General, interdisciplinary

These databases (selection) support you in your studies and research:

• external pageWeb of Sciencecall_made – Interdisciplinary database including the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science Core Collection (journal articles), Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports – Further information
• external pageScopuscall_made – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to the number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author IDs – Further information
• external pageCurrent Contents Connectcall_made – Interdisciplinary bibliographical Web of Knowledge database for scientific journal articles published from 1998 onwards – Further information
• external pageEssential Science Indicatorscall_made – Web of Knowledge database containing statistics and citation analysis for scientific journals
• external pageJournal Citation Reportscall_made – Database with citation data from medical, scientific and technical journals
• external pageNexis Unicall_made – Mainly Anglo–American economic, financial and legal information, also full text versions of newspaper and journal articles – Further information
• external pageNational Technical Reports Library/NTIScall_made – References to reports on science, technology and business funded by the US government
• More databases  

Analog or digital, the most important reference books are available for you:

• external pageEncyclopaedia Britannica Onlinecall_made – English-language general encyclopaedia with various search functions
• external pageMunzinger-Dudencall_made – German-language general encyclopaedia, specialist lexicons from various fields, German spelling rules
• external pageOxford Reference Onlinecall_made – Collection of general and subject-specific English-language specialist lexicons and dictionaries
• external pageComplete Dictionary of Scientific Biographycall_made – Biographical lexicon for natural sciences and natural science history
• external pageWorld Biographical Information Systemcall_made – Comprehensive compendium of biographical data giving brief information about over six million people
• external pageVan Nostrand‘s Scientific Encyclopediacall_made – Basic reference work for natural sciences and technology, with more than 10,000 keywords and links to entries
• external pageThe Gale Encyclopedia of Sciencecall_made – Basic lexicon for the natural sciences, with search options
• external pageHistorical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciencescall_made – Lexicon on the history of natural sciences and mathematics
• external pageThe Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Sciencecall_made – Lexicon on the history of natural sciences from the 16th century onwards

• external pageSwiss National Science Foundationcall_made – Swiss institution working on behalf of the Federal government to promote all scientific fields
• external pageContact Office for European Research Innovation and Education (SwissCore)call_made – Platform for Swiss and European scientific research projects in Brussels
• external pageDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaftcall_made – Promotes research projects in all scientific fields, with a special focus on interdisciplinary and international projects
• external pageNational Science Foundation (NSF)call_made  – Independent national institution in the US to promote research and education in technology and natural and social sciences
• external pageNobel Prizecall_made – Website of the Nobel Foundation with information dating back to 1901

You can often attend online courses free of charge, and you are also flexible in terms of time for archived or self-paced courses. Ongoing courses, on the other hand, only take place at fixed times and often allow for additional interaction.

• external pageedX.orgcall_made – Founded by MIT and Harvard University, prestigious organisations offer more than 1,000 archived and self-paced courses as well as hundreds of current courses, including some external pagecourses by the ETH Zurichcall_made. All courses are free of charge and cover subjects in science, engineering and art.
• external pagecoursea.orgcall_made – This commercial site offers more than 2,000 courses covering subjects in science, engineering and art.
• external pagekhanacademy.orgcall_made – This non-commercial site offers more than 4,000 courses in mathematics, science, history and economics. The courses have been translated into many languages and address all levels of education.
• external pageedukatico.orgcall_made – This site indexes more than 5,000 courses by several providers in English or German. The courses in German are usually lectures recorded at German universities.