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About SpringerLink
The world’s most complete online collection of STM books, journals,
reference works and databases.
SpringerLink, the premier online STM collection from Springer, offers some 2,250 eJournals, 20,000
Protocols and more than 40,000 eBooks, eReference Works and eBook Series titles with 4,000 new titles
being added each year. SpringerLink provides portable, searchable publications in PDF and HTML formats.
You’ll find high resolution illustrations, and outstanding search capabilities, with interconnecting hyperlinks
between publications. Semantic linking and look inside technology improve search results, making research
more efficient. Library patrons can access SpringerLink via IP recognition, and remote user/password
log-in. Sophisticated management tools and a simple, user-friendly interface make SpringerLink a
patron-pleasing choice for academic and corporate libraries.

This overview will help you to learn about all of the unique technical features and benefits that
SpringerLink has to offer.

General Features
eBooks eReferences eJournals

Look Inside: A high quality PDF reading experience,

without requiring any software installation or incurring
the timely expense of downloading the entire PDF.
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Related Documents: Semantic analysis of electronic
documents offers users a separate list of additional
documents matching the context of the content they are
  
viewing.

Linked Publications: Books, Journals and References

are interconnected through hyperlinks allowing users to   
access additional resources easily.

Online First™: Springer’s exclusive online, advance

program permits early access to journal articles before 
publication.

Free Access: Users worldwide have free access to the

TOC, abstract and editorial background for every online
Book, Reference, Protocol and Journal. Plus every journal
has a free sample issue, every book chapter will offer 10%
  
or 3 pages of free preview and Open Access articles which
have been funded by the author or institution.

Open Access: Allows authors to choose their method of

publication through an open access option and have their
articles made available free to anyone, anywhere in the

world.

Electronic Supplementary Materials: Content items may

contain links to supplementary materials such as video,
image and audio files that help illustrate and illuminate
  
the article.

Access Icons: An indicator that shows users the access

rights per publication.
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eBooks eReferences eJournals

My SpringerLink: A personal user profile where patrons For more information and
can set favorites, alerts, searches and create research    an up-to-date Q&A visit
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Adobe Reader: Full text articles on SpringerLink are
published in Adobe PDF format, the most popular, most   
accessible cross-platform reader available.

Image Display: User-definable dual resolution graphics

display, plus multi-step zooming of images.
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RSS Feeds: Really Simple Syndication. RSS feeds are
available in different capacities to allow users to refine
data as they choose, as well as set up simple notifications   
of new content and keyword search items as they become
available.

Multilingual User Interface: User-defined: English,

Arabic, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French,   
German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.

With which browsers is Springerlink compatible?

SpringerLink is optimized for standardized web browsers
including, but not limited to, Firefox, Internet Explorer 8,
Google Chrome, and Safari. Please note that
non-standards-compliant browsers may display some
  
pages improperly. You may need to upgrade to the most
current version of your browser or download one of the
standards-compliant browsers.

Robust Search Features

The SpringerLink search system combines robust capabilities with a user-friendly interface.
Key features include:
eBooks eReferences eJournals

Advanced Search on SpringerLink allows you to search

specifically within the:
7 Full text, Titles and Abstracts, or Title Only
7 Authors and Book Editors
7 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
7 Specific content categories such as Journals, Books, or
  
Protocols
7 Specific publication date ranges
7 Title, ISSN, ISBN, volumes, issues, and page numbers
(Citation)

Wildcards and Special Characters: Searches can include

wildcards as well as special characters, such as German   
Umlaute and Greek symbols.

Linguistic Stemming: Search recognizes English and

German roots, e.g. Haus, Häus or color, colour.

Progressive Search, Refined Results: Progressive search
refinement
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Important Resources
Springer Librarians Website:
7 springer.com/librarians
SpringerLink Welcome Kit:
7 springer.com/welcome-kit
Springer eBooks Site:
7 springer.com/ebooks
Management-Friendly Features
The SpringerLink search system combines robust capabilities with a user-friendly interface.
Key features include:
eBooks eReferences eJournals
Proximity Search: Search for term within x words of
another term, as well as Near, Followed By, Not Near, and 
Not Followed By.
Federated Search through the SRU/SRW with Dublin
Core protocol is supported for all content types.
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Guided Navigation: Places search results into context
to show all the valid ways to refine and explore results. It
exposes an array of related terms, headings, formats, and
other dimensions that equip users to find what they are
looking for.   
Guided Navigation builds context around each search, so
users are constantly prompted with useful next steps. The
navigation prioritizes and organizes relevant information,
while removing non-relevant results.
Remote Criteria: Manage searches via outside url or
through SpringerLink.
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Highlighted Terms: Optional highlighted search terms
in results provide a quick overview. Search terms are
highlighted in the text, and the search window includes a   
hyperlinked list of matches. This affords researchers both
greater speed and increased precision.
Print and Save Search Results: Saving your results for
future use.
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Exportable Results: Search results can be exported as
RIS or txt, which you can add to your citation manager.
Choose the most convenient format, and export results   
directly to all popular citation programs: Endnote,
ProCite, BibTeX and more.
eBooks eReferences eJournals
Access via OPAC: Millions of searchable pages integrate
seamlessly into your online public access catalog.
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SpringerLink Admin: Simplified access management,
linking and usage reporting with powerful yet easy-to-use
admin tools. Our support for standards, such as MARC,   
OpenURL and COUNTER, enable seamless integration
with existing library systems.
SpringerAlerts: Custom email bulletins keep users and
librarians current with new releases.
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eBooks eReferences eJournals

Authentication Methods:
IP Recongnition: Process of validating a user by IP
address while off site through proxy or VPN.

Athens and Shibboleth Authentication: Allows individuals

to use single sign-on by allowing sites to make informed
authorization decisions for individual access of protected   
online resources in a privacy-preserving manner.

Username and Password: Individual users can set up their

own username and password and gain access through
their affiliation by associating their account to their
institution or organization.

Customer Branding: Library or institution’s logo and text

is displayed on patron reader interface.
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Flexible Subscriber Access: Easy-to-manage local or
remote access, plus guest privileges and sharing utilities.
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Complete MARC Records and OCLC MARC Records:
A MARC record stands for: Machine-Readable Cataloging
record. These records are a standard set of data that  
librarians can use to populate their OPAC systems with
eBook record data. www.springer.com/MARC

PPV: Pay-Per-View purchase of single articles and

chapters for individual users.
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Metadata: The SpringerLink Metadata is available for local
loading
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Digital Preservation: Springer participates in CLOCKSS,
a collaborative initiative by a group of organizations
drawn from publishers, libraries and learned societies, to
ensure that content will survive various types of disaster in
order to serve the entire worldwide research community
now and into the future. www.clockss.org   
Springer also participates in Portico, both for archiving
and Post Cancellation Access. www.portico.org
Springer also allows members of the LOCKSS Alliance to
use LOCKSS technology to preserve their local
collections. www.locks.org

Counter Compliant Usage Statistics:

Self-service COUNTER-compliant usage reports are
accessible through the administration section on Spring-
erLink.com. Usage reports required by Release 3 of the
COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals, Books, Refe-
rence Works and Databases www.projectcounter.org, ie:
7 Journal Report 1: Number of Successful Full-Text
Article Requests by Month and Journal
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7 Journal Report 5: Number of Successful Full-Text
Article Requests by Year and Journal
Release 1:
7 Book Report 2: Number of Successful Section Requests
by Month and Title
- SUSHI compliant
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Contact
Contact the SpringerLink Help Desk for additional information:

1. For any issues related to access or accounts, please contact

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2. For any issues related to functionality and development

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