SpringerLinkAn overview (with a focus on eBooks!)

Amber FarmerLicensing Manager, Scandinavia

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SpringerLink

• SpringerLink provides access to outstanding STM content, with

sophisticated search tools to:

–Nearly 2,000 Journals and their archives

–More than 40,000 eBooks

–170 Online Reference Works

• This all totaling more than 4.8 million contributions

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SpringerLink…

• is simple, scalable and flexible, helping you serve your users effectively with:

– Fast access to more than 4 million documents from one integrated platform

– Enhanced user interface and functions based on an extensive usability

research

– Preview of documents before downloading with look inside feature

– Powerful search engine which explores across all content

– Semantic Linking delivering more related documents with every search

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Additional SpringerLink Features

• Online First™

• Personalization features

• Springer Online Archives Collection

• SpringerAlerts

• Reference Linking

• Powerful Search Functions

• User Friendly Navigation

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Searchable, Broad Subject Collections

• SpringerLink organizes the universe of research into fully indexed, fully searchable subject collections covering 12 categories:

1. Behavioral Sciences

2. Biomedical & Life Sciences

3. Business & Economics

4. Chemistry & Materials Science

5. Computer Science

6. Earth & Environmental Sciences

7. Engineering

8. Humanities, Social Sciences & Law

9. Mathematics & Statistics

10. Medicine

11. Physics & Astronomy

12. Professional & Applied Computing

• International Collections1. Russian Library of Science (journals only)

2. Chinese Library of Science (journals only)

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Springer’s eBook Collections

• Springer is the world’s largest STM book publisher, publishing more than 4,000

new titles each year.

• Springer is the first STM publisher to offer the complete publishing program

online and on one integrated platform.

• Springer offers an interdisciplinary eBook Collection of more then 40,000 books

online

• Interconnected to all Springer content (Online Journals and eReference Works)

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eBook Innovations

• Unlimited concurrent users

• Convenient to access, browse and cite

• Easy to store and catalogue

• Chapter level approach (DOI)

• Fully searchable PDF‘s and HTML

• Cross content linkage and references (content integration)

• Linking to OPAC systems (MARC 21 records)

• Availability of usage statistics

• Fully integrated in your library catalogue

• MyCopy print editions (available in most regions)

• SpringerAlerts for all subject areas

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eReaders – the future of reading?

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SpringerLink eBooks are compatible with mobile readers

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Key Features for Librarians

• Interconnected to all Springer content (Online Journals and eReference Works)

• New books directly available for use: Springer Books are born digitally

• Fully integrated in your library catalogue: MARC 21 Records

• Allowances for digital ILL, inclusion in course packs, etc COUNTER compliant usage

statistics

• Ownership business model

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Key Benefits for Librarians

• Federated Search compatible

• Dramatically broader access to quality content from Springer

• More value for book budget

• Unlimited concurrent access and use

• Full archiving rights from day one

• Less shelf space needed

• No risk of damage and theft

• Higher usage of content

• No shipping and handling costs

• No DRM

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“Look Inside” puts chapter-level PDFs back together, bringing the “book” experience back into eBooks!

No special software is required! Controls are contained within the site.

Even non-subscribers can access 10% of each chapter (and all front matter).

Look Inside – PDF Previewing of eBook Chapters

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