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SPIE Digital Library - enhancements!

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SPIE Digital Library There has been a significant upgrade to the SPIE Digital Library. Abstract pages for all SPIE Journal and Conference Proceedings articles has been enhanced to include new research and navigation tools to aid in research. A series of interviews with SPIE Digital Library users last fall revealed how researchers and librarians now seek and access relevant information in conducting their research. One of the key messages is that a majority of users find and link to individual articles from Internet search engines, library catalogs, CrossRef links, and online indexes. To address the need of today's researcher for a feature-rich, transparent interface, SPIE has redesigned and expanded the abstract page to provide more information in the view, along with more tools to utilize the presented information. Significant features of the redesigned abstract page include: :: More critical information viewable within one screen, without scrolling :: References, including links to referenced papers as well as citing articles, on a separate tab :: Tools for capturing and downloading citation metadata in a variety of formats :: Enhanced navigation aids such as breadcrumb links :: OpenURL referrer tool :: Links to web-enabled research tools such as bookmarking sites, Google Notebook, and zotero :: Multimedia links, RSS, and erratum alerts.