SPIE Digital Library

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Year Joined PERii
2006

Resource Name
SPIE Digital Library

Resource Type
Online journals and conference proceedings

Access URL
www.SPIEDigitalLibrary.org

Title Listing
Document 2010 title list (11kb)

Content Overview
The SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers) Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 270,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1990 to the present. More than 17,000 new technical papers are added annually.

Subject Strengths

  • Astronomy
  • Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging
  • Communications & Networking
  • Defense & Security
  • Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing
  • Illumination & Displays
  • Industrial Sensing & Measurement
  • Lasers & Sources
  • Micro/Nano Lithography & Fabrication
  • Nanotechnology
  • Optical Design & Engineering
  • Remote Sensing
  • Solar & Alternative Energy

Service Strengths

  • Powerful search and browse tools
  • New content added daily
  • Rapid publication, utilizing e-First
  • E-mail Alerts for the latest published articles
  • Reference and forward linking via CrossRef
  • Citation meta data available for easy download
  • Article collections for group collaboration

Usage Guides
Search tips are available on the publisher's website or download the Quick Start Guide:

Document Quick Start Guide (990kb)

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access (eligibility criteria, Document 38kb) is required to register to use SPIE. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition only

Publisher Support/Help Contact
For help and support from the Publisher contact: CustomerService@SPIEDigitalLibrary.org
For technical support please contact help@scitation.org

URL to General Publisher Site
http://spie.org/

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

Administration Information
If you wish to update your details (i.e. change an IP address) or to personalise your platform (i.e. put on Consortia branding), please email SPIE: markc@spie.org

Promotional Information/Materials
Download free optics and photonics posters and general subscriber info.

Publisher Newsletter Details
A quarterly newsletter is sent out to subscribing librarians and SPIE members at subscribing institutions. For recent news visit the publisher's news page.

Usage Data Collection
Instructions for this will be sent to the country coordinator, as well as the contact librarian for each institution, upon subscription activation. This will include a URL and info for setting up the usage stats account.

PERii FAQs
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PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.

Publisher FAQs
For publisher FAQs, and more information about the library, visit the publisher's website.