SpringerLink migration to new platform

TCD Springerlink account has migrated to a new platform. Users are automatically redirected to the new platform - link.springer.com. 
Please let Clíona or Arlene know if you have any problems accessing material.


Message from Springer:
In the event that you have maintained direct links to specific eBook Collections on SpringerLink, these will need to be updated. The new navigation of the site requires this. A list of these updated links is on springer.com/librarians.  

Individual Accounts: Unfortunately no individual accounts - My SpringerLink - will be migrated. This means that if your users have set up their own account on springerlink.com, their account will be lost. Due to privacy reasons we are unable to reach out to them, so we are asking your kind assistance in informing them.

For your convenience, we have prepared a sample letter that you could send to your patrons. This letter is on springer.com/librarians.

 

Training

To find out more about the new SpringerLink features and functionalities we invite you to register for a 30-45 minute webinar to show you all the highlights of the new site and some key functionalities. There will also be plenty of time to ask questions. Click here to register.

Additional dates and a recorded webinar of the training can be found by clicking here. Further contacts of interest to you:

 

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.