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Do you use e-rara in your research or teaching? Thanks to our interfaces, you can access the data you need directly. Do you do research using e-rara? You can now use the IIIF viewers to view and compare digitised resources across platforms.

The books making up ETH Professor Louis Rollier’s (1859–1931) personal collection have been added to e-rara as a virtual private library.

You could submit your application for project funding to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) until 01 October 2023. Remember that you need a data management plan (DMP) for approved projects.

The ETH Library is the first Swiss university library to be awarded the CoreTrustSeal. As ETH Zurich’s institutional repository, the Research Collection now has a globally recognised certification.

Avoid the quagmire of plagiarism by organising your references well.

Members of ETH Zurich can now access the Orbis and Orbis Intellectual Property databases. Research information on more than 450 million companies and their patent data worldwide.

Join our webinar on 3 October 2023 from 4.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. for tips and tools to help you work productively during your doctorate.

In the second semester of 2023, you can expect diverse topics such as writing with AI-based tools, the visualisation of research data or "Rock your Master's" – a new event especially for Master's students.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.

Between 17.15 and 18.45 on 16 May 2023, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.

Plagiarism detection software is now the responsibility of the ETH Library. We are doing our best to make a comparable software available to you as soon as possible.

Discover the new full-text additions from a wide variety of specialist fields on E-Periodica, the ETH Library’s online platform for digitised Swiss periodicals. We hope you enjoy browsing, researching, reading and sharing!

On the 13^th of March 2023 e-manuscripta.ch, the platform for digitised manuscript material from Swiss libraries and archives, will celebrate its 10^th anniversary.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.

Access to the comprehensive primary sources in the Wiley Digital Archives will provide new insights, especially for those interested in environmental sciences and scientific research.

Our new courses and workshops for the first half of the year are now online. They cover a wide range of interesting and exciting topics that will help you with your studies or work.

Early career scientists receive an extensive overview on Research Data Management, its principles, its practical implications and on useful tools. Register now!

Just under four years after the launch of AstroRara, users can now discover new content and a revamped design.

Take part in our online course on 24 November 2022 and receive important basics about open-access publishing.

Take advantage of the comprehensive access to podcasts about the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Orders are subject to restrictions from 17.00 to 19.00.

In the event series of the ETH Library in October and November 2022, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

Between 17.15 and 18.45 on 08 November 2022, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.

Orders are subject to restrictions from 17.00 to 20.00.

You are now able to publish large amounts of research data in the Research Collection. Find out more about this new offer.

A new look for the Swiss manuscripts platform

The semi-annual deadline for applications for project funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is approaching (01 October 2022).

Analysing text reuse is a task that is of particular relevance to architectural history. The platform Graph automates this process by applying large-scale textual processing for detecting similar text passages to a large corpus of digitised books.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to varied aspects of research data management.

Researchers at ETH Zurich are required to employ good practice in managing research data. Learn how the ETH Library supports you in doing so.

Cite Them Right helps you with referencing in your academic work. Thanks to this online referencing tool, you can expand your knowledge on how to cite correctly and about plagiarism.

A new feature at E-Periodica enables the recognition and networked depiction of individuals who are mentioned together in journal content.

Orders are subject to restrictions from 18.00 to 20.00.

The new software makes it easier for Swiss libraries and research institutions to register Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). This allows them to make research results more accessible and increase their citation frequency.

Save the date: join us on 30 August 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Switzerland’s largest map collection with a book launch.

Discover the new full-text additions from various specialist fields on E-Periodica, the ETH Library’s online platform for digitised Swiss periodicals.

The ETH Library ETHorama platform was given a fresh new design on 01 June 2022 and now offers even more exploration options.

A new addition to e-rara: the digitized private library of Eugen Bircher, a Swiss surgeon and military author who worked at ETH Zurich for several years.

In the event series of the ETH Library from June 2022, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

Take part in our online course on 24 May 2022 and receive important basics about open-access publishing.

Anyone who uses openBIS can easily publish research data in the Research Collection. This means valuable data can be made available to other researchers sooner.

Maps as part of the digital transformation: discover the ETH Library’s ever-expanding range of electronic and georeferenced maps available for your use.

The ETH Library recommends freely available background information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Between 16.00 and 18.00 on 11 May 2022, doctoral students will be given a compact overview of the ETH Library services relevant for their doctoral thesis.

With the NAHIMA database, the ETH Library provides a virtual infrastructure that makes natural science collections accessible to researchers in an efficient and clear way.

You research, write and publish, but who is taking note of your results? Who reads your scientific publications? How aware are people inside and outside academia of your research?

Are you familiar with the extraordinary treasures in the ETH Library? The videos in our #TreasureTroves campaign feature fascinating instruments, graphics and designs from our different collections and archives.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and the Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to the diverse aspects of research data management.

AstroRara offers digital and interactive access to three new works. Historical publications on eclipses, retrograde motion and comet tails are now available for use as multimedia.

The ETH Zurich publication platform continuously proves its importance to researchers in all fields. Current statistics show the number of downloads and open access entries rose again last year.

In the event series of the ETH Library from February 2022, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

Discover the new full-text additions from various specialist fields on E-Periodica, the online platform for digitised Swiss periodicals.

Discover the new digitised full-text periodicals from St. Gallen on E-Periodica, the online platform for digitised Swiss periodicals.

Our new courses and workshops for the first half of the year are now online. They cover a wide range of interesting and exciting topics that will help you with your studies or work.

Early career scientists receive an extensive overview on Research Data Management, its principles, its practical implications and on useful tools. Register now!

Receive information relating to the new open-access agreements with the American Institute of Physics (AIP), Company of Biologists, IEEE and Institute of Physics (IOP).

The ETH Library provides concise instructions for preparing a data management plan which take into account the specific conditions that exist at ETH Zurich.

The ETH Library offers practical support for ETH Zurich faculty, staff and students with a free service allowing them to borrow the tools they need for their project work.

With the newly published collection “Private Library of Johannes Orelli”, we take you back to the early years of the Federal Polytechnic Institute – what is now ETH Zurich.

The new Explora story is online: this year marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize in Physics. But how much ETH was there really in Einstein? And how much Einstein is there in ETH?

Open access funding: the deadline for funding applications for articles in subscription journals is 14 December 2021.

Discover the new feature at ETH Library @ swisscovery and get a new perspective on the results of your literature search.

What are the topics in focus? What is being downloaded and cited via the Research Collection? Current statistics show that in Q3 2021, reading choices were dominated by COVID-19 and climate change.

In the series from November and December, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

Take part in our webinar on 19 October 2021 and receive important basics about open-access publishing.

This series of workshops organised by the ETH Library and the Scientific IT Services at ETH Zurich introduces you to the diverse aspects of research data management.

150 years of agricultural sciences at ETH Zurich! A new mini-series on Explora is being created from nostalgic images and diverse materials, but also from the future perspectives of researchers.

Members of ETH Zurich can now find out everything about the plant Arabidopsis thaliana on The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) database.

Employees of ETH Zurich can now save their preferred author name, including variants, in their ETH profile. This way, authors are included in the publication search in full.

With Dimensions Analytics, the ETH Library provides members of ETH Zurich with an interdisciplinary database that allows for a comprehensive view of scientific publications.

Research and knowledge brought to life: ETH Zurich presents selected holdings from its collections and archives at the new external location Octavo.

swissuniversities, together with ERI partner organisations, has developed the Swiss National Open Research Data Strategy. Following the adoption, an action plan is now on the agenda.

Members of ETH Zurich now have free access to the online version of the leading American daily newspaper The New York Times.

The Research Collection provides researchers with green open access to scientific publications and the option to publish at no charge.

An extended regulation regarding the absorption of open-access fees on the part of the ETH Library has been in force since February 2021. This will be subject to a limit from the closing of the accounts in December 2021 onwards.

The ETH Library is launching a new, comprehensive bibliometric service. The quantitative analysis of publications and their reception (such as citations) can assist researchers and departments in their work.

The LibKey Nomad browser extension gives you direct access to the PDF of journal articles.

There is a new highlight in the Collection of Scientific Instruments and Teaching Aids: the custom-made Gömböc G 1854. The gift is a tangible piece of 20 years of scientific history.

Discover the new full-text additions from various specialist fields on E-Periodica, the online platform for digitised Swiss periodicals.

Today, 1 June 2021, the Image Archive is launching its E-Pics catalogue as part of the new front end. The new front end features an intuitive, modern and responsive design for a simple, fast and particularly “fresh” new version of E-Pics catalogues.

In the June series, you can get input on tools and topics that support your academic work in a short and crisp form.

Max Frisch would have celebrated his 110th birthday this year. Swiss artist Gottfried Honegger sent the author a very special birthday message in 1981.

The new Wiley Read and Publish agreement allows researchers at ETH Zurich to enjoy unlimited access to scientific insights worldwide and to publish their own results free of charge.

The tenth anniversary of e-rara was marked with presentations, visualisations and discussions – online, in public and live. Find out what researchers have been saying about retrospective digitisation and learn more about the platform online.

We will celebrate ten years of e-rara with a virtual panel discussion – an exchange between experts, researchers and people interested in science on “Retrospective digitisation in Switzerland”.

Electronic and geo-referenced maps such as the “Baumkataster Basel-Stadt” (2020), the “Plan der Stadt Zürich nach Breitinger” (1867) and other maps are now available for use.

The Global Health database provides rapid access to both standard works and current specialist articles on public health around the world – and it’s free for members of ETH Zurich.

Take part in our webinar on 25 March 2021 and receive important basics about open-access publishing.

Members of ETH Zurich now have access to Cambridge University Press (CUP) textbooks, a rich source of knowledge and information across a broad range of disciplines.

Our oldest image catalogue on E-Pics celebrates its 15th anniversary! It took a lot of preparatory work, numerous attempts and the courage to try something new before the catalogue could be launched on 6 March 2006.

As of now, the ETH library will cover open-access fees for all corresponding author articles by members of ETH Zurich.

The E-Pics platform provides comprehensive online holdings of digitised images. Discover a wide range of images in the digitised old books collection of the ETH Library.

Feedly is a tool that enables comprehensive academic knowledge management. A total of 50 available test licenses for Feedly Enterprise are now available for members of ETH Zurich.

Discover the new additions from various subject areas in full text on E-Periodica, the online platform for digitised Swiss journals.

A newly launched platform that provides access to the rescanned manuscripts of the minutes allows users to research the history of ETH Zurich using mobile devices.

Receive an extensive overview on Research Data Management, its principles, its practical implications and on useful tools for early career scientists. Register now!

2020 saw the highest ever number of journal articles downloaded! You can also find out which topic occupied users the most.

AstroRara offers interactive digital access to historic astronomical illustrations. Three fascinating new works are now ready to be explored.

HSTalks is a platform that provides access to animated, audiovisual lectures. The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection offers a wide range of talks covering various scientific topics.