SpringerLink

An overview (with a focus on eBooks!) Amber Farmer Licensing 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

Additional SpringerLink Features

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Personalization features Springer Online Archives Collection SpringerAlerts Reference Linking Powerful Search Functions User Friendly Navigation 4

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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.

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Behavioral Sciences Biomedical & Life Sciences Business & Economics Chemistry & Materials Science Computer Science Earth & Environmental Sciences Engineering Humanities, Social Sciences & Law 9.

Mathematics & Statistics 10.

Medicine 11.

Physics & Astronomy 12.

Professional & Applied Computing International Collections 1.

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Russian Library of Science

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Chinese Library of Science

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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

eReaders – the future of reading?

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SpringerLink eBooks are compatible with mobile readers

Find • Browse and find content on SpringerLink.com

Download • Download the PDF documents you need Connect • Connect your mobile device to USB port • (Sony Reader, iLiad, Kindle, etc) Save • Save the PDF files on your reader Read • Read the content on your mobile device

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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 – PDF Previewing of eBook Chapters

 “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).

Questions or comments?

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