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IV. No Guarantee Statement
The Website strives to provide accurate information and content, but the Library does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, sufficiency and reliability of the information and content provided on the Website, including but not limited to images and texts, data, views, suggestions and web pages, nor does it make any explicit or implicit guarantee of the information and content contained, including but not limited to relevant rights and interests, quality and freedom from computer viruses.
V. Third-Party Links
The Website allows and selects third-party links for the convenience of users, but does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity and security of these links, and does not assume any responsibility for them. Users shall make their own decisions to access these links. The third party links displayed on the Website will be indicated with the source. The purpose of displaying those links is to provide more information, but they do not represent the views of the Website and the Library.
To ensure that the databases and electronic resources purchased or being tried by the Library are free of intellectual property defects, we have conducted necessary examination on the qualification and certificate of rights of the resource supplier and required them to guarantee that the resources are free of intellectual property defects. Shall the use of such resources as required causes infringement of the intellectual property rights of any third party, the resource supplier bears corresponding responsibilities.If any infringement is found, please contact us in time, and we will remove the infringing link in time and properly handle it.
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