SpringerImages 2010 ICSTI Conference, Moscow November 2010 Elwin Gardeur

Springer 2 Agenda About SpringerImages Getting started with SpringerImages Browsing content Searching Personalization features

Springer 3 What is SpringerImages? A database of over 2.8 million images and associated pieces of full-text from Springer publications and third-party scientific image sources Images Images include: drawings, photos, tables, charts, etc. biology image library Springer Journals Springer Books Open Access

Springer 4 About SpringerImages 2.8 million+ scientific, technical and medical images – Images: photos, graphs, histograms, figures, tables and video’s Constantly growing database Variety of sources: SpringerLink, SpringerProtocols, images.MD, and more Peer-reviewed, trusted sources Unlimited concurrent users Availability: Entire collection or Medical and Life Sciences Permission to use images for personal, non-commercial use

Springer 5 Getting started with

Springer 6 When you are looking to: Use images to quickly update lectures or presentations. Get a refined and relevant list of results quickly when searching for pertinent pieces of information in a vast quantity. Use easily customized searches tailored to individual needs, such as comparison of research results or sharing keywords with other users to optimize the search Quickly understand the context of an image, dramatically reducing the time needed to review literature Easily jump to the source to confirm the context and retrieve further information When to use SpringerImages?

Springer 7 Logging in Log in and register at top of homepage

Springer 8 Help screens Help is at the top of each page Here you can find FAQs, contact information for tech support, and more You can also manage your account

Springer 9 Setting up an account Register for an account by clicking at the top of any page Setting up an account requires creating a username and password

Springer 10 Managing an account Access your account information by clicking “MY ACCOUNT” Edit Account My Image Sets Saved Search Results

Springer 11 Browsing content Content may be browsed: By subject By source

Springer 12 On image page, users can view: Image Caption Image page

Springer 13 On image page, users can view: Image Caption Description Image source details Copyright information Image page

Springer 14 Also on the image page, users can: Share Save to image set Image page

Springer 15 Searching SpringerImages The basic search feature is at the top of the home page From the drop down, you can select searching image captions or full-text Let’s try by searching for genome

Springer 16 Searching SpringerImages Results appear in center From here, users may with one click browse these results: By subject By source Users can also search for specific image types Users may also sort results by relevance or by newest/oldest Or save search results for later human

Springer 17 Searching SpringerImages Results appear in center By refining the search, we’ve narrowed our search results. We can remove the filters from the search results Users may also find more options with an Advanced Search

Springer 18 Advanced search “Show Advanced Options” brings up this drop box with options Users may fill in as many or as few of these options as they wish Clicking on a magnifying glass brings up a list of options to choose from

Springer 19 Personalization of

Springer 20 My Images My Images can be viewed by selecting link at top Like search results, they can be filtered with the options on the left Users can also export all images in an Image Set into either PowerPoint or PDF Click for PowerPoint example

Springer 21 Thank you! Elwin Gardeur Licensing Manager Sales Springer Science+Business Media Corporate library Sales Benelux, Eastern Europe & Israel/New Business ROW tel. +31 (0) mob. +31 (0)