Springer Launches Content Solutions For Industry

Main Category: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry
Article Date: 14 Aug 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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Springer Science+Business Media has announced the release of Springer Content Solutions for Industry, which features customized collections of professional, scientific, technical and medical books, journals, reference works and protocols specifically organized for the needs of companies heavily active in research, development and marketing activities.

Springer Content Solutions for Industry provides features, benefits, facts and information from a variety of fields, including: Automotive & Transportation, Banking & Finance, Chemical Manufacturing, Computers/High Tech, Food & Agriculture, Medical Services Providers, Oil, Petroleum & Gas, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology and Telecommunications.

Springer has published the works of more than 150 Nobel Prize laureates and works continually with world-renowned authors and industry experts in developing and producing reliable, up-to-date information vital to the achievement of its users' business goals. Many of the sources offered are seen as the definitive works in their field, read by R&D heads, product researchers, scientists, CEOs, CIOs and practitioners in a multitude of industries.

Through SpringerLink, an integrated full-text online information platform, Springer Content Solutions are available 24/7 and searchable by subject area, keyword, publications title, topic or author. As with other Springer e-products, no special software is needed to access the materials and there is no limit to concurrent user access within an institution to subscribed content. All content is accessible using an Internet browser and Adobe Reader.

"Springer has always been known for its high-quality, vast online academic content," said George Scotti, Global Director Channel Marketing, Library Relations. "Through Springer Content Solutions, we aim to assist corporations in their efforts to accelerate the innovation process and increase productivity, by packaging online content to meet the requests of their researchers."

Springer's content offerings include more than 25,000 eBooks specifically designed for researchers and scientists, as well as 1,700 journals organized in 13 subject collections. They also include an online archive collection of two million records, comprising approximately 900 journals, and more than 18,000 protocols in biomedicine and life sciences - the step-by-step "recipes" executable in a controlled laboratory environment.

Springer Science+Business Media is one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. It is the second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector, the largest publisher of STM books, and the largest business-to-business publisher in the German-language area. It publishes on behalf of more than 300 academic associations and professional societies, including the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, The American Oil Chemists' Society and the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM). The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in over 20 countries in Europe, along with the USA and Asia, and some 5,000 employees.

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