Springer Nature is committed to the dissemination of information to discovery services for simple integration into library systems. The following provides further information on Springer Nature’s involvement with various system vendors.
Discovery @ Springer Nature
Link resolvers provide customized lists with title-level metadata to libraries for ease of content discoverability and full-text linking. Link resolvers work in tandem with discovery services allowing libraries to indicate their holdings and accessible content with links to the full-text.
Link Resolvers providers overview
EBSCO Full Text Finder is a complete Web-based tool for organizing and providing links to all of your library’s e-resources, including e-journals, titles in full-text databases and e-journal packages, and ebooks. EBSCO FullTextFinder offers users a “one-stop” search of your library’s e-collection, with easy navigation to full-text content.
SFX offers multiple access points to your e-collections, including the A-Z journal title list and the CitationLinker search form, streamline the information discovery process and provide an easy-to-use interface for end users. You can also customize the interface and integrate it into your home page so that your users experience a consistent look and feel.
ExLibris works closely with Springer Nature to populate the 360 knowledge base, the foundation for discovery and management services. Holdings information is updated daily and automatically reflected in all services. Libraries can select the packages they have licensed, either individually or through their consortia, to enable discovery of and access to content through these services.
The WorldCat knowledge base combines detailed information about library holdings with linking data to enable people to connect to full-text content in licensed resources. It includes the range of coverage and embargo periods for each title. The knowledge base is maintained by OCLC member librarians, OCLC and content partners.
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Abstracting and indexing
Discovery Services provide a single search platform across their internal centralized index, allowing their subscribers to search across multiple databases to discovery content easily. Abstracting and Indexing Services are usually more subject oriented, but they are similar to the Discovery Services in that they also provide search capabilities to their users. The abstracting and indexing process, content selection and acceptance processes vary from publisher to publisher. Some publishers follow the indexing procedure based on reviewing the metadata, including abstracts, and basic bibliographic information. Other publishers may review full-text materials to index content. Abstracting and Indexing Services such as Web of Science and PubMed are curated by human indexers, whereas Google Scholar does not utilize human indexers.
Springer Nature works with just about every A&I service, over 400 in total, through a dedicated A&I Department, and in close cooperation with our publishing editors.
