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Coffee Lectures: new knowledge in ten minutes
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Input on tools and topics to assist your academic work
CYBATHLON 2020 – moving people and technology
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The CYBATHLON 2020 offers a special kind of competition experience. In its three-?part video campaign, the ETH Library shows a person affected who defies fate with courage and high-?tech.
We want your feedback on our new website!
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How do you like the new ETH Library website? We would love to hear your opinion.
Information on the opening hours and services of the ETH Library from 1 October 2020
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Extended opening hours and services
More storage space for Zotero
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The ETH Library has now licensed Zotero Institution for the ETH community.
The new course catalogue of the ETH Library is here. Sign up now.
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We have just published our new courses and workshops on our website. They cover a wide range of interesting topics. From September, we will be hosting many autumn semester webinars, courses and workshops again.
Coffee Lectures: new knowledge in ten minutes
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“Taking our seat at the table” – women at ETH Zurich
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Female students, researchers, professors – they are no longer a rare sight, but the road to gender equality at ETH Zurich has been long and often bumpy. Explora illuminates the exciting history of women at ETH: from courageous and persistent trailblazers to the dedicated representatives of an autonomous women’s movement.
Language courses to borrow
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New open-access resources in the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library
Explora goes series – Dive into 5 episodes
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Explora starts a new format. In five episodes, the mini-series reports on an ambitious project that combines art and science: The creation of alternative habitats for corals through digital production methods – an equally artistically and ecologically-scientifically exciting experiment.
ETH Library to reopen at two locations
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The ETH Library in the main building and the Architecture and Civil Engineering Library are open again from 8 June 2020.
Coffee Lectures: new online courses
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Are you short on time, but still keen to learn about tools that could help you in your research? Do you have questions about a particular ETH Library service?
COVID-19: ETH Library’s services from 08.06.2020 onwards
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From 08.06.2020, ETH Library will also be physically open to its customers again – albeit with restrictions due to the necessary protective measures.
Tandem language learning
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Tandem learning is all about learning a language and talking to another person. Fortunately this can be done online.
Hands-on knowledge – The new Collection of Scientific Instruments and Teaching Aids
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“The Materiality of Knowledge”: Inventoried and available to all those interested, ETH Library is re-opening a treasure trove of collector’s items featuring historical and contemporary objects from teaching and research.?
COVID-19: ETH Library’s services until end of May 2020
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ETH Library is offering digital services and delivery of media to members of ETH Zurich during the closing period.
COVID-19: Postal delivery during closing
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ETH Library is offering free delivery of media to members of ETH Zurich during the closing period.
Webinars on information research and reference management
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Do you have questions about reference management with Mendeley or Zotero? Are you unsure whether Google is really sufficient for searching for new sources or would you like to know more about search strategies in map portals??
Keep learning languages online
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The Self-Access Centre H?nggerberg of the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich is now running its courses online.?
COVID-19: Closing of ETH Library
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For the time being, ETH Library is closed at all its locations until and including Sunday, 19 April 2020
Graphic novels – far-off worlds and ominous-looking cities
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Architecture and graphic novels – do the two really go together? Of course! Graphic novels combine art, literature and architecture. Visual representations depict travel through futuristic worlds, adventures in ominous-looking cities or lonely life in a megalopolis.
Language plan for your stay abroad
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Are you planning a stay abroad? During this introductory meeting you will get to know how to improve your language skills in time for your stay abroad – alone or with a study partner. We will assist you in the following languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish?
Language learning with a study partner
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Learn a language together with a study partner! You’ll define your own programme and set your own learning goals. The Self-Access Centre H?nggerberg will support you throughout the learning process and help you to find suitable study materials and activities.
AstroRara – Picturing heavens through time
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Explore historical astronomical illustrations interactively with the new app?
Book clubs for language fans and book addicts
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Do you need a break from studying or want to improve your foreign language skills? Then you have come to the right place in the book club! ?
Any questions? If so, just send us a WhatsApp!
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ETH Library now also responds to your questions and requests via WhatsApp.?
Search portal gets a new look
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The clearer look of the ETH Library search portal will ensure you can access the information you need even faster.?
Tandem language learning
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During this introductory meeting on 20 November 2019, you will receive advice on language learning with a study partner.?
Language certificates in English and Spanish
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You want to acquire a language certificate in English or Spanish?
Learn languages in the Swiss National Museum
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EXTRAordinary! An event organised by H?nggerberg Self-Access Centre
The Search Portal – ETH Library’s literary diversity
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Viel mehr als nur Papier! ?
Book Club in German, English, Italian and Spanish
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At the UZH and ETH Zurich Language Center’s Self-Access Centre H?nggerberg, you can also meet every week during the semester break to learn languages in small groups.
Finding specific information about ETH Library
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From the Search Portal straight onto ETH Library’s website ?
Wanted: Ideas for promotional items
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ETH Library is looking for your ideas for promotional items. Be it a tube scarf, mini hole puncher or a sewing kit - which products or freebies would make your university or everyday life easier or be beneficial in your free time? ?
Courses and workshops – new dates
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We demonstrate how you can search for information efficiently and manage literature. Research associates receive know-how about open access and research data management in workshops.
Promotional Items with Added Value – Idea Contest
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ETH Library is expanding its range of promotional items: Which products or freebies would make your university or everyday life easier or be beneficial in your free time? ?
Student Challenge – until 31 December!
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Submit your ideas and win: What do you feel is a challenge for you in everyday university life? Are there any future services provided by ETH Library that could help you overcome those challenges?
Borrowing tools
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Putting the finishing touches to an idea but you don’t have the right tool at hand? ETH Library togehter with Student Project House now loans out portable electric tools, complete with all the accessories for your project. These include pad sanders, impact screwdrivers or hammer drills.
Submit your ideas and win!
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ETH Library is searching for ideas to improve its existing services and develop new ones. We are looking for our innovative spirit and creative input!
Geodata for teaching and research
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Geodata offers a wide range of application fields: for instance, maps and 3D visualisations can be produced, changes in the landscape and the cityscape visualised, or terrain and climate models analysed.
17,000 videos added to Search Portal
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You can now search for videos from ETH Zurich’s Videoportal on ETH Library’s Search Portal. The Videoportal comprises 17,000 recordings of events and lectures that were produced by ETH Zurich’s Multimedia Services and can be viewed on the Videoportal.
Cultural Heritage at ETH Zurich
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Experience how old documents are transcribed and images georeferenced; gain exclusive glimpses into Max Frisch's notes; discover highlights from ETH Zurich's archives on famous figures such as Einstein or Pauli; or find out more about river engineering in Switzerland and the architect Gottfried Semper.
Research Data Management – what can I do?
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Training on Data Management (in German) on Tuesday 28 November from 17.30 to 19.00.
ETH-Bibliothek der Zukunft
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Wir suchen Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer, die gemeinsam mit uns in einem Workshop die Services von morgen kreieren.
BrowZine: Die verlagsübergreifende Artikel- und Zeitschriftenbibliothek
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BrowZine schafft einen neuartigen Zugriff auf lizenzierte und frei zug?ngliche wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften der ETH-Bibliothek.
Research Collection: ETH Zurich's new publication platform
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The Research Collection, ETH Zurich's new publication platform, contains the university’s research output. It serves as a single point of access for members of ETH Zurich to document, publish and archive their academic results.
Broader range of digital textbooks from all subject areas
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The latest editions of the important and popular textbooks published by Pearson are now available as e-books.
Interrupted service in ETH E-Citations and ETH E-Collection, 15 May to 12 June 2017
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Entering publications in the institutional bibliography or publishing via the open access repository during this period will not be possible.
Wikipedia and Academia?!
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Panel discussion and Wikipedia edit-a-thon at ETH Zurich. The relationship between academia and Wikipedia is ambivalent and not without its sceptics.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) – videos demonstrate lab methods
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The video journal JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) publishes papers and academic experiments in the form of video recordings.
Introduction of ORCID at ETH Zurich
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Open Researcher and Contributor ID for academic authors
New Self-Access Center H?nggerberg opens its doors
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To mark the opening, a competition will be held on 20 to 24 February. Visit us in the HWW building and win fantastic prizes!
Courses and workshops - new dates
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Tools, methods and strategies all around research and publishing
BrowZine: The tool for intuitively searching journals
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ETH-Bibliothek is testing a tool for searching journals until the end of February.
New course dates of ETH-Bibliothek
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The course dates for January to June have now been published.
600 e-books on everything to do with IT
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As of now, more than 600 eBooks on topics such as Windows, Office, CAD, image processing or programming can be downloaded as PDFs.
EU-Projektreporting neu über ETH E-Collection m?glich
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In der ETH E-Collection ver?ffentlichte Publikationen aus EU-Projekten erscheinen neu automatisch in den Projektreporting-Applikationen der Europ?ischen Kommission: in der Projektdatenbank CORDIS und im Participant Portal der Europ?ischen Kommission.
Gotthard – rocks and tunnels
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To coincide with the inauguration of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, we present our resources grouped into themes.
Getting started in biology
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New video journal licensed by ETH-Bibliothek.
New course dates of ETH-Bibliothek
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The course dates for January to June have now been published.
Team-Working-Spaces in the Grünen Bibliothek
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Are you looking for Team-Working-Spaces? Come to the Grüne Bibliothek!
Image catalogue of ETH Zurich’s Earth Science Collections now online
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ETH Zurich's Earth Science Collections display approximately 1,200 minerals, fossils and rocks in 3D in their catalogue on the platform ETH E-Pics.
New: e-books from the series Detail reference books
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Books from the well-known series Detail on the topics of construction, building services, building studies and design are now also available as e-books.
Bauwelt Fundamente
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The legendary series Bauwelt Fundamente on the history and theory of architecture and urban design can now also be accessed online.
Responsive display of results on the Knowledge Portal
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Browse the Knowledge Portal on your tablet. The results pages, user account and e-Shelf now also react responsively and adapt flexibly to different monitor sizes.
New: access to Detail Inspiration
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The database Detail Inspiration provides information on more than 3,000 example construction projects from the last 50 years, which were published as articles in the journal "Detail".
New: access to database Art Source
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Broader range for architects, designers and art scientists.
New: Access to Nature Plants
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Scientific findings from the field of plants.
More flexibility on the Knowledge Portal
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Web technologies never stand still. And nor do we. Over the last few months, we have been busy making our Knowledge Portal more user-friendly.
Had enough of long training courses?
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We reveal tips and tricks in only 15 minutes – from databases and reference management to open access.
Delivery problems with print journals
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Temporarily, the availability of the latest print issues of science journals cannot be guaranteed in full due to delivery problems on the part of a supplier.
Open access: join the debate!
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Members of ETH Zurich learn all about the topic of open access at two events.
Renewed article search on the Knowledge Portal
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ETH-Bibliothek offers the article search on the Knowledge Portal via a new service-provider: the Technical Information Centre of Denmark's DADS database has been replaced with the interdisciplinary Primo Central Index by the company Ex Libris.
Return your library books at the entrance hall of ETH main building
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As of 1 September you can return documents from ETH-Bibliothek, NEBIS circulation network and Zentralbibliothek at the information office at level E of the Main Building.
Researching materials
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Over 1,000 objects can be studied in Baubibliothek's Material Collection, offering visitors the opportunity to experience woods, metals, rocks, synthetics or materials first hand.
New course dates
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The course dates for September till December have now been published.
Getting to know the ETH-Bibliothek – with a glimpse behind the scenes
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On Thursday, 22 May a public and free course will take place from 17.30 to 18.45, where you will be given a brief introduction to the ETH-Bibliothek.
Mendeley – Reference management
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On Wednesday, 21 May a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about reference management using Mendeley.
Efficient search – Web of Science and Scopus
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On Thursday, 15 May a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about Web of Science and Scopus.
Search skills for architects and civil engineers
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On Wednesday, 7 May a public and free training course tailored to the research needs of architects and construction engineers will take place from 17.30 to 19.00.
Tablets for study and work – Operating systems in comparison
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On Tuesday, 6 May a public and free course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about using E-Readers and Tablet PCs.
iPad for study and work
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On Thursday, 24 April a public and free course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about using the iPad for study and work (advanced level).
Writing scientific papers
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On Thursday, 10 April a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about writing scientific reports.
Knowledge Portal – more comfort, new look
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A partial makeover of the Knowledge Portal will make it easier for people in search of information to navigate their way around our library services.
Citavi – Reference management
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On Thursday, 3 April a public and free training course, in collaboration with the Zentralbibliothek Zurich, will take place from 16.15 to 17.45 about reference management using Citavi.
iPad for study and work
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On Wednesday, 19 March a public and free course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about using the iPad for study and work (basic level).
Getting started for Masters – ETH-Bibliothek in a nutshell
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Specially for master students at the start of the semester: find out all you need to know about our services, searches across all resources in the Knowledge Portal as well as the multidisciplinary databases Web of Science and Scopus.
Webinar: Efficient search – Web of Science and Scopus
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On Thursday, 6 March a public and free webinar will take place from 16.30 to 17.30 about Web of Science and Scopus. You will learn, for example, about content, functionality, citation analysis and data personalisation.
Getting to know the ETH-Bibliothek – with a glimpse behind the scenes
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On Tuesday, 4 March a public and free course will take place from 17.30 to 18.45, where you will be given a brief introduction to the ETH-Bibliothek.
Citavi – Reference management
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On Monday, 3 March a public and free training course, in collaboration with the Zentralbibliothek Zurich, will take place from 16.15 to 17.45 about reference management using Citavi.
Is Google enough? – finding scientific information
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On Thursday, 27 February a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00, about finding scientific information.
Good news for map enthusiasts
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Over 55,000 folding maps from ETH-Bibliothek can now be loaned throughout the NEBIS network and consulted outside the Collections and Archives reading room regardless of the opening times.
Mendeley – Reference management
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On Wednesday, 5 February a public and free training course will take place from 17.30 to 19.00 about reference management using Mendeley.
Web of Science: January showers bring May flowers…
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Since 12 January the platform Web of Science has been showing off its new user interface. The databases can now be browsed using an optimised search engine.
ETH-Bibliothek open on Sundays
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The main building at ETH Zurich will be open on Sundays as of January 2014.
Citavi – Literaturverwaltung
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Training course on Thursday, 12 December