Get the most out of the SPIE Digital Library:

• User Guide: We created this User Guide that explains features and will help you to better navigate the site.

• Introductory Video: View this short video that walks you through the site features and navigation.

• Taxonomy: Our taxonomy of 4,000+ terms powers related content recommendations and search to return the most relevant results.

• Presentation Recordings: Presentation recordings from SPIE conferences are featured on the Conference Presentations page as well as embedded on proceedings article pages and include the following features:

  • Published 3–4 weeks following the conference, with speaker permission
  • Shows video of the slides and animations synchronized with speaker audio
  • Interactive, searchable transcripts translatable into 25 languages coming this fall
  • Access is included for Digital Library subscribing institutions
  • Recordings may be purchased individually or viewed with personal subscriptions
  • Closed Captioned to aid usability
  • Recorded plenaries are open access

• Full-Text HTML: All articles, proceedings papers dating back to 2014, and SPIE Field Guide and Spotlight eBooks are displayed in HTML format in addition to the downloadable PDF format.

• Personalization Tools: Creating a free personal account allows you to save citations to a personal library and sign up for different types of email alerts.

• Off-Site Access for Institutional Subscribers: After creating and signing into a free personal account while on your organization's network, users at subscribing organizations will be affiliated with the organization's subscription and will have full off-site access.

• Built In-House: The SPIE Digital Library was built in-house by internal staff, allowing for greater flexibility, responsiveness, and a site that will better house SPIE's unique content and better serve our community. Please let us know of any features you would like to see in the future.