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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Agricultural Library (NAL) requires electronic access for all USDA users and public on-site users to JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals published by the JAMA Network from 1998 to present.

Requirements
1. The contractor shall provide electronic access via IP authentication over the Internet to JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals. This access is for use by all USDA employees, contractors, authorized public on-site users, cooperators and volunteers working on behalf of USDA and acting within the scope of their relationship with USDA. All USDA locations worldwide are to be considered authorized premises. In addition to internal use, authorized users have the right to use content of the journals for ordinary business, scholarly and educational purposes of USDA, including but not limited to viewing, printing, saving, reusing and disseminating content.
2. The contractor shall make JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals content accessible 24 hours per day. Authorized users shall be granted access to the JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals through the IP authentication process without any impediments.
3. The contractor shall provide access to the JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
a. The authorized users shall have the right to use content during the term of the subscription.
b. The contractor shall grant perpetual access to the subscribed-to content.
c. The right to perpetual use of the subscribed-to content will survive the termination of the contract for any reason.
4. The contractor shall provide access to the JAMA and JAMA Pediatrics electronic journals and the administrative interface without imposing on the subscriber's users any additional terms and conditions or similar restrictions that are not part of the contract. If the contractor's system's technical functionality prevents suppression of such terms and conditions or similar restrictions, the contractor agrees that any language, however construed and presented, is null and void and not binding on the subscriber's users.

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