Terms of Use

By using this web site (https://usgeography.abc-clio.com) (“ABC-CLIO web site”), you agree to the following terms and conditions of this Agreement:

This Agreement constitutes the agreement between Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc and you as a user who accesses or establishes a connection to this web site.

By choosing to use this web site, you will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You must agree to abide by all of the provisions in this Agreement in order to remain an authorized user of this web site and your use of this web site constitutes your agreement to abide by those provisions. You are solely responsible for your use of this web site and for ensuring that your use complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement.

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc reserves the right to change, add or remove portions of this Agreement at any time, but if it does so, it will post such changes on this web site, or send them to you via email. Any changes to this Agreement will be effective immediately upon notice to you. Your use of this web site after notice of changes to this Agreement will be deemed your acceptance of the changes.

Copyright and Trademark Policy

All information provided on the ABC-CLIO web site is owned by or licensed to Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc unless otherwise indicated. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc and its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the information on our web site. Copyright law protects the content written by our authors and editors and posted on the ABC-CLIO web site.

Section 107 of the United States copyright law outlines the definition of “Fair Use” for students and teachers. In accordance with the law, Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc will permit you to download content contained on the Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc web site for personal, non-commercial educational purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, provided you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the content or use of the content for any other purpose would be a violation of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc’s and/or licensor’s copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights.

Content on the ABC-CLIO web site may include certain ancillary educational materials, such as student activity sheets, and teacher’s guides (“Ancillary Materials”). User may modify, alter, and revise the Ancillary Materials to meet specific instructional needs, provided that the following statement is prominently displayed on all such revised Ancillary Materials, in addition to any other proprietary notices, and with the understanding that ABC-CLIO shall continue to own the Ancillary Materials:

"Revised with the permission of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc is not responsible for the content or accuracy of the revision."

Upon termination of your subscription, all downloaded ABC-CLIO content must be removed from user created materials.

With the exception of "Fair Use" described above, you are not permitted to republish, post, transmit or in any way distribute ABC-CLIO content, including the copying of our content, and posting it on your web site or a third-party web site without the written permission of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. See Permissions at Bloomsbury.com/us (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/connect/contact-us/permissions/) for more information.

Content Provided BY Visitors to the ABC-CLIO Web Site

Visitors to the ABC-CLIO web site may share ideas, add comments, and engage in discussion. Visitors who place any content on any of our web pages are responsible for the content of that material. If you upload, post, or submit any content, you represent that you have all the necessary legal rights to upload, post, or submit such content and it will not violate any law or the rights of any person. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc has no responsibility for the content of any messages or information posted by visitors. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc retains the right, which it may or may not exercise, in its sole discretion, to review, edit or delete from the ABC-CLIO web site any content placed on the web site which Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc believes to be illegal, offensive, and inappropriate or for any other reason. Any visitor posting content on the ABC-CLIO web site agrees to indemnify Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc for any damages, losses and costs incurred as a result of such content being placed on our web site.

You agree that upon uploading, posting, or submitting information to an ABC-CLIO web site, you grant ABC-CLIO, and its respective affiliates and successors, a non-exclusive, transferable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sub-licensable right and license to use, distribute, display, translate, adapt, reproduce, and create derivative works from your content. In addition, you agree that we may modify or alter your content without seeking further permission from you.

Portions of this web site may provide users an opportunity to exchange ideas and information. The ideas and information posted do not necessarily reflect the views of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. While using this web site, you may not post, transmit, or otherwise distribute any material that may be unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, infringing on any copyright or other rights of others, or damaging to software or hardware. You may not advertise or solicit on these pages without the express permission of ABC-CLIO.

Personally Identifiable Student Information

In accordance with Federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc does not and shall not collect or otherwise receive any personally identifiable student information in connection with Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc’s provision of this web site or users’ use of this web site. For purposes of this Agreement “personally identifiable student information” means any information or data which, alone or in combination with other information held by Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc, can be used to specifically identify an individual or that is otherwise considered personally identifiable information or personal data under state law, including an individual’s name, street address, telephone number, email address, photograph, social security number, student id number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, or bank information.

Creating Links to the ABC-CLIO Web Site

Creating a link to ABC-CLIO non-password protected web sites on the World Wide Web does not require our permission unless:

1. You wish to use our logo or trademarks.
2. You charge visitors to your web site a fee for the pages that contain a link to the ABC-CLIO web site.
3. The link opens within a frame or in any other way that it makes the ABC-CLIO content appear as if it were in your web site.

Creating links to password protected ABC-CLIO products is not allowed.

Content on Web Sites that Link to the ABC-CLIO Web Site

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc cannot control the content of third party owned web sites that link to our web site.

If you visit the ABC-CLIO web site through a link from a third party web site and believe that the content of that third party web site is inappropriate please contact us and we will evaluate this matter.

Links from the ABC-CLIO Web Site

Visitors may find links from the ABC-CLIO web site to third party owned web sites where we believe their content may be of interest to our visitors. While we have initially visited these sites before linking to them, please understand that we do not control their content and that such content is usually being changed. Therefore, we recommend that children and young adults check with their parents or teachers before clicking on any linked web sites. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc is not responsible for the availability of these outside resources or their contents and is not undertaking any responsibility or liability for information or publications of third parties on the Internet even if you access them through these pages.

Commercial Nondiscrimination

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or disability in the solicitation, selection, hiring, or treatment of sub-consultants, vendors, suppliers, or commercial customers.

Content Availability

The availability of content on the ABC-CLIO website is subject to state mandated laws. If you are resident in certain U.S. states, Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc is required to make the content available to you in accordance with the laws of that state. Where applicable state laws have mandated that certain content may not be available as part of school-level educational resources, such content, either at Topic Center or article level, is not available to you on the ABC-CLIO website.

If you have been approved as an Administrator by Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc, you have the ability to further refine the availability of the content in accordance with the requirements of your school, school district or municipality. As an Administrator, you are responsible for ensuring that the content is made available in accordance with the requirements of your school, school district or municipality.

Disclaimer

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ABC-CLIO WEB SITE OR ITS CONTENTS with regard to the accuracy, completeness, results obtained by accessing and using the content contained on the ABC-CLIO web site or with regard to the availability of content as mandated by state laws.

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc will not be liable for any damages to any visitor who uses our content with respect to any inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, INC, NOR ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT USE OF THIS WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR FREE, OR THAT THE PAGES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES, WORMS, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, INC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE OR ITS CONTENTS WITH REGARD TO ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, RESULTS OBTAINED BY ACCESSING AND USING THE CONTENT CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE, OR WITH RESPECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF CONTENT AS MANDATED BY STATE LAWS.

IN NO EVENT SHALL BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, INC, ITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS, OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THESE PAGES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED PROFITS, BENEFITS, USE, OR DATA RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THESE PAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PARTY LIABLE OR ALLEGEDLY LIABLE WAS ADVISED, HAD OTHER REASON TO KNOW, OR IN FACT KNEW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, INC (AND ANY OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS, OR LICENSORS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS), IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY USER, INCLUDING YOU.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc (and any of its employees, agents, third party content providers, or licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents) from and against all claims, liability, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees and legal fees and costs, arising out of your use of this web site or your breach of any provision of this Agreement. Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc reserves the right, in its sole discretion and at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim.

This Agreement, your performance under it, and any disputes arising under it shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the United States of America and the State of California, without giving effect to their conflict of laws principles. You expressly consent to the exclusive forum, jurisdiction, and venue of the Courts of the State of California, with venue in Santa Barbara County or Central District of California, in any and all actions, disputes, or controversies relating to this Agreement.

Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc reserves the right to change this Agreement at any time without notice.