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The search interface ETH Library @ swisscovery and other library services will be unavailable for 24 hours from Saturday, 12 July 7 am. 

For anyone who likes to get an overview of the latest literature with just one click, exciting new themed collections are now available in the «ETH Library @ swisscovery» spotlight. 

Would you like to make your swisscovery search even easier by using the filter options? Read this quick tip to find out how.

Immerse yourself in New Life Soundmagazine and Frauezitig - two cult magazines among the many new additions to E-Periodica that capture the pulse of electropop, protest and emancipation from the 70s to the 90s.

Learn how to use “My Favourites" to keep your most important media always at hand.

In March, you can expand your knowledge on a topic in the field of AI or research in just 15 minutes with the ETH Library's Coffee Lectures – no registration required and via Zoom.

In the first edition of our series ‘swisscovery Tips & Tricks’, you will learn how to quickly and securely restore access to your library account.

With Scopus AI and Scite, two new AI-powered research tools are now available in the ETH Zurich network.

From now on, you can easily explore the holdings of the ETH Zurich University Archives, the Thomas Mann Archives and the Max Frisch Archives online. The ‘Virtual Reading Rooms’ simplify archive research and offer expanded access options.

Under the motto “whose data is it, anyway?”, the ETH Library and Scientific IT Services will be celebrating their love for data from 10 to 14 February 2025 and jointly providing insight into research data management.  

The national negotiations of swissuniversities with the scientific publisher Wiley (including ‘Advanced Materials’ and ‘Angewandte Chemie’) have not yet led to an agreement. Together with the other affected universities, the ETH Library is preparing for a situation in which there is no contract from January 2025.

The ETH Library’s Image Archive has reached a new milestone.

In the new Coffee Lectures in November, new tools and relevant topics for scientific work will be presented in a quarter of an hour.

Get yourself and your research project in shape with our research data management workshop programme. You can now register for the Autumn Semester 2024 workshops.  

For the most popular leisure activity in Switzerland: The Green Library offers a large selection of hiking guides for viewing and borrowing. Visit the collection on site or virtually.

Are you conducting a thematic literature search and would like to delve deeper into the holdings of the ETH Library? Then you should try out the new AI-supported EXPLORE feature.

Whether you're a lark or a night owl, you can organise your working hours even more flexibly with us. The GESS Library's popular Open Library programme is being extended by two hours from 07.00 to 09.00.

Discover the new additions from a wide range of subject areas in full text on E-Periodica, the ETH Library's platform for digitised Swiss journals. We hope you enjoy browsing, researching, reading and sharing!  

To help you progress in your studies and research, we support you with a wide range of topics and services. In the Writing Studio you will find space and time to work on your writing project.

Get yourself and your research project in shape with our research data management workshop programme. You can now register for the Spring Semester 2024 workshops.  

The new theme table at the ETH Library shows the secrets of the known and the unknown.

This conversation between PD Dr Jochen Klumpp (IT Services Group (ISG), D-HEST) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the third instalment in a series of interviews explaining the work of data stewards within the Data Stewardship Network and showcasing various data stewardship models at ETH Zurich.

Avoid the quagmire of plagiarism by organising your references well.

Did you know that the ETH Library offers a wide range of services aimed specifically at master’s students? Join us on 7 November 2023 to find out more about these services, get useful tips and network with others.

Are open data sources reliable enough to perform bibliometric analyses? TOBI aims to answer this question by assessing the quality of open datasets. Among its first deliverables, an app is now available.

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

The ETH Zurich Web Archive, an important source for research into the history of science, has been relaunched following a comprehensive upgrade. It now dates back to 1997. All contents have been full-text indexed and are, starting from 2017, intensively curated.

The discussion between Professor Elizabeth Tilley, Lars Schöbitz (both D-MAVT, Global Health Engineering) and Dr Julian Dederke (ETH Library) is the first in a series highlighting the work of a pilot group of data stewards who are active in the Data Stewardship Network.

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.

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.

Full access to Oxford University Press journals.

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

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.

Are you familiar with our courses and workshops? They cover a wide range of interesting and exciting topics that will help you with your studies or work. You can attend online or in person, and plenty of different dates and times are available.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

For all ETH Library locations regular opening hours apply from 17 February on and all services are available without restriction.

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.

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.

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

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.

Are you familiar with our courses and workshops? They cover a wide range of interesting and exciting topics that will help you with your studies or work. You can attend online or in person, and plenty of different dates and times are available.

Start your research via ETH Zurich’s swisscovery interface.

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

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 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

The ETH Library returns to its normal opening hours at all locations, since all ETH buildings are open again.

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

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

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 ETH Library in the main building is now also open again on weekends. Additionally, the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library on the Hönggerberg is open during the week. All other library locations will open on 17 May 2021. Our digital offers and services are available to you as usual.

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.

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

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

The ETH Library in the main building remains open. In addition, the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library opens as well. All other locations are closed. Our digital offers and services are available to you as usual.

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.

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

The ETH Library in the main building remains open, all other locations are closed. Our digital offers and services are available to you as usual.

Get information on the new Read and Publish agreements with Cambridge University Press, Karger, Sage, Taylor & Francis and Trans Tech Publications.

Due to the extended protection measures, there will be changes to the services offered by the ETH Library.

swissuniversities continues negotiations with Wiley in 2021; access to all Wiley journals and the Cochrane Library is ensured in the meantime.

Today, the new ETH Library @ swisscovery research platform replaces the Search Portal of the ETH Library and NEBIS recherche.

swisscovery is replacing the ETH Library Search Portal. Read on to find out more about the change and why you need to register.

swisscovery is replacing the ETH Library Search Portal and NEBIS recherche.