
• No special software or hardware requirements. Web browser is the client on the desktop machine.
• Continuous, round-the-clock uptime. No scheduled downtime

Feedback

• Feedback buttons connected by email directly to technical staff who respond quickly

Legal

• No restrictive licensing provisions (most journals)
• No requirement to purchase print (most journals)
• No transfer of responsibility to librarians for user actions
• No indemnifications required
• Non-infringement guarantees

* Typical site definition: all units or parts of an organization within a single municipality. Exact policy varies by publisher.