Access issues are being reported for Springer online content (journals, books, protocols) since they moved to a new platform on 11/26/12. Springer customer service is aware of the issues and is working on correcting them.
If you experience problems, click here to access the old SpringerLink site
Or follow these instructions to get to the old SpringerLink site:
1), click through to the online content on the new platform; the URLs for the new platform all begin with ‘link.springer.com’.
2) Click the “Access old SpringerLink” link in the gray banner on the right side of the screen. See image below.