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Searching on SpringerLink is the easiest and quickest way to find exactly the content you need. When you enter a search term or phrase into the SpringerLink "Search For" field at the top of SpringerLink or in the left sidebar search on a content page, the SpringerLink search engine will locate and match articles, book chapters, books, and journals that cite your word or phrase.
Full text, Titles and Abstracts, or Title Only Authors and Book Editors Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Specific content categories such as Journals, Books, or Protocols Specific publication date ranges Title, ISSN, ISBN, volumes, issues, and page numbers (Citation)
Results may be sorted by Relevancy or by Publication Date. A user can combine multiple Advanced Search fields to tailor the results to specific needs. Note that Volume, Issue, and Page
Number searching works in combination with Citations searching and is only available if a valid publication title, ISSN, or ISBN is entered.
Why isn't there a separate search for eReferences or Book Series in Advanced Search?
On SpringerLink, eReferences and Book Series are categorized as Books. When you search within Book the results will contain content from monographs, Book Series, and eReferences.
Why do I locate search results where I cannot see the term or phrase searched within the immediate results?
All content on SpringerLink is indexed for fulltext searching. This means that the word or phrase you are searching may not be available in the title or the abstract, but the word or phrase may be available only within the fulltext of the article, book chapter, or reference work entry.
Can I set up a program to scrape or crawl SpringerLink for content or search results?
No. Springer does not allow content or search results to be systematically downloaded or collected from a program that is intended to scrape or crawl results. SpringerLink content is protected from such systematic downloading programs and will contact any researcher or library that attempts to use the content in a way that is deemed as malicious.
Where did the refinements go that I used on the previous SpringerLink site?
The refinements like Content Type and Copyright year are still available on the new SpringerLink, but they are now called Filters. In the left sidebar from a browse or search results page, click the Show Filters tab to see the refinements options that you used to see on the previous SpringerLink.