STM publisher Springer is offering a dedicated psychology package as part of its eBooks collection, effective immediately. The package contains all German-language titles from the field and will include over 100 individual works by the end of 2015. With this step, the psychology package will become part of SpringerLink, the most extensive online academic library in the world, currently comprising more than 176,000 books bundled by subject area, and expanded yearly.
Until the end of 2014, Springer's psychology titles were assigned to different areas, e.g. medicine or business. The choice to bundle all German-language titles into an eBook package for psychology reflects the field's growing importance for science and in practice. According to Dr. Reinald Klockenbusch, Editorial Director Psychology & Reference Works at Springer, it was decided to group all of these titles thematically as of the 2015 publishing year as part of a strategic decision on the part of Springer's management and in response to repeated requests from the market.
Through the variety of topics offered, the new German psychology package addresses the needs of a readership that is characterized by both a heterogeneous makeup and high standards. As such, the collection includes book series like Wirtschaftspsychologie and individual titles, such as textbooks, specialist books, self-help books, and the Essentials, the last of which concentrate on a selected topic within a complex subfield. The package is also home to Springer References in the field of psychology.
Beyond the library market, the new package also addresses professionals active in psychology or neighboring fields.
