Interlibrary loans: ordering documents

Individual documents such as diploma theses, dissertations or older works that were published prior to 1900 may only be viewed in the reading room of the ETH-Library. Their consultation is only possible upon leaving a piece of ID at the Desk in the Reading Room.

The same applies to books that are subject to copying restrictions or bans by the owning library.

Dissertations and reports are sometimes only available for loans as microfiche. Reading devices are provided in the reading room of the ETH-Library and in the Collections and Archives Reading Room.

• Works that are available on location (these also include works that are currently out on loan, cannot be found at short notice or belong to the reference collection)

• Works that convey elementary or purely practical knowledge (for example entertainment and hobby literature, new travel guides)

• Works that can only be ordered abroad and can be purchased from book shops for under CHF 30 or EUR 30

• Reference works, patents and norms, loose-leaf collections

• Entire bound volumes, newspaper volumes and newspaper issues from abroad

• DVD's, Blue Ray, film rolls and the like

• CD-ROMs, microfiches and microfilms from abroad

• From Switzerland: about 2 weeks

• From abroad: about 2 to 8 weeks

These times may be delayed considerably for documents that are already out on loan or difficult to procure.

• The loan periods stipulated by the supplying library are binding.

• Otherwise, a loan period of 3 weeks will apply with renewals upon request ().