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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.

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.

When the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds a project, it covers the fees for any resulting gold open-access publications. Researchers from ETH Zurich use the SNSF’s ChronosHub platform to settle these fees.

Avoid the quagmire of plagiarism by organising your references well.

This November is going to be interesting. In the new Coffee Lectures, we will teach you new tools and relevant topics for your academic work in a quarter of an hour.

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.

Do you have to write a scientific text but keep putting it off? We give you time and space to get to grips with your writing process. What’s really motivating is that you won’t be working alone, but as part of a writing group.

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.

Geofacets, the database for geoscientific maps, will no longer be available from 2024 onwards. The publisher Elsevier is discontinuing the platform.

Time is precious. This is why we host the Coffee Lectures event. Within the 15-minute timeframe, you receive the information on relevant tools and topics that you need for your academic work.

Good practice in research data management (RDM) is vital for transparency in science and the reusability of research data. It turns you and your research data into a reliable source.

The swiss cooperation platforms receive Best of Swiss Web Award 2023

Join the Image Archive’s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 03 June 2023, and the topic will be ETH portraits.

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.

e-rara has broken the hundred-thousand barrier while also reaching the milestone of 40,000 full-text titles.

With Connected Papers, the ETH Library is presenting a new search tool for use by researchers at ETH Zurich. It provides a visual, exploratory approach to the search for scientific articles.

A workshop of the ETH Library for ETH Master’s students.

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.

e-rara puts digitized prints at your fingertips – now with new functions and navigation options.

The facilities at the GESS Library are now also available to use from 5.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., Monday to Friday.

New open access agreements with the American Chemical Society (ACS), Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), Microbiology Society, Springer Nature, Oxford University Press (OUP) and Portland Press.

Time is precious. This is why we host the Coffee Lectures event. Within the 15-minute timeframe, you receive the information on relevant tools and topics that you need for your academic work.

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.

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!

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

You can now order more easily and get a better overview of your loans.

Limited ordering options 12–13 November 2022.

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.

Design your perfect learning space and take part in the competition. You will be in with a chance of winning a CHF 50 Swiss Book Voucher.

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.

After some six years in their temporary location on the Hönggerberg campus, the Thomas Mann Archives have moved back to the city centre.

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).

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.

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

Design your individual learning environment to suit your needs: whether for individual learning, group work or smaller events with up to 20 people.

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.

Join the Image Archive’s very first Wikipedia writing workshop! It will take place online on Saturday, 14 May 2022, and the topic will be ETH portraits.

National negotiations with Oxford University Press failed to produce a read & publish agreement. The ETH Library facilitates access to current content.

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?

The semi-annual deadline for applications for project funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is approaching (1 April 2022).

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

The ETH Library provides group study spaces in the Green Library which can now be reserved online. This new service demonstrates how good infrastructure can support efficient working.

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.

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.

The ETH Library now offers collection and consultation services in the ETH main building at the service desk in the InfoCenter.

Five institutions from four countries have joined forces to establish the Thomas Mann International (TMI) network, driving exchange and promoting research, discourse and education.

The semi-annual deadline for applications for project funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is approaching (1 October 2021).

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

The award is a further step in the ETH Library's efforts to increase openness. Currently, seven out of a possible 15 criteria are met.

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.

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.

Journal search for holdings of the ETH Zurich libraries using ETH Library @ swisscovery

Access to the media of the ETH Library requires a swisscovery registration and a SWITCH edu-ID.

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.

The webinar «Ready for take-off: how to start your BA or MA thesis» will show you how proper planning and organisation will help you to remain focused while writing your thesis.

The Research Collection statistics sets two records: Never before have so many downloads been made in a month, and never before has the open-access proportion been so high in a single year!

Media that were borrowed prior to 7 December 2020 must be returned by the end of March 2021.

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

Members of ETH Zurich can benefit by linking their SWITCH edu-ID with their ETH Zurich user account

The semi-annual deadline for applications for project funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is approaching (1 April 2021).

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

Our new courses, webinars and workshops for the 2021 spring semester are now online. Expect a wide range of interesting and exciting topics.

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.

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.

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.

Get short input on tools and topics to assist your academic work.

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