Springer Lecture Notes Series

Springer

Year Joined PERii
2009 (this resource is available from 2009; Springer joined PERii in 2003)

Resource Name
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) Annual Subscription and/or Historical Archive

Resource Type
Online ebooks and conference proceedings

Access URL
http://www.springerlink.com/

Title Listing
Document 2010 title list (10kb)

Content Overview
The Springer series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), includes its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI). The series publishes new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching - quickly, informally, and at a high level.

Subject Strengths

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bioinformatics
  • Security and Cryptology
  • Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics

Service Strengths

  • An annual subscription to LNCS contains in 2009 over 3815 volumes with more than 500 volumes published annually.
  • LNCS Tutorials comprise textbooks, textbooklike monographs, and lectures given at advanced courses, seminars, schools, etc. The level ranges from advanced undergraduate to postgraduate.
  • LNCS Hot Topics present new and/or emerging topics, these books introduce areas, motivate the reader, and are of graduate to postgraduate level.
  • Historical Archive also available separately for purchase: Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Historical Archive. Coverage: Vol 1/1965 - Vol 1185/1996 = 1185 Volumes This is available as a one off purchase per institution. For further information please contact INASP.

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The SpringerLink Training PowerPoint (ppt, 9.5 Mb)

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