SPIE eBooks
SPIE eBooks brings 165+ valuable SPIE Press titles - monographs and reference works, field guides, and tutorial texts - to researchers' desktops on the same user-friendly SPIE Digital Library platform as SPIE Proceedings and SPIE Journals. At least 15 new titles and editions will be added to the eBooks collection each year.
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Features of SPIE eBooks:
- At least 15 new SPIE Press books and editions published as SPIE eBooks first each year
- Unlimited simultaneous use of SPIE eBooks by individuals affiliated with subscribing organizations
- Content provided as page images (PDFs) at the chapter level
- Stable links to facilitate use in e-reserves and courseware systems
- Chapter-level downloading and printing
- No digital rights management
- MARC records available from SPIE (free) and as an OCLC set
- Integrated searching with SPIE Proceedings and SPIE Journals
- Open access to all book front matter and back matter
- Chapters available for purchase by individuals
- Interlibrary Loan allowed
Organizations may acquire SPIE eBooks in any month in subscription and purchase options. Most academic institutions are priced as single sites.
Option 1: Annual Subscription for Single Site
- 2013 price of $1,150 for new SPIE eBooks subscribers and those first subscribing in 2012
- Post-cancellation perpetual access via DVD of PDF files and Portico for content published during subscription term. No back content rights
Option 2: One-time Purchase with Perpetual Access to Full Collection for Single Site
- 2013 price of $11,425 for new purchases of all content
- 2013 price of new content for continuing access priced at $1,150 for 2012 purchasers of full collection
- Post-cancellation perpetual access to purchased content on SPIE Digital Library platform for modest annual platform fee. DVD of PDF files and Portico access also available
Explore the full functionality of SPIE eBooks with the following chapters that may be accessed without purchase:
Every research and teaching institution that has a significant involvement in optics and photonics technologies should make SPIE eBooks available to its community.