SpringerLINK - some general information

SpringerLINK full text of 1336 ejournals and some eBooks.

Through an IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) subscription, Trinity College Library has access to the full text of 1336 electronic journals on the SpringerLINK database platform. These ejournals cover the fields of biomedicine, life science, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer science, humanities and economics. Kluwer Academic journals are now part of this package; however Brill Academic Publisher is not.

In general, with the exception of the book series, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, the eBooks on SpringerLINK do not form part of the IReL subscription and are not available to TCD users.

Of the top four most-used journals in TCD on SpringerLINK during the last year, only one is in the TCD print collection. However, all ejournals might be available through other Library database platforms. For example, the most used ejournal: Jrnl of Autism and Developmental Disorders is on Academic Search Premier : 1993 to present (Embargo: 1 year), ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source : 1997 to present (Embargo: 1 year) and SpringerLINK : 1997 to present .

SpringerLINK generally does not have an embargo on the most recent issues, unlike the other two platforms mentioned, although its coverage may not encompass an equivalent number of years.

An individual user can register from within TCD’s account (that is, from where you can see the database by finding it through the Library system) and this allows the use of features such as RSS feeds and favourites linking. Downloads are free for the journals to which TCD Library subscribes, but if other items outside our subscriptions are found, these can be purchased from SpringerLINK via your personalized homepage. To avoid paying twice for the one resource, a user should check first however, that the required item is not already available through the Library from another supplier.

Springer is developing a new, more user-friendly interface at the moment and plan to launch this in 2010. A feature of this new interface will be a facility to search by Citations which should be a useful tool for all researchers.

TCD Library databases can be reached from the main Library Web page under Databases & E-Books or by searching the catalogue for the Database name or the journal title.

ReVIEW - New Resource

ReVIEW - Following on our recent trial access (ended 1 August 2009) it has been decided to purchase ReVIEW.

Subject, Art History:
ReVIEW is a service that aims to digitize many of the most important decorative and fine arts journals published in Europe and the USA during the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries, making them available in a searchable form online. [Publisher: Design Research Publications]

The first two titles in the ReVIEW project are now available:
THE STUDIO vols.1-50, 1893-1910
DEUTSCHE KUNST UND DEKORATION vols. 1-27 1897-1911

TCD Research Support System (RSS) and Trinity's Access to Research Archive (TARA)

The TCD RSS is a web-based information system, which incorporates an expertise database. TARA is Trinity’s Open Access institutional repository, which grants free access to the full text of TCD’s research papers over the internet.

The Research Support System allows members of TCD’s Research Community to input and update all information on their academic interests, research expertise and publications to a central system.

TCD researchers submit their full text papers to TARA via the RSS’s publication input screen. It is not only desirable to upload research papers to TARA in order to increase citations of research papers, but it is often a necessary process in response to Funding Body requirements. Once a paper is in TARA, a 'persistent' link is created which automatically appears in the RSS and which is visible on College web pages. The system generates web pages automatically and helps to avoid repetition in the provision of information.

The RSS enables the promotion of individual Faculty or Research Group work. From this system, up-to-date publications lists can be created and maintained and reports can be generated, for Faculty, School, Department, Research Centre and individuals.

An important part of the Research Support System is the regular export of data to the Expertise Ireland portal .

For more information, help with uploading research publications, or requesting reports, please contact: Garret McMahon, Institutional Repository Content Manager or Niamh Brennan, Programme Manager, Research Information Systems.

Further information on TARA and access to the Tara website.
Further information on the RSS